Smelly bus passengers banned
Monday, January 13, 2003 Posted: 11:46 AM EST (1646 GMT)
BEND, Oregon (AP) -- You better hit the shower before you board the bus in Bend.
Proposed new city rules would ban spitting, defecating, smoking, skateboarding, and stinking on city buses.
The regulations ban anyone who "emanates a grossly repulsive odor that is unavoidable by other Bend Extended Area Transit customers" from being in the bus station or on a bus.
"It's an effort to keep the riding experience as pleasant and safe as possible," said city attorney Jim Forbes. He noted that the city already has an ordinance prohibiting people from releasing "highly objectionable odors" from their property.
The City Council will consider preliminary approval of the ordinance Wednesday.
The city's transit system is currently reservations-based. Last year, the city expanded the transit service for seniors and the disabled into a service for the general public, but no scheduled routes have been established.
