Forget the bus stops, what needs redesigning is traffic signals. Not how they look but how they work. They are so inefficient, waisting time and burning tons of fuel daily. A smartphone could run an app that controls it much better. The camera is aimed at the intersection and the traffic evaluated. The traffic signals could talk to each other to increase flow also. The system would cost far less then the archaic one they have now.Think about it next time your sitting at a light waiting for nothing.

I think Fujimoto's design is intended for double-decker buses. Or, roof maintenance.

What do you get today when you invite international recognized architects to design something for you? Junk that's not worth the materials they were made from. There's no double decker bus there nor is there a ceiling or walls on the grassy looking thingy. The only 1 that shows any sense is the 1 with the 3 chairs but 3 chairs isn't very practical, unless that's the avg # of people waiting at the stop & they better be bolted to the floor.

Images 1,3,4,5,6,7,9,15,16,18 are all life threatening traffic hazards. Once these misguided things get put up the only way to get them taken down is after enough people are dead. There is something like image 1 in a town near me. All it does is block motorists vision and cause accidents. THINK FIRST! Don't propose dangerous ideas to politicians just so the designer can get paid by the tax payers.

@ The Hoff Traffic lights are not individually controlled they are set to make the whole system flow with maximum efficiency. Changing the timing of one light will throw the system out of balance causing bigger delays elsewhere costing more time, fuel, and money. But go ahead and rage because the system is not designed to maximize your convenience at everybody else's expense.

First question: will it keep the rain off waiting passengers? (FYI it rains quite a lot in Austria.)
If not, it may be a bus stop, but it is not a bus _shelter_, which is the only reason to put up more than a simple sign.
Wanna do sculpture? Do sculpture, great. But do it for its own sake, don't sneak it in on the public transport budget, as a structure not fit for purpose.

I think they should have not asked Architects but Industrial Designers, who tend to be more practical while offering creative solutions. The solutions offered wheren't particularly elegant; but certainly would be expensive, yet with no safety features.

Utterly ridiculous- shows why you ought to leave bus stop design to industrial designers and not architects- at least industrial designers will understand the brief.
Clearly the majority of architects have never taken a bus in their lives- you need to be able to see the bus coming in order to stop it in time (so solid opaque walls are out). And at the very least, a bus shelter needs to provide protection from the rain...
I hope these idiots were not paid for their efforts. Ideally, they ought to be compelled to spend the winter doing nothing but travel on buses to various stops until they start to form some idea in their minds as to what is required of a bus shelter. As a bus user myself I think I could certainly come up with something more practical than the British 'Adshel' type shelter in use here, which tend to leak from various points on the roof, and so limit places you can actually stand under them without rainwater-diluted pigeon poo dripping on you.

A huge A to Z FAIL Architect - originaly meaning-> one who directs the work of others. Not competitors to see who could come up with the most capricious stupid expensive sculpture to clutter a road side. You got these obvious parameters. 1. shelter from sun 2. shelter from rain 3. buffer from strong wind. 4. no obstruction to approching traffic view (see the bus coming) 5. not a refuge for the homeless. 6. not a windblown trash catch. 6A. a trash bin easily maintained. 7. Places to sit down, but not lie down, maybe hang bags or packages. 8 display area for route information, bus numbers, schedules, advertising, transit information web page, or phone number posting. 9. provide good cell phone signal passively or actively 10 durable , vandal proof, low cost materials actractive in design, and inexpensive to assemble, low maintenance. 11. noise reducing, at least not noise reflecting.

Has anyone seen the bus hselters on the Isle Of Lewis and Harris? Amazing things that look like nuclear shelters! The Outer Hebrides build to last.