# Bus stop ‘shockingly dangerous’ - ODT article today **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Tags:** cycling, in-the-press\ **Created:** [9 August 2023 04:14 UTC](https://spokes.nz/t/bus-stop-shockingly-dangerous-odt-article-today/313 "2023-08-09T04:14:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NathanK](https://spokes.nz/user_avatar/spokes.nz/nathank/32/2002_2.png) [@NathanK](https://spokes.nz/u/NathanK)\ **Post date:** [9 August 2023 04:14 UTC](https://spokes.nz/t/bus-stop-shockingly-dangerous-odt-article-today/313/1 "2023-08-09T04:14:10Z")
This is behind their paywall sorry: > **[Bus stop ‘shockingly dangerous’](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/bus-stop-%E2%80%98shockingly-dangerous%E2%80%99)** > > A Dunedin resident is worried a bus stop created on a shared footpath and cycleway is an accident risk, but Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency says it... Here is the chat about it in the cycle advocacy chat of [Biking in Dunedin](https://www.facebook.com/groups/670530580780641) (with @frstep, @GerardH, and others): ![image](https://spokes.nz/uploads/default/original/1X/88d92b2b91e38292b0aa04162a45e029a6bd9e37.png) Ah - found out! It is very close to St Leonards, on the new bit of cycleway. Due to a shortage of space, a choice had to be made between endangering cyclists & pedestrians, or holding up traffic a wee bit when a bus stops. It seems that traffic won. ---
**Author:** ![Duncan](https://spokes.nz/user_avatar/spokes.nz/duncan/32/344_2.png) [@Duncan](https://spokes.nz/u/Duncan)\ **Post date:** [9 August 2023 20:04 UTC](https://spokes.nz/t/bus-stop-shockingly-dangerous-odt-article-today/313/2 "2023-08-09T20:04:31Z")
That really is a shocker. Unfortunately for the DCC they’ll cop a load of flack for it even though it’s a Waka Kotahi mistake I presume. I totally agree with Andrew (the original poster) that this is the reason we need much better engagement with the biking (and walking) community in Dunedin.