Daniel Moore picks up new vinyl seat backs and bottoms to install on a GoRaleigh bus at its maintenance headquarters off Poole Road in Raleigh, N.C., on Saturday, May 10, 2025.

In February, Big Blue Bus asked riders what they thought of two new seat designs for the much-criticized new bus stops. And the winner is … both. BBB is ordering Seat A, which has a taller, more ...

So far, about 40 Metro buses have had their cloth seats replaced with vinyl, which officials say is easier to clean and maintain. The material is similar to that used on Metrorail trains.

On Friday, when The Post made the 3.5 hour journey for $195, all 19 of the high-tech seats were sold out. By contrast, a perfectly-fine ticket aboard the Hamptons-bound Jitney bus ran just $41 a pop.