Improvised Bus Stop Seating

After our morning walk in the park we take the car for a ride to cool down before we go home. One of the paths we take is Old Dominion Road. We have driven on it many times before - on our way to visit friends who live in Arlington, and to one of our favorite Greek restaurants. It’s a shady road and a very pleasant ride. One of the peculiar things I noticed was the bus stops. Obviously it can be difficult to wait for the bus and standing around can be hard on your feet. For whatever reason, very few of them have the typical glass covered seating area to protect one from the elements while providing some shelter and a seat. So someone - or several people - have taken it in to their own hands to make the bus stops a little more comfortable. Along the way are several plastic yard chairs that have been placed next to the bus stop signs. Unfortunately our car was moving too fast to get decent photos of the arrangements. But I was able to capture a few - one had an old red cushion office chair. The only thing I could think about was it’s not the best thing to sit on in the rain. Anyway, we are used to the metro stops and the glass covered shelters in DC. Things look a bit different in northern Virginia. I wonder how it is decided who gets the covered seating and who doesn’t? Obviously no one seems to object - even though it looks pretty tacky.