For our Friends who live or work in Scottsdale (or just interested in bus shelters), attached is an article about more passenger shelters in Scottsdale.
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David Schwartz
Executive Director
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Peter Corbett
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Regional transit authorities will add hundreds more over the next two decades.
Close to a third of
"We target the spots that we've heard from our customers about and areas with high activity, like transfer points," he said.
Dozen shelters first
Construction will begin this summer on a dozen shelters on
Ten other bus shelters are planned along
Those shelters on McDowell will be landscaped with vines growing over mesh metal walls to create a "garden room" effect that will make them more appealing to commuters and pedestrians, said Laurel Edgar, city revitalization manager.
The landscaped shelters cost an estimated $24,000 each, while the standard bus shelters cost an average of $15,000, city officials say.
1,100 shelters planned
The Regional Public Transportation Authority plans to fund 1,100 bus shelters in
The cost ranges from $10,000 to $15,000 per shelter.
The authority plans to spend $26.4 million for bus shelters and pullout lanes Valley-wide, said Bryan Jungwirth, the authority's deputy executive director.
Much of the funding is from Proposition 400, a $15.8 billion transportation tax voters approved in November for road and transit improvements.
"We need to bring the region up to a certain standard in bus and rail service and passenger amenities," Jungwirth said.
Currently, some bus riders sit on overturned shopping carts and hide in whatever shade they can find at stops without benches or shelters.
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