I know, we should have one for Canada (feel free to submit) – but until then, Streetsblog is holding the contest for …
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… the Sorriest Bus Stop in America
We asked you to point us to the nation’s worst bus stops and you answered. After receiving dozens of nominees from our readers, Streetsblog editors narrowed the pool down to eight very sorry bus stops.
Here are a couple of the contestants:
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Pennsylvania Avenue in Forestville, Maryland
This entry comes to us from author and transit advocate Ben Ross. This is the same Pennsylvania Avenue that runs past the White House:
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Encinitas, California
This one comes from @imboande on Twitter, who succinctly sums up the progression from bad to worse:
A year prior, it had a bench.
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All entries and voting here.
Any stop between UBC and Vancouver’s west side is more likely to be along a high-speed road with no sidewalks. Those along SW Marine are usually just on a patch of dirt.
Transitized beat me to it. On first glance I thought the top photo was SW Marine Drive.
I suppose that if you have to stand up, you are more alert to any cars that come careening off the roadway into the bus stop.
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