New Bus Shelters, But Where Are the Seats?

One of the city’s 3,300 new bus shelters has arrived on the coner of Atlantic Avenue and Court Street, and according to the Times, it’s even shinier than its neighboring luxury apartment building: “It has tempered glass walls and a translucent roof, brushed-metal accents and an insouciant row of polka dots across the middle. It is spacious but, for the moment, decidedly short on seating.” Fortunately, the city transportation commissioner, Iris Weinshall, says that the the city is still awaiting material for the benches that have yet to be installed in 45 of the new shelters. As an added hi-tech bonus, the new shelters will also be equipped with electronic displays showing the next arrival.
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Photo by Theo Coulombe for The New York Times