Gimme Shelters

RantWoman had occasion today to go past the new Forest St. "bus facility." RantWoman is quite excited to note that the place is now sporting 4 actual bus shelters including both benches and trash cans. Woo--hoo!

Lest anyone fear that these new amenities will leave RantWoman completely bereft of things to grumble about, fear not. After achieving the bank transaction that was the reason for RantWoman's visitation, RantWoman next sought to cross Rainier toward the light rail station. RantWoman crossed in the south crosswalk and took note of other elements that are worthy of a standup comedy routine: the curb cut is well to the right of the crosswalk and there are two or three random street signs between the curb cut and the crosswalk, just in case RantWoman needs another reason besides the endless opportunities to cross paths with buses, for her "avoid like the plague" list.

Give the vast transit planning conspiracy credit for one thing: unlike a certain park and ride in another part of town, there is a stop light from the outset rather than waiting years and a long list of car vs ped collisions before a stop light was finally, last year, ding, ding, ding installed.