For the past few years, the site Streetsblog has been shedding light on some of America's most dreadful public transit systems with their competition for the "Sorriest Bus Stop in America." The tournament takes user submissions for uncomfortable, inaccessible, and sometimes, outright dangerous bus stops and pits them against one another for a good, and necessary, public shaming.

So far, in this years tournament a precariously balanced Pittsburgh bus stop located on the side of a four-lane highway beat out a Medford stop that lacks a sidewalk and pedestrian access. A pair of stops on the side of a state highway in Chapel Hill that require crossing the highway or going on a 1/2 mile roundabout to reach won against another shelterless stop in San Juan that is nestled between parked cars and marked by two yellow concrete bollards. Two Southern California stops, one in San Diego that requires a bus to block a bike lane and another that lacks dignified shelter in a transit heavy part of LA, also faced off.

Today, the competition is matching Indianapolis up against Munhall, Pennsylvania. The submitter for the stop along I-65 in Indianapolis noted that "the stop has no benches, no concrete or asphalt pad, no sidewalk, no shade or shelter, nor is there a possibility for a stop in the opposite direction." In comparison but without improvement, the Pennsylvania nomination drops passengers off on a slope between a guardrail and train tracks. 

The bus stops submitted highlight the low priority that transit agencies, both local and state, place on bus riders' experience and safety. The problems with each vary but most lack a comfortable waiting area, are inaccessible with dangerous pick-up and drop-off locations, and some are not even clearly marked as a bus stop! 

You can check out the tournament, vote on the match-ups, and view the results here .