Patent ID: 7167103

Claim:
A transit stop apparatus comprising: a transit stop post; an overhead assembly mounted on the post; a first set of one or more light emitters mounted within the overhead assembly and oriented to project the emitted light toward the ground in the immediate vicinity of the transit stop apparatus; a display panel mounted on the post, the display panel being adapted to provide static transportation-related information to persons at the transit stop; a second set of one or more light emitters mounted inside the display panel and oriented to illuminate the static transportation-related information on the display panel; one or more user-operated switches mounted on the display panel that enable the user to activate the first and second sets of one or more light emitters; a rechargeable battery; a solar energy collector; electrical circuitry connecting the solar energy connector to the rechargeable battery, the one or more user-operated switches, and the first and second sets of light emitters in a manner adapted to enable solar charging of the battery and to turn on the first and second sets of light emitters upon user activation of the one or more user-operated switches.