Chelsea residents are fed up with waiting for buses in inclement weather at NYC bus stops, where there are no seats or shelter.
Members of Manhattan Community Board 4 and district residents are advocating for better bus stops not only in their neighborhood but throughout the city. On Jan. 6, the board sent a letter to the NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) – the agency that oversees such matters – asking for more bus stop benches and shelters along West 23rd Street.
In the meantime, some residents are urging others to use a form on the city’s 311 website to request more bus shelters from the DOT.
Miriam Fisher, a Chelsea resident who uses the public transit system and advocates for disabled New Yorkers, said more seating and shelters are necessary throughout the city, especially in the outer boroughs where there is less access to subways.
“There is a need for comfort and protection,” she said. “Some people do need to sit and can’t stand and wait for a bus. It’s for all of us who don’t want to be in extreme weather, waiting in an unprotected area by a pole with no shelter from rain, snow, hail, and all the range of climate issues that have gotten worse and more extreme.”
Story by Barbara Russo-Lennon. Read the full story at AMNY.com.
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