The Worst Bus Stop in North America Gets a Makeover

StreetsBlog USA's second annual Sorriest Bus Stop in America competition drew plenty of contenders. The ultimate winner for 2018 was the bus stop above, in Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, on the outskirts of Vancouver. This bus stop was so sorry that voters ignored the fact that it's not even in America. It's just a sign on the road, with a concrete barrier. You can stand on the highway shoulder in front of the barrier, or if you want to wait behind the barrier for safety, you'll be in a ditch, and you'd have to climb over the concrete when the bus arrives. Meanwhile, four lanes of traffic speed by in each direction.

Local resident Jason Lee submitted a detailed rundown of stop 61452’s faults to Streetsblog, a nonprofit transportation news site, for its second-annual Sorriest Bus Stop competition. “This bus stop is a disaster waiting to happen,” he wrote. “In my three decades of riding transit, I have never seen a bus stop designed like this.” Thanks to its combination of safety issues and discomfort, voters dubbed it the absolute worst in North America in September 2018.

But global publicity can work wonders. After the award threw the spotlight on stop 61452, the local authorities revamped the bus stop. See what improvements have been made for the sake of safety at Atlas Obscura.

Checking in at StreetsBlog USA, it appears that Pitt Meadows won the competition because the other finalist, in Cincinnati, was so bad that the city moved it before the contest was over.

(Image credit: Google Street View)


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