Thanks for the post. The Sign Division will inspect this location to determine if installing a bus shelter is warranted.

Just had to move a two year old, his yogurt and his toys to exit the building.

3:30 Thursday

Today. 4 children blocking fire exit. Not their fault at all but need city's help to solve.

Traffic and Parking, any update? This is today's pic

have you talked with your property manager to place appropriate signage at the exit of the building?

And another

There was signage there previously but nothing was done. Can you help us get a bus shelter here?

And another

What about no bus shelter, but concrete benches??? Even that would be an improvement --give people a place to rest their feet, as a thank-you for taking public transit!

I counted fourteen people and two small children waiting here around noon.

At the very least, a couple of benches would be great.

I agree that benches would be great. Maybe we should just make some out of scrap wood and place them here. Tactical Urbanist Street Furniture project at MakeHaven anyone?

here's what i'm thinking
http://www.chairigami.com/

i saw one at York Street Noodle House and thought about this SCF ticket

Do they hold up well outside Doug? We should try it out!

I haven't seen those in action, but I'm guessing that if the rain doesn't tear those apart, people will.

it seemed to work - perhaps you could take it in and out of vestibule over night at your building? i'll put $20 towards it

Cool. Do you know how much they cost total?

Today's photo. Traffic and Parking, any word on when we can see seating? I'm currently unable to find the time to build something temporary here but happy to chip in come fall.

Doug Hausladen and I are going to purchase a bench from Chairigami today. It costs $110 if anybody wants to help us donate please comment here with how we can contact you.

Here's the plan:

The bench costs $110.
I added a 7% processing fee for Paypal and SeeClickFix Processing.
The total comes to: $117.70
We need 5 people to donate: $23.54

You can pay here using paypal: http://bit.ly/MJrWnq

I'm going to be the first to donate!

Here's a photo of the bench

Broken link :(

i'm gonna be #2

I'm an amateur w PayPal. It worked 30 minutes ago. Stay tuned.

Ok, I updated the paypal link - here's the working one: http://bit.ly/MJrWnq

Donated!

Hey City of New Haven, I'll plan to have you reimburse me, once this project is a resounding success. ;) :P

We have 3 out of 5 donations so far. Who's next? I'll go get the bench as soon as the last two donations are reached. We can put all 5 donors names on the bench and leave a few markers out for folks to decorate it.

Very Exciting! We have five folks who helped to pay for the bench. I'll pick it up tomorrow and leave some markers out for anyone who wants to decorate it.

Nice to see the bench already in use and no one blocking the door.

Nice; that was fast! Can it be somewhat weatherized--some sort of protective coating put on it?

(and I'm with Zack, send an expense report to the City! :)

Hey Fairhaven Res,
We'll take it in at night and the gentleman at Chairigami did shelac the seat to make it more durable. WE left the rest of it unshelaced so folks could feel free to decorate it. There was a suggestion to use the bench for a local version of the Before I Die project by Candy Chang. What do you think?

I think that's a fantastic idea. I cycled down State yesterday evening on the way home and got to see it in use; it looks great!

Cool. Zack Beatty actually came up with the Slogan, "What are you waiting for?" and attached a marker to the bench. Excited to see what people write.

Holy Cow, apparently people writing on benches. This photo was taken 3 hours after.

The new bench is great. However, I think that Travers and the city's engineering office are misguided if they believe that they can add a full scale shelter here without widening the sidewalk.

The proper approach would be to add a "curb extension"/"bumpout" like the one shown here in Cambridge, Massachusetts:

http://www.cambridgema.gov/CDD/Transportation/design/Transit.aspx

or the "bus bulb" like this one in NYC:

http://landscapeonline.com/research/article/12267

Wide sidewalks are needed to encourage walking in Downtown and also promote safety by giving people enough space to maneuver with baby carriages, bicycles, and the like. If you look around other bus stops in Downtown New Haven, you'll notice that the shelters are often set back or located on an area with an especially wide sidewalk.

Bumping out the curb would create plenty of room for a bus shelter. This section of Chapel Street was significantly widened in the 1960s in order to accommodate more car traffic, which was an unnecessary move. If appropriately configured, this street can easily have car travel lanes, bike lanes, bus stops, shorter pedestrian crossing distances, AND wide sidewalks altogether.

http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/crowd-sourced_bus_bench_debuts
Can someone assure me that Benton is an elaborate practical jokester? This is ridiculous. Is this seriously her job? To track down "renegade" benches?

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