Like do they just guesstimate where they’d see the most use?

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    If you are expecting consistency from something like this, you should try getting involved in local politics at least once.

    Whatever way you imagine for deciding it, the answer is yes, they do that.

    Do they gesstimate? Yes!

    Do they hire engineers to guesstimate? Yes!

    Do they concede to popular pressure? Yes!

    Do they concede to money pressure? Yes!

    Do they use the placement to guide the city’s evolution? Yes!

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      Do they change the placement because a business “bribed” (i mean lobbied) for them to not to put a bus stop near them as they don’t want to see the poors near them? Yes!

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        Or in the case of my city, they built a bus stop in the massive parking lot between Walmart and Sam’s Club for the opposite reason!

        I’m sure it was added for both employees and customers.

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            A store is a business…

            While I don’t doubt that there are places in the US that try to keep bus stops from being near businesses for the same reasons they have hostile architecture, it doesn’t seem universal at all. Touristy areas have bus stops near businesses that want tourists for example.

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              What I mean a business that is not a store. Think investment bank or importer B2B business or a highend appointment only boutiques