Politics & Government
Watch: Solar-Powered Bus Shelter Bedazzles City Intersections
The RTA shelter runs on solar energy gathered throughout the day
If you spot colorful, blinking boxes while driving down Mayfield Road, you aren't crazy.
The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) city officials unveiled the Thursday night. They sit at the intersections of Mayfield and Coventry and Mayfield and Warrensville Center roads — the city's most frequented stops.
The shelters are custom to Cleveland Heights and have many features.
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About four people can sit on the benches, and about 10 people could fit in the 8.5-by- 13.5-foot shelter. It is made of metal and tempered glass, and is close to the same size as the current RTA shelters.
The Federal Transit Administration gave the RTA a grant to create these shelters, and Cleveland Heights received $100,000 to manufacture and install the structures.
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The shelters were designed by Solar-Impact, a renewable energy company based in Shaker Heights, and fabricated by DaNite Sign in Columbus.
Watch the video above to learn more about the lighting of the shelters.
*Cleveland Heights Patch editor Michelle Simakis contributed to this article.
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