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A Kassel kerb is a concave-section made for buses kerb stone which is intended for use at bus stops served by modern low floor buses which have improved accessibility for mobility-impaired people. The Kassel kerb guides the tyre of the stopping bus in a such a way as to improve the alignment of the bus's doors with the kerb and slightly raised boarding platform. It does this because as the tyre rides up the concave surface, gravity pulls it back down and steers the bus into alignment. The Kassel kerb takes its name from the German city of Kassel, where it was first introduced.[1]
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- ^ "Bus Stop Innovation: A Comparison of UK Trials". The Centre for Independent Transport Research in London. Retrieved on May 9, 2006.
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