Thousands of Metro bus stops have no shelter or even a seat. But a proposal to bring new shelters to Los Angeles with digital ads is raising doubts.
It was 103 degrees on a Friday afternoon as Ken Willis waited for the 152 Metro bus under a thick tree canopy in North Hollywood.
Of the 12,200 bus stops served by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, only a quarter have some kind of shade or rain shelter, and only half have a seat for those waiting., about half the time of that journey is spent looking down the road for signs of a bus.
The searing weather is yet another setback for largely low-income bus riders who often face long, difficult commutes. Willis has a car, but he’s been trying to save money with gas prices so high. Others don’t have options. People board a Metro bus at a bus stop with no shade on Lankershim Boulevard near Victory Boulevard in North Hollywood.more frequent and longer heat wavesWhile more public transportation is a critical step in California’s push to lessen climate change by reducing greenhouse gases, the system in Los Angles County is. The majority of riders are Latino and among the region’s poorest. The median household income for 62% of Metro riders is under $20,000.
Transit advocates say the agencies need to look to desert cities like Phoenix, where bus stop canopies equipped“We actually have to make adjustments for the built environment — tree selection, street furniture and shade canopies, like they have in Phoenix in order to accommodate these days,” said Juan Matute, deputy director of the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies. “Climate change is changing the baseline of all these past decisions.
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