Bus benches with dividers on Second Avenue. (Photo by Calista Stocker/Times of San Diego) In 2017, the Metropolitan Transit System spent $1.4 million upgrading bus stop benches throughout the county.

Although there is no universally accepted definition of the term, hostile architecture (sometimes called “defensive design”) ...

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We’ve all seen them – the public benches with notches that divide the space into three seats. They are meant to deter loitering and sleeping but they also stand in the way of comfort for someone who ...