Grants Pass, a timber and farming community south of Portland, launched the bus-shelter project in late 2008. Tapping federal funds awarded to it, the city initially budgeted $322,000 to build five shelters, or more than $60,000 per structure—a row of seats and an awning.

Grants Pass, a timber and farming community south of Portland, launched the bus-shelter project in late 2008. Tapping federal funds awarded to it, the city initially budgeted $322,000 to build five shelters, or more than $60,000 per structure—a row of seats and an awning.