To illustrate just how much of a challenge this is, we need to cross the pond to LA. And perhaps the pinacle of poor bus shade design.

La Sombrita. The design of this is so notoriously bad that I, a geek who's never set foot in the US has heard how bad it is.

This is a cautionary tale of the competing obstacles to proper people centred infrastructure. Announced with some fanfair as a shade solution for bus users in LA. It's been universally mocked. But how did it happen?

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