0 present participle of alight
1 to get out of a vehicle, especially a train or bus:
2 to land on something:
Female wasps oviposited into the abdomen of major worker ants after alighting briefly on the host.
That does not mean waiting for 20 minutes; it means merely for boarding and alighting, for taxi cabs, private cars and otherwise.
One does not talk about alighting from a bus.
These proposals will also permit the use of hazard warning lights, in conjunction with the signs, when children are boarding or alighting.
The lifts should be working and staff should be there, especially to facilitate disabled people alighting at their stops.
It is important that the helicopter should give full economic value, and it is necessary to have alighting points in the most important places.
The difficulty is to apply the existing law in cases where pedestrians alighting from tramcars are injured.
A further area where we are looking for improvements is on better access for disabled passengers, especially to enable easier boarding and alighting.
