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Changing The Way We Wait At Winston-Salem's Bus Stops (The Sequel)

88.5 WFDD - Public Radio For The Piedmont | By David Ford

Published May 23, 2019 at 8:12 AM EDT

A large bus shelter covers the stop in front of the WSTA office building on Trade Street in Winston-Salem. DAVID FORD/WFDD

On today's Carolina Curious, WFDD listener Vicki Schwartz asks:

“Why is there such a lack of bus benches and shelters at various bus stops in the city of Winston-Salem?”

For Schwartz, it's personal.

“I grew up in the 50s when bus transportation was a very significant means of transportation,” she says. “I rode the bus with my grandmother and my mother, and it was very convenient. It was very efficient, and something that everybody did."

WSTA's Transportation Center in the heart of downtown Winston-Salem. DAVID FORD/WFDD

"My concern is that nowadays it seems that it is the poor mainly using the bus

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David Ford

Before his arrival in the Triad, David had already established himself as a fixture in the Austin, Texas arts scene as a radio host for Classical 89.5 KMFA. During his tenure there, he produced and hosted hundreds of programs including Mind Your Music, The Basics and T.G.I.F. Thank Goodness, It's Familiar, which each won international awards in the Fine Arts Radio Competition. As a radio journalist with 88.5 WFDD, his features have been recognized by the Associated Press, Public Radio News Directors Inc., Catholic Academy of Communication Professionals, and Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas. David has written and produced national stories for NPR, KUSC and CPRN in Los Angeles and conducted interviews for Minnesota Public Radio's Weekend America.

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Changing The Way We Wait At Winston-Salem's Bus Stops (The Sequel)

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