ORLANDO, Fla. – Several bus riders are voicing their concerns about bus stop improvements and safety. This comes a week after 32-year-old Nelson Odige was sentenced to life in prison for raping a woman at a bus stop in Pine Hills in 2023.
June Williams, who’s been riding buses in Pine Hills for the past 12 years, has to sit on this grocery cart because there’s nowhere else to sit at this bus stop off of Hiawassee Road.
“It’s so inconvenient for us. Rain falling. Sun hot. You have to stand up, coming from work,” said Williams. “Your feet are so tired, and you have to come to the bus stop and stand up again.”…