‘Guerilla Bench’ Activists Back At It, Install 12 More Lovely But Unauthorized Benches at Muni Stops

The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/08/22/guerilla-bench-activists-back-at-it-install-12-more-lovely-but-unauthorized-benches-at-muni-stops/The team of anonymous transit activists who put benches at Muni stops that had no benches in June has struck again, adding 12 new benches to bench-less bus stops in the Lower Haight, Bayview-Hunters Point, and Potrero Hill. It was early June when a group calling themselves the SF Bay Area Bench Collective went and installed eight “guerrilla benches” of their own at Mission District SF Muni bus stops that did not have benches. (They had already installed dozens of benches in the East Bay.) These benches were made of sturdy materials, with very high-quality workmanship, and the Muni-riding public seemed to love them.Image: Joe