Wait For Your Ride With Bees At This Bus Stop With A Unique Living Roof
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With more cities across the world embracing green architecture, it’s no surprise that designers are getting creative with sustainable living. However, who’d have have thought that bus stops could be bee-friendly, too? The Leicester City Council has partnered with outdoor advertising giant Clear Channel to replace and manage all of the city’s 479 bus shelters.
Every bus shelter will be overhauled and replaced with an eco-friendly alternative, with living roofs. They have been nicknamed the “Bee Bus Stops” by locals.
Each roof is planted with a mix of wildflowers and Sedum plants to enhance local biodiversity, which will also help to support the dwindling numbers of bees, butterflies, and other pollinating insects.
The city has an ongoing ‘Bee Roads’ program, where three and a half miles of roadside and roundabouts across the city have been devoted to wildflowers. It aims to make the city a welcoming place for pollinating insects, as the wildflowers provide food stops for them to refuel on the way to their destinations.
Wait For Your Ride With Bees At This Bus Stop With A Unique Living Roof
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With more cities across the world embracing green architecture, it’s no surprise that designers are getting creative with sustainable living.
However, who’d have have thought that bus stops could be bee-friendly, too? The Leicester City Council has partnered with outdoor advertising giant Clear Channel to replace and manage all of the city’s 479 bus shelters.
Every bus shelter will be overhauled and replaced with an eco-friendly alternative, with living roofs. They have been nicknamed the “Bee Bus Stops” by locals.
Each roof is planted with a mix of wildflowers and Sedum plants to enhance local biodiversity, which will also help to support the dwindling numbers of bees, butterflies, and other pollinating insects.
The city has an ongoing ‘Bee Roads’ program, where three and a half miles of roadside and roundabouts across the city have been devoted to wildflowers. It aims to make the city a welcoming place for pollinating insects, as the wildflowers provide food stops for them to refuel on the way to their destinations.
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