Miami Officials On Hot Seat Over Bottom-burning Bus Benches

13 August 2002 - 1:00pm

New black steel bus benches at city bus stops are too hot to sit on under the summer sun.

About 150 of the 1,500 new benches have already been installed in Miami, replacing older benches made of cement and wood. Assistant City Manager Frank Rollason said city planners discussed the potential problem in meetings, but he does not know why it was ignored when the benches were built.

Source: Sun-Sentinel, August 12, 2002
Bookmark and Share
Under the proposal, the government would assign the populace the task of counting and mapping dog droppings as a first step to greater penalties for owners who fail to clean up after their mutts.