Judges in the American Public Transportation Association Mass Transit division annual contest for Bus Stop Innovation have awarded Brownsville Metro its top blue-ribbon award for advanced design and construction.
The panel of judges composed of mass transit managers from across the nation said B-Metro's "simple, but effective design incorporating local flora and recycling components into an environmental and aesthetically pleasing and cohesive unit made the Brownsville entry stand out above all submissions from national mass transit systems."
"B-Metro's multi-modal approach to mass transit must be commended," the announcement continues, "In the near future fortunate Brownsville mass transit consumers will have the option of jumping of a energy-saving hybrid bus, transfer at La Plaza at Brownsville Multimodal Terminal and take a route to the SpaceX Astroport at Boca Chica and launch off to Mars all on the same day. We salute this visionary approach that provides the mass transit consumer with limitless options. To envision a simple bus stop as the portal to space travel is revolutionary."
The judges praised B-Metro's use of components like a discarded milk plastic crate as a subtle encouragement of recycling and its placement of the bus stop sign close to local flora that provides a natural shade for waiting bus riders. The placing the stop sign at a respectable distance from where the bus stop also encourages personal fitness and exercise, they said.