When UC Berkeley graduate Mingwei Samuel heard about an injured neighbor who was forced to sit on the curb while waiting for the bus, he strapped a handmade bench to his trailer, biked it to the stop and cable locked it to a pole. ⁠ ⁠ Samuel posted the process to his X account in December 2023, kickstarting an outpour of community interest in installing additional benches at transit stops across the Bay Area. Since then, more than 130 “rogue” new benches have appeared at stations in Alameda, San Francisco, Contra Costa and Sonoma counties. ⁠ ⁠ Dubbed the San Francisco Bay Area Bench Collective, or SFBA Bench Collective, the group of neighbors and community members aims to fill in policy gaps that leave Muni and AC Transit stops without resting places for riders during long wait times. The American Disabilities Act does not require transit agencies to install seating at stops or other facilities, according to the Federal Transit Commission. ⁠ ⁠ Read more through the link in bio.⁠ ⁠ ✍️: ...