Nominate the Best Bus Stops in the United States

Rather than doing another round of the 'sorriest' bus stops in the country, Streetsblog USA is shifting its focus to the positive, and asking readers to send nominations for America's Best Bus Stop.

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March 9, 2022, 9:00 AM PST

By James Brasuell @CasualBrasuell


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You're going to have to do a lot better than this to win the best bus stops in the United States competition (but we appreciate the thought). | Frederick Dennstedt / Flickr

The "Sorriest Bus Stops" competition is a Streetsblog tradition—one that Planetizen always watches with interest. This year, however, Kea Wilson announced that Streetsblog is switching it up, and will instead recognize the best bus stops in the United States. Frankly, a little positivity sounds like a breath of fresh air, and we at Planetizen are completely onboard.

"That’s right: we’re taking a break from poring through pictures of dirty, undignified and downright dangerous stops and taking a look at the U.S. transit agencies who are getting it right at their waiting areas — and what structural factors make it possible for them to do it, so we can create those conditions everywhere," writes Wilson.

So what makes a bus stop the best? Wilson poses a series of rhetorical questions to describe the ideal bus stop:

Does your favorite stop in town have a shelter, a bench, and a sidewalk going all the way up to the loading zone? Is it holistically accessible to people of all ages and abilities, not just checking (or utterly failing to check) the most basic of ADA boxes? Does it have a heater for cold winter days or air conditioning for hot summers? Public art? A snack kiosk? Does it have (gasp) a clean public restroom that the city doesn’t keep locked at all times?

Streetsblog is closing the nominations on March 14, so click through to the link below to nominate your best bus stop soon.

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