99 B-Line: How are those painted queue lines working out for you?

Earlier this week, TransLink added painted queue lines to the 99 B-Line's westbound stop at Commercial-Broadway Station. The markings encourage orderly lineups while clearing space for wheelchairs, exiting bus riders, and passersby. 

On Thursday afternoon (August 28), I got a quick look at them before hopping on the bus. As you can see, it wasn't busy enough to assess the efficacy of the "pilot queuing system".

But it got me wondering whether this should be the start of a trend. Are there other places in our transit system where we need to be told where (not) to wait?

Perhaps some of the SkyTrain stations, for instance. Exiting at a certain Millennium Line station, I often encounter a wall of people waiting to board the train. People who just stare dumbly at me and my fellow riders as we try to make our way onto the platform.

Surely, a set of lines denoting a small area—on the platform by each SkyTrain door—to be kept clear for exiting riders would be better than us having to resort to bodycheck mode to get off the train. (The wall of waiting boarders often doesn't respond to "Excuse me".)

I'll admit I wasn't even a fan of orderly bus lineups without painted markings. Crowding onto the bus worked for me (until I started pushing a stroller).

But, if these painted B-Line lines work, I might just become a fan.