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Shelter Bus Stops & Comparing San Antonio to other cities.

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About yesterday (Sept 12, 20216), I decided to respond to a tweet from D2 Councilman Jalen McKee-Rodriguez.  Even though it's on Twitter and it's a very long Twitter thread, I feel that others need to read it.  Instead of sharing the entire twitter thread, I've decided to turn it into a blog post.  On Sept 10, 2021, Councilman Jalen McKee-Rodriguez tweeted the following :  Tweet 1 My response to this tweet is a very lengthy one .  But lets get started.  Tweet 2 Tweet 3 I've seen better bus stop shelters in "other cities." So far the bus shelters that I've seen do the job right is the standard model that is used by Trinity Metro and DART in the DFW area.  Tweet 4 Tweet 6 The Pictures are of the bus stops on 3rd st between Houston and Ave E and the other is on Houston St between I-10 and E Commerce.  Although they don't do a good job at showing a bus stop located on a narrow sidewalk, they do shows VIA attempt to put seats down.  Tweet 7 Ther