Bus shelters in Bergvliet!
A new school is proposed for our neighbourhood, which means more learners, parents and teachers waiting at the roadside. We have drafted a shelter for six corners nearby.
A school changes a street. Let's get the corners right.
When a school opens, hundreds of people start arriving and leaving at the same two times every day. Many of them will be on foot or waiting for a bus or lift club. Right now most of these corners offer a pole, a patch of grass and nothing else.
We want every corner to be a safe, dry, well-lit place to wait, and we want it to look like it belongs to the people who use it. That is why we are asking you before we ask the City.
Safer school runs
A clear, visible place to wait keeps learners off the road edge and gives drivers a reason to slow down.
Shelter from the weather
Winter rain and summer south-easters are part of life here. Every design has a full roof, a back wall and a bench.
Light after dark
Early-morning and after-school activities mean dark waits in winter. Shelters are planned with built-in lighting.
Designed by neighbours
Your votes and comments decide which style goes where, and your concerns shape what we take to the City.
Three styles. Any corner.
Each style wraps the same sturdy shelter: steel frame, full roof, bench, lighting and a stop board. Only the skin changes, so any style can go on any corner. You tell us which one feels like home.
How to have your say
Visit each corner
Scroll through six real street corners near the proposed school.
Try on the styles
Switch between Ndebele, Cape Town and School to see each one in place.
Vote per corner
Pick your favourite for each corner. You can change your mind any time.
Tell us the rest
Worried about parking, safety or the view? Write to us below. We read everything.
The six corners
Every vote is counted per corner, because what suits a quiet verge might not suit a busy intersection. Your voice, corner by corner.
What the neighbourhood is saying
Live totals across all six corners. These results are a guide for our proposal, so every single vote moves the needle.
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neighbours have voted
Who we are
Bus shelters can be more than just functional. Let's bring some beauty to our communities.
We are a young-and-hungry South African startup that believes the places where people wait should be places they're proud of.
We go to where the schools are, and make sure it's not just another boring bus stop. A shelter isn't only for the people waiting in it. It's part of the view for everyone who drives, walks and lives past it every day, which is why we're asking you first.
Workshop17, Kloof Street, Cape Town
Something on your mind?
Love it, hate it, worried about traffic, parking or safety? Tell us in your own words. Every concern is logged in the report we take to the City.
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Privacy & POPIA terms
We only collect what we need, use it only for this consultation, and delete it on request. Tap to read the full terms.
§1Who we are
Sure Thing Shelters ("we", "us") is the responsible party under the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 ("POPIA") for personal information collected on this website.
Address: Workshop17 Kloof Street, 32 Kloof Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa.
Information Officer: The Information Officer, Sure Thing Shelters.
Email: [email protected]
By using this website, voting or submitting feedback you accept these terms. If you do not agree, please do not submit personal information.
§2What we collect
- Feedback form: your email address (required), your name and street or suburb (optional), the corner you are writing about, the type of message and the message itself, plus the date and time you sent it and whether you consented and agreed to be contacted.
- Votes: your style choice for each corner, linked to a random, anonymous identifier kept in a cookie on your device so that each device votes once per corner. This cookie is used only for voting. We do not collect your name or email to count a vote.
- We do not collect special personal information (such as health, religion or political beliefs) and ask you not to include it in your message. We do not use advertising cookies or tracking pixels.
We collect information directly from you (section 12 of POPIA). Providing your email is voluntary, but without it we cannot accept a written submission, because we need a way to verify and, if you agree, respond to it.
§3Why we collect it
We process personal information only for these specific, explicitly defined purposes (section 13):
- to read, record and consider your feedback on the proposed bus shelters;
- to reply to you, only if you ticked the box allowing us to;
- to prevent duplicate or abusive submissions and keep voting fair;
- to prepare a public participation report that summarises community views. Quotes in that report are anonymised and never include your name, email or address.
We will not process your information for any other purpose that is incompatible with these (section 15).
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If we ever wanted to contact you about anything other than your own submission, we would first ask for your separate, specific consent. Silence or inaction will never count as consent.
§6Who sees your information
- Our team: only the people running this consultation can see feedback and email addresses.
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§8How long we keep it
We keep feedback and email addresses only as long as needed for the purposes above (section 14): until 12 months after the public participation process closes. After that, email addresses and names are permanently deleted and any remaining comments are de-identified. Vote tallies are kept only as anonymous totals.
§9How we protect it
We take appropriate, reasonable technical and organisational measures to prevent loss, damage, unauthorised access or unlawful processing (section 19), including access limited to named team members, encrypted connections and secure hosting. If we believe your information has been accessed by an unauthorised person, we will notify you and the Information Regulator as required by section 22.
§10Your rights
Under POPIA (section 5) you have the right to:
- ask whether we hold your information and request a copy of it (section 23);
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Email [email protected] with "POPIA request" in the subject line. We may ask you to confirm your identity and will respond within a reasonable time, free of charge.
§11Children
This consultation is aimed at adults. If you are under 18, please ask a parent or guardian to submit feedback on your behalf. We do not knowingly process the personal information of children without the consent of a competent person (sections 34 and 35). If we learn we have done so, we will delete it.
§12Voting rules
- One vote per person per corner. You can change your vote while voting is open; only your latest choice counts.
- Results are an indication of community preference. They inform our proposal but are not a binding referendum, and final approval rests with the relevant authorities.
- We may discount votes that appear automated, duplicated or fraudulent.
- The shelters shown are artist's impressions. Final size, position and materials depend on site surveys, accessibility standards and City approval.
§13Comment guidelines
All views are welcome, including criticism of this proposal. Please keep messages respectful and do not include other people's personal information, defamatory or abusive content. We may set aside submissions that break these guidelines, but we will still log the concern raised where we can. Messages are not published on this website.
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§15Changes to these terms
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