Australia Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport 2002 8.9: Lead stops, passenger loading zones and taxi ranks: lead stops at bus stations, zones and interchanges identifiable and distinguishable to people with disability; loading zones and ranks within or associated with premises or infrastructure have an accessible first and last space (the only space if there is one) to clauses 2.2 to 2.5 of AS/NZS 2890.6 (2009), a firm level boarding area linked by access path to the main entry and other boarding areas, warning tactile indicators where they join a carriageway at grade and a kerb ramp to clause 10.7 of AS 1428.1 (2009); on public streets, accessible first and last spaces to clause 4.5.2 of AS 2890.5 (2020) with tactile indicators and bollards at grade and kerb ramps behind the space; a public street taxi rank connects to an access path and meets the boarding point surface and kerb rules

What does 8.9 require?

A lead stop (a bus stop with a single platform boarding point where buses queue) at a bus station, bus zone or interchange must be identifiable to persons with disabilities, and multiple lead stops must be distinguishable from one another. A passenger loading zone within or associated with premises or infrastructure must make its only space, or its first and last spaces, accessible spaces conforming to clauses 2.2 to 2.5 of AS/NZS 2890.6 (2009); it must sit beside a firm and level boarding area connected by access path to a main pedestrian entry and any other boarding area, carry warning tactile ground surface indicators to clause 2.5 of AS/NZS 1428.4.1 (2009) where it meets a carriageway at grade, and include a kerb ramp to clause 10.7 of AS 1428.1 (2009) where bordered by a kerb; a taxi rank at or associated with the premises must meet the same rules. On a public street, a loading zone with more than one space and any taxi rank must make the first and last spaces accessible to clauses 4.5.2(a), (b), (c) and (f) of AS 2890.5 (2020), provide warning tactile indicators and bollards to AS/NZS 1428.4.1 (2009) where they join the carriageway at grade, and place any kerb ramp behind the accessible space; a public street taxi rank must also connect to an access path and meet the boarding point surface and kerb requirements. Temporary event zones and ranks are exempt. Lead stops apply to existing premises after the 5-year transitional period; zones, ranks and parking after the 10-year period.