It's supposed to provide shade to folks at the bus stop. How much shade is this actually providing? How many people can get in the marginal shade this even provides? It's basically non functional.

[–] Tw4tty@hexbear.net 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Its function is surely to say "here is a bus stop, you can get a but here at X time". I'm not arguing that its uncomfortable for passengers. I'm certainly not arguing that homelessness is a problem, but come on - fix the homeless issues, dont create a society where they sleep in bus shelters. Give them a society where they get jobs that pay, medical and mental health treatment, affordable homes, etc. I find it kind of sad that this is people's first thought of reasoning when talking homelessness.

And if its passengers that want the shade, dont use the homeless as a wedge issue. It muddies the water. Dont get to the bus stop too early, ask the company, or go with another firm for transport/ride a bike... There are options even in shit countries.

[–] ped_xing@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If you see the pole with the white Metro 16 sign on the right, that's what tells you it's a bus stop and what bus will stop there. This was supposed to be something more than that, now it's basically a very expensive and redundant piece of crap.