In early March, New York City subway riders noticed a new development at the West 4th Street station, near Manhattan’s Washington Square Park. Construction workers for New York’s Metropolitan ...

The KCATA recently installed leaning benches, like the ones shown here at 11th Street and Grand Avenue, at busy bus stops where regular benches were taken out because of complaints about loitering.

The MTA has replaced traditional wooden benches with metal leaning benches at one popular Manhattan subway station. Several leaning benches have been installed at the West Fourth Street-Washington ...

ANSWERS ON THE CONTROVERSY. PEOPLE LOVE TO HANG OUT AT OUR BUS STOPS AND ENJOY THE ATMOSPHERE. THEY GET TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE. THEY GET TO TALK WITH PEOPLE. BUT WHAT WE’RE REALLY TRYING TO DO IS OUR ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - New leaning benches at some KC bus stops have stirred mixed reaction from riders. The benches are now in place at locations including 12th and Grand, 11th and Grand, and the ...

The MTA is keeping straphangers on their toes. The transit agency installed four new “leaning bars” at the W. Fourth St. station of the A, C and E trains in Greenwich Village over the weekend, part of ...

The Adams administration wants bus riders to take a load off, announcing Thursday that the city would be making a $40 million investment toward installing benches or “leaning bars” at nearly 9,000 ...

Over the years, the bench has evolved from a public amenity to a way to control homeless populations by leaving little or no room to sit down. Over the years, the bench has evolved from a public ...