New colorful bus shelters look like porches

(Left to right) Councilwoman Shirley Gonzales and Jeff Arndt, CEO of VIA Metropolitan Transit, sitting in a porch swing in the new "Urban Porch" bus shelter on Brazos Street, Friday, Sept. 12, 2014. (Left to right) Councilwoman Shirley Gonzales and Jeff Arndt, CEO of VIA Metropolitan Transit, sitting in a porch swing in the new "Urban Porch" bus shelter on Brazos Street, Friday, Sept. 12, 2014. Photo: Alma E. Hernandez, Alma E. Hernandez / For The San Photo: Alma E. Hernandez, Alma E. Hernandez / For The San Image 1 of / 8 Caption Close New colorful bus shelters look like porches 1 / 8 Back to Gallery

SAN ANTONIO — Public art meets transit at three new bus shelters that were dedicated Friday near the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center on the West Side.

All three VIA Metropolitan Transit shelters look like front porches: Two even have benches that swing and the rest of the seating resembles porch furniture with big easy-chair arms and high backs.

The frame for the shelter itself is made of metal with intricately carved designs of leaves and vines, done in an array of bright shades of pink, green, white, yellow and other colors.

Two of the shelters are along Brazos Street, one at Guadalupe and the other at San Fernando Street. The third is on Guadalupe, just east of Brazos.

Read more about the eye-catching shelters — who designed and built them — at ExpressNews.com.