New Bus Shelter Vandalized. 2nd Time.

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We didn't even get a chance to report about the recent upgrades to the bus shelter at Mt Vernon and West Reed Avenues yet.

And it was vandalized today...for the second time since it was installed.

The new shelter, part of the first of quite a few long-anticipated pedestrian improvements to Arlandria, is also one of the first of a new program of bus shelter replacements City-wide that will also incorporate new technologies such as solar lighting and potentially schedule information or even real-time transit data. We reported on the efforts, progress and set-backs that have been happening along the way (see prior stories listed below).

But not if stuff like this keeps happening.

We reported the incident and will track the progress of the repairs.

Previous related stories from The Arlandrian:

• Is this a good place for a bus shelter?
• Are new bus shelters coming to Arlandria?
• Bus shelters go solar
• UPDATE: Bus Shelter now a Bus "Stop"
• Obsessed with bus shelters.
• Arlandria's Capital Improvement Plan: A Fractured Fairy Tale
• Alexandria Kills Pedestrian Crossing at Glebe Road