{"id":343561,"date":"2025-10-30T16:49:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T16:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/343561\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T16:49:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T16:49:10","slug":"take-a-seat-thousands-of-nyc-bus-stops-to-get-outfitted-with-new-benches-or-leaning-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/343561\/","title":{"rendered":"Take a seat! Thousands of NYC bus stops to get outfitted with new benches or leaning bars"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A bus shelter in Manhattan.<\/p>\n

Credit: NYC DOT<\/p>\n

Take a break, commuters! Thousands of NYC bus stops will soon have a place for commuters to rest their feet while waiting for the bus, city officials announced on Thursday.<\/p>\n

All of the city\u2019s approximately 8,750 eligible bus stops \u2014 those on public property with sufficient sidewalk or island space \u2014 will receive new seating<\/a> or leaning bars through a $40 million investment, the NYC Department of Transportation (DOT)<\/a> and Mayor\u2019s office officials announced during a press conference in Queens on Oct. 30.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo make New York City the best place to raise a family, and grow old in we have to take care of the big things and the small things,\u201d Mayor Eric Adams said in a statement.\u00a0\u201cI am proud that this effort will give New Yorkers a break and transform the bus-riding experience for thousands of people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Starting next month, workers will begin installing benches or leaning bars at bus stops that currently lack seating. The stops must qualify by having sufficient public space to accommodate the street furniture. NYC has over 15,000 bus stops throughout the boroughs; a little more than half qualify for the new seating.<\/p>\n

DOT officials plan to install seating at 875 bus stops every year over the next 10 years, while maintaining existing seating, to provide universal seating for bus commuters.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the hustle and bustle of the greatest city on earth, sometimes there\u2019s no better feeling than resting on a city bench while New York keeps moving around you,\u201d DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez said. \u201cFor many New Yorkers, having a place to sit at the bus stop is more than just a matter of comfort; it\u2019s a matter of whether they can take the bus at all. With more than 15,000 bus stops used by 1.4 million people every day, many of whom are seniors and people with disabilities, there has never been a better time to step up so New Yorkers can sit down.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Transit advocates welcome the seating investment in a city where buses in some neighborhoods move as slowly as 8 mph<\/a>. According to the DOT, nearly two-thirds of eligible bus stops currently lack seating while passengers wait for buses to arrive.<\/p>\n

\u201cBus riders deserve a seat at the table and a seat at every bus stop,\u201d shared Jolyse Race, senior organizer at the Riders Alliance. \u201cBus riders work the jobs that make New York possible and we have earned the respect of a safe, comfortable place to wait for service.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

To date, more than 5,000 bus stops across the city have seating elements. DOT inspects and maintains seating at around 2,600 locations throughout the five boroughs on sidewalks and at plazas.<\/p>\n

\u201cBus stop seating is essential to safe transit for our city\u2019s families. As the bus network is a vital mode of accessible transportation for us, we are excited that the city has secured funding to expand bus stop seating across all five boroughs,\u201d added Christine Serdjenian Yearwood, founder and CEO of UP-STAND. \u201cAdditional bus stop seating will decrease children\u2019s exposure to moving traffic, and enable pregnant and disabled riders the respite they need to travel safely.\u201d<\/p>\n

The investment also follows advocacy from New Yorkers for more seating and shelters at bus stops. Members of Manhattan Community Board 4 sent a letter to the DOT on Jan. 6 asking for more bus stop benches and shelters along West 23rd Street.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThis announcement is terrific news for the countless elderly and disabled Chelsea residents who rely on our bus network to navigate the city, but for whom long waits without a place to rest can turn a simple errand into an exhausting ordeal,\u201d Jesse Greenwald, co-chair of Manhattan Community Board 4\u2019s Transportation Planning Committee, told amNewYork in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A bus shelter in Manhattan. Credit: NYC DOT Take a break, commuters! Thousands of NYC bus stops will…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":343562,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,169155,5289,169156,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,169157,94914,11900,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-343561","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-buses-in-nyc","10":"tag-eric-adams","11":"tag-manhattan-community-board-4","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkcity","16":"tag-ny","17":"tag-nyc","18":"tag-nyc-bus-stops","19":"tag-nyc-dot-commissioner-ydanis-rodriguez","20":"tag-transit","21":"tag-united-states","22":"tag-united-states-of-america","23":"tag-unitedstates","24":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","25":"tag-us","26":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115464147489926958","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/343562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}