This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. By day, Mingwei Samuel works as a software developer. Also by ...

It’s a tale as old as social media: In November, Owens tweeted a photo of his 64-year-old neighbor sitting on the curb at a bus stop to draw attention to the lack of seating for bus riders. “Which ...

BERKELEY, Calif. - Back in November, Darrell Owens, a housing policy analyst and self-described "transit lover" tweeted a photo of his neighbor suffering from chronic pain, sitting on the ground ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - Call them what you like; pop-up benches, DIY benches, guerrilla benches. The unpermitted wooden seats, first seen at East Bay bus stops, have now made their way into San ...

James Warren was walking in his Denver neighborhood when something gave him pause. "A woman was waiting for the bus, sitting in the dirt. And I was like, 'Oh man, that sucks.' That's not dignified at ...

Luis Lage (left), who helps run a mass transit and cyclist advocacy Instagram page called Car Free BPT, and Liam Conway painting the new bench located by Bridgeport Hospital on July 12, 2025. Lage ...