Years-long shortage of Metro bus stop benches about to end

The transit agency announced this week it will partner with advertising firm, Adsposure, to finance the installation and maintenance of 400 new bus stop benches and more than 200 new bus stop shelters across Hamilton County over the next 10 years.

FOLLOWING FOR YEARS... WE HAVEAN IMPORTANT UPDATE.SINCE2013, CINCINNATI METRO AND THECITY OF CINCINNATI HAVE BEENSYSTEMATICSYSTEMATICHAVE BEEN REMOVING THEBENCHES DUE TO MANY GOING INTODISREPAIR WITH NO MONEY IN THEBUDGET TO FIX OR REPLACETHEM... THAT HAS MEANT FEWERPLACES FOR BUS READERS TO SITWHILE THEY WAIT SOMETIMES 30 TO45 MINUTES FOR THE NEXT BUS TOARRIVE.WCPO REPORTER EXPLAINS HOW THATWILL ALL CHANGE...