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Trees are relaxing to look at when your bus is late :) and 3.2C cooler than shelters!

Though most know such things intuitively, hard numbers help transit designers make their case.

That's without mentioning the fact that trees emit chemicals into the air that help make it rain. It was discussed here on Hacker News recently.

That will help to lower temperatures across a wide area.

And they're natural filters. It's a win/win/win.