There aren’t many benches at bus stops around the Kansas City metro. At most stops, riders have to wait for their bus between 15 minutes to an hour in the rain, heat, snow or frigid cold with no place to sit.
Sunrise Movement KC, a climate activist group, is trying to change that. The group has been placing DIY benches at bus stops around the metro. Jacob Antolini, an organizer with Sunrise, said the group has installed more than 20 benches since it started the effort last fall.
But the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority keeps removing them. Antolini said the DIY benches were started as a tangible and quick way for people to take part in the group’s transit activism. Sunrise Movement KC has also advocated for regional transit funding, as well as fast and frequent bus service…