A Chinese woman, who tried to protect a Japanese mother and her child during a knife attack at a bus stop earlier this week in China, has succumbed to her injuries, officials said. Hu Youping ...

built based on a template from the Public Bench Project, at the bus stop in downtown Berkeley. The response — from the city and from bench enthusiasts around the world — was immediate.

Perhaps, he thought, his homemade bench initiative might get the attention of transit or city officials who would see the need for better bus stops. “I can change the small amount that I have ...

It was a scene not uncommon for many straphangers who rely on public transportation to get around in the Bay Area. A man, hobbled by a recent surgery, was seen sprawled out on the curb in downtown ...

When he’s not biking around the Bay Area, he has been helping organize a volunteer mini public works department of sorts, building and installing bus benches around the East Bay. Letters ...