0 present participle of alight --
1 to get out of a vehicle, especially a train or bus: --
2 to land on something: --
I entirely agree that passengers alighting from tramcars are entitled to be protected.
Indications are that casualties incurred while boarding or alighting are very much lower with one-man operated buses than with other buses.
For instance, no vehicle should pass a stationary tramcar while people are getting on it or alighting from it.
The flying boat has a spacious interior, and it gives silky alighting on the water.
I do not think that the future of the aircraft capable of alighting on water is a narrow matter.
Special attention has been devoted to problems in boarding and alighting from trains and to obligations relating to evacuation in emergencies.
There must be some arithmetical basis for alighting on that specific figure; otherwise, it is pulled out of a hat.
A further area where we are looking for improvements is on better access for disabled passengers, especially to enable easier boarding and alighting.
