Durham needs bus stop benches. See who's building them by hand.

A grassroots effort is bringing benches to Durham bus stops, where many riders wait without a place to sit.
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DIY bus stop bench highlights need for seating amid $40 million city initiative

At the busy intersection of Lincoln Road and Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn, commuters grew tired of standing while waiting for the bus, so they decided to take matters into their own hands. A now-viral ...
Port City Daily

Democratic Socialists’ bus benches remain, city mum on next steps

The handmade bus benches installed by the Wilmington Democratic Socialists of America have highlighted a problem nearly ...
Lawrence Journal-World

A Lawrence Transit supporter uses his carpentry skills to build a bus bench near Ninth and Iowa, and other people could do the same

Members of the Sunset Hill Neighborhood Association and Lawrence Transit staff gathered at a bus stop along Ninth Street to celebrate the donation of a new bench for the bus stop. The bench was ...
The Connecticut Mirror

Most Bridgeport bus stops don’t feature a bench. So activists built them

Luis Lage (left), who helps run a mass transit and cyclist advocacy Instagram page called Car Free BPT, and Liam Conway painting the new bench located by Bridgeport Hospital on July 12, 2025. Lage ...
WHQR

DSA members are building benches for Wave stops. The slogans caused some complaints.

There are new, homemade park benches popping up at bus stops around Wilmington. They were put there by the Wilmington ...