Bus Shelters Placed Where No Buses Run
Posted on: Friday, 27 June 2003, 06:00 CDT
City officials in Mesa have mistakenly installed two bus shelters where no buses run.
The installation cost $32,000 at a time when the city is cutting its public transit budget to save money.
Both are on Broadway Road and were installed as part of a $7.7 million improvement project finished about a year ago.
Although there is bus service on part of the road, buses turn before reaching the shelters.
"It slipped through all of us and didn't get caught until after the fact," said Jeff Kramer, Mesa's deputy engineer for design.
Kramer told the East Valley Tribune that the shelter locations weren't reviewed in advance by the transportation department because they were a small part of a complex road project.
And although the shelters have signs posted saying no buses pass by, people still wait.
"We see people there daily waiting for a bus until they notice the sign is there and they realize it's not a working bus stop," said Rene Scharber.
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