Front? Middle? Back?

Bus lineup guidelines at the Broadway/Commercial SkyTrain station

Bus lineup guidelines at the Broadway/Commercial SkyTrain station

Lining up for a bus is a real pain. And if people don't know how to queue, or don't want to queue, the misery is compounded.

This bus route, the 99 B-Line, is the busiest in Vancouver. (It takes students to and from the University of British Columbia.) Even though the route has one of the most frequent services, and uses long "bendy buses", when a bus pulls up at a stop the chaos is a sight to behold. (And despite the frequent service,  many passengers are left behind as full buses roar past stop with waiting patrons. The closer your stop is to the university, the greater the likelihood that you won't get picked up.)

This is a simple solution to try to instill some order into a chaotic process. I just wonder if it will be effective, or if it is just offering an illusion of order to a very hard to control process.