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Safety

Tips to make it a safe trip, every time

Rider Safety at Cherriots

When you choose to ride Cherriots, our goal is to provide you with a safe, reliable ride where you want to go. We proactively do this by making a commitment to ensure a safe riding experience and environment for you, your family, and our employees.

​Cherriots employs an Environmental, Health, and Safety professional, as well as many other trained employees who work diligently to keep a watchful eye over the entire system. Whether you're taking the Route 21 bus or waiting at Keizer Transit Center to ride Route 11, we want to ensure that your ride and your travel experience is a safe one.

​At Cherriots we want every customer to know and follow a few simple steps when using our services. Some of this information may be simple, common sense advice for being safe and staying safe, but one of these tips could possibly end up saving your life or the life of someone close to you.

Bus Safety

  • Never run after a bus or alongside a bus. Drivers may not be able to see you, and you could be putting yourself and others at serious risk by distracting the driver. Another bus will be along shortly.
  • Look up and look around for safety. Be aware of what’s going on around you, especially when you are crossing the street. Make sure drivers see you, and always use crosswalks.
  • Do not cross in front of a bus at a bus stop. Wait until the bus leaves the stop and then cross carefully; always use crosswalks and remember to look up and around.
  • Please allow passengers to exit the bus before you board.
  • Take a seat quickly and ask the driver for extra time to sit if you need it.
  • When you are standing or sitting on the bus, hang on to the handrails in the event the bus makes a quick stop.
  • Stand behind the yellow line on the floor next to the driver. This helps give drivers as much visibility as possible and allows them to stay focused on the road.
  • Stay clear of the doors.
  • Keep the aisles clear.
  • Signal the bus driver at least one block before your stop so they have time to stop smoothly.
  • Hold onto the railing when exiting the bus. Bus steps, floors, and sidewalks can become slippery from rain.
  • As you leave the bus, watch for cars, bicycles, skateboarders, and other pedestrians.