Minus a TV, a temporary bus shelter at S. 6th Street and the Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis has most of the cozy comforts of your living room: pillows, books, board games, a clock, a rug and string lighting. [...]
High-traffic bus stops can be flash points for safety concerns, and projects like Living Room Station represent an opportunity to bring in creative thinkers and builders to improve the experiences for riders, passersby and neighbors
— masstransitmag.com
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Heat...
I would take a bus frequency based on the temperature, the lower the temperature the shorter the wait times, before heat.
"designed to enliven downtown spaces and improve the experience of bus riders", what about the homeless? Did they have to address that issue, exclude them or have additional security? If I was homeless I would take advantage of such a venue/opportunity...
I'm may be called on this and will gladly accept any corrections, but I don't recall seeing a lot of homeless on the streets in this part of Minneapolis. The surface streets are just too dead thanks to the skyway. Not to mention, this intersection is a block away from the Mary Tyler Moore statue
Just to be pissy (but not malicious), that living room is too small to support the number of people standing in line to get on their respective localish or regional buses. Locations like this were the worst because the building lobbies didn't face the bus stops (heat...).
Still, I think it's a nice gesture. I just think there are better locations, like some of the transfer stations to the south that would have been more appropriate and engaging.
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