Shade the Stop Tree Planting Demo

Written By Sarah Wilkinson

The Greening Bus Stops Alliance — a partnership between RVA Rapid Transit, the Cool the City coalition, GRTC, and the Office of Equitable Transit and Mobility is working to “shade the stop” at some of the 403 bus stops in the city that have one or more vacant tree wells. During Richmond Tree Week in November 2025, the Greening Bus Stop Alliance hosted a tree planting demo at bus stop #3667 at the corner of Fairfield Avenue and Kane Street.

Nathan Burrell infills dirt around a tree he just helped plant near bus stop #3667.
A group of volunteers surrounds a newly planted tree with fresh mulch that they just raked into place.
A woman and two adolescent girls pose for a photo near a hole they are digging to plant a tree. They have shovels and one of the young girls is throwing peace signs.
A group of three volunteers poses near a tree they just planted with the GRTC bus stop sign at the far left of the scene.
Sarah Wilkinson
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