They're called Moose Knuckles.

Wild. I'm a quality guy for an asphalt company. Where is this? I'm assuming temps are high or ac content was very high.

I don't get it

Buses always stop the same distance from the curb. It's always the same model of bus with the same double tires, with the same spacing. I'm guessing that when they stop they apply a force to the asphalt, forward and toward the curb, moving the asphalt a little bit in that direction. Repeat that a 100 times a day, everyday, for years and you get this

I don't think temps matter here because it's the only bus stop I've seen like that. And it's not the busiest one either. But it's special because it's on an overpass and the previous stop is quite a ways back so the buses reach higher than usual speeds here. Maybe it's got something with either of those, otherwise I have no idea

so the paint has nothing to do with it?

Asphalt can reactivate with heat. Turns it soft. And if the ac content [black tar stuff] is to high its soupy. It will form and harden with regular temps. Heat and or solvent can reactivate it. That doesn't look like a spill though.

The paint marks the bus stop. It isn't like tape, it doesn't bond asphalt together. But it probably does have different friction than asphalt so maybe that matters

Heat may have contributed but like I said, it's the only bus stop like that (that I know of) so there has to be something else

maybe it's time to upgrade this line to a streetcar system

There are many that look like this all over Bratislava, Slovakia.