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The $10,000 layout is more affordable than traditional shelter designs, which cost up to $50,000, require new permitting and can’t always be placed in areas where the sidewalk is narrow.
For years, California's public transit systems have faced criticism for their lack of shelters at bus stops. In Los Angeles specifically, half a million citizens rode on the bus on an average weekday in July 2022. And yet, in the same time period, of the 12,200 bus stops served by Metro, only a quarter had any kind of shade or rain shelter. [8]
Bus riders from Corpus Christi to San Patricio County will see 25 new bus shelters, 133 new benches and 115 EcoSeats added by the end of 2024.
LA DOT, in fact, is not the city agency in charge of bus shelters. That would be StreetsLA , a.k.a. the Bureau of Street Services, which is part of the Department of Public Works.
Also receiving an overhaul are the city's bus stops through a $2-million dollar Bus Stop Improvement Program. This included replacing 51 Clear Channel advertising shelters, benches, and trash cans. In addition, 40 additional stops will receive new non-advertising shelters, as well as a number of stops receiving new non-advertisement benches.
The current bus shelters found at many bus stops were designed by Spain-based advertising company Cemusa, as part of a citywide "street furniture" project that also included newsstands, bike shelters, and public toilets. [119] Cemusa was awarded a 20-year contract for 3,300 bus shelters in May 2006, after the project had been receiving design ...
Aug. 8—A host of changes are in store for the Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority, including new hybrid electric-biodiesel buses decorated in multicolor graphics, new shelters and ...
At the time Metro Transit believed construction could begin in 2016. The corridor already had strong transit usage with buses making up 2% of vehicle traffic on Penn Avenue but carrying 26% of people. There were however limited bus shelters or benches despite Route 19 carrying 7,000 daily riders. [53]