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[-] nocages@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

For the unfamiliar: "la sombrita" is the name of the corrugated metal piece on this bus stop post. It is designed to provide shade to people waiting for the bus, because the areas where these are installed have very little shade.

Due to a multitude of reasons from NIMBYs to building codes, it's difficult for the city to install anything much bigger or better than this.

If you find this interesting, you can learn more by listening to episode 545 of the podcast 99% Invisible. It's called "Shade Redux"

[-] Abracadaniel@hexbear.net 0 points 1 year ago

Poor lil smile bean city LA can't change it's own building codes. jerma-bottom

[-] nocages@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

Or, god forbid, use their Eminent Domain to take some private land along the sidewalk to improve life for poor people without impeding the ability of wheelchair users to navigate the city.

But that would anger the landowners, of course.

[-] Maoo@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

American planners: we wanted to build 3 new bus lines but we were only given $3 and a mandate to ~~give it~~ contract it out to the mayor's cousin's anti-homeless company that has 50% cop employees.

[-] honeynut@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

$3

"The design and prototyping was funded by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation [...] Each prototype came to about $10,000 including design, materials and engineering, says Odbert, but the idea is that the cost for each shade would drop to about $2,000 if mass produced."

[-] Maoo@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

Believe it or not those are kinds of average numbers for street furniture. Shit is pointlessly expensive due to contracting and a lack of central planning.

And the scale of what is needed to really do the job is hundreds of thousands to millions.

[-] Tomboys_are_Cute@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

I saw that on wtyp and couldn't believe it was real. Everyone in that city's government deserves to burn in the summer sun. The only reason to make building bus shelters that complicated is to punish the homeless, it doesn't "just happen." I live over 1000km away and it still makes me mad