Public Bench Project News Today

By day, Mingwei Samuel works as a software developer. Also by day — together with urbanist and writer Darrell Owens — he builds and installs benches at bus stops around the California cities of Berkeley and Oakland that have no seating. It’s a tale as old as social media: In November, Owens tweeted a photo […]

Two residents are building and placing wooden benches at bus stops that lack seating. The city has replaced at least one with a permanent bench.

Vigilante urbanism: A pair of activists have taken up the job of building seating at Berkeley’s bus stops. Will the city step up to meet the need – and fulfill its responsibilities to its residents?

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