1. TRANSPORT FOR CAPE TOWN
BOLD CITY
2 November 2013
Brett Herron

2. INTRODUCTION
The Mobility & Access Challenge:
Spatial Poverty Trap
Fragmented Services
Structural fragmentation

4. Strategic Vision
The City of Cape Town is the Transport Authority,
managing the activities and infrastructure related to the
network in an integrated, cost effective way, for the
benefit of all commuters across the City.

6. TRANSPORT FOR CAPE TOWN
City of Cape Town’s Transport Authority:
Restructured Transport, Roads & Stormwater
Directorate to establish TCT
Constitution of TCT By-Law drafted & approved
By-Law entrenches structure and functions

7. Objectives for Transport
1
An efficient and viable relationship between land use, supporting infrastructure and
TOD Strategy
transport for the sustainable development of the City region
2
Integrated, intermodal, interoperable, responsive and car competitive public transport for
“Public Transport Lifestyle”
the benefit of the community
3
Economically viable transport system by balancing service provision with demand and
Socially & Environmentally Equitable & Sustainable
through transparent regulation
4
Services delivered in an accountable, investment oriented and performance driven
Performance driven contracts
manner, ensuring quality and unified standards
5
A costed, viable and financially accountable transport management system and network
Congestion charge / Fuel levy / parking charges
through exploiting all potential sources of funding
6
Consolidated and improved public transport law enforcement functions in the City so as
Law enforcement for network security
to facilitate safety and security on the public transportpersonal and related facilities for
the benefit of all
7
Comprehensive communication and stakeholder management under the banner of TCT so
Strong Brand and communication
as to ensure responsible service delivery in partnership with all industry role players
8
A fully integrated, responsive and well maintained infrastructure network along with
Well maintained infrastructure (all modes)
related facilities, that is appropriately managed as the largest asset in the City
To develop, maintain and extend the systems on the intermodal network so as to ensure
Continuous system development
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8. TRANSPORT FOR CAPE TOWN
City of Cape Town’s Transport Authority:
ONE NETWORK / ONE PLAN
 Integrated Transport Plan (ITP) 2013 –
2018:
 Addresses TCT objectives and the vision
of One Network
 USER ACCESS PRIORITY
 ITP to be approved
Dec 2013

9. TRANSPORT FOR CAPE TOWN
City of Cape Town’s Transport Authority:
ONE NETWORK / ONE PLAN
Hierarchy of integrated interoperable modes

10. Network & PTI Hierarchy
COMPETITION
MODEL
DIRECT SERVICES AND
LIMITED HIERARCHY
COORDINATION
MODEL
NETWORK
SYSTEM
HIERARCHY

11. TRANSPORT FOR CAPE TOWN
City of Cape Town’s Transport Authority:
ONE NETWORK / ONE PLAN
 Integrated Public Transport Network
(IPTN)
Address the mobility and access needs by
ensuring integration of various modes by:
 Network Plan of transport corridors – both road
and rail
 High level public transport operational plan
 Implementation plan
for public transport
network

12. TRANSPORT FOR CAPE TOWN
City of Cape Town’s Transport Authority:
ONE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
Contracted public transport services /
Subsidised Bus & Rail services
• TCT is already the contracting authority for MyCiTi
• TCT is the contracting authority for Dial-a-Ride
• TCT has applied to National Ministers for
assignment of the contracting authority function for
subsidised bus services –
Golden Arrow Bus Services

13. TRANSPORT FOR CAPE TOWN
City of Cape Town’s Transport Authority:
ONE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
Contracted public transport services /
Subsidised Bus & Rail services
• Working with PRASA on devolution of the rail
function – subsidy &
contracting authority function
• Contracting authority for all land-based public
transport.

14. TRANSPORT FOR CAPE TOWN
City of Cape Town’s Transport Authority:
ONE NETWORK / ONE PLAN / ONE
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Municipal Regulating Entity
• Public Transport Regulation & Licensing currently
a Provincial function
• TCT has applied to National Ministers for
assignment of the function
• Operating Licence Strategy

15. TRANSPORT FOR CAPE TOWN
•Sustainable Transport / Sustainable Development
•TRANSIT ORIENTATED DEVELOPMENT (TOD)
•TOD strategy guides higher density development to
support transport infrastructure along key corridors.
•A substantial number of trips in people’s trip chain must
both start and end in the vicinity of public transport
•Bring people to jobs and bring jobs to people
•Peak flow and counter flow

16. TRANSPORT FOR CAPE TOWN
•TRANSIT ORIENTATED DEVELOPMENT (TOD)
•Work group currently looking at regulatory issues and
incentives to support TOD:
• Parking provisions: parking requirements
supportive of encouraging development
• Proactive Land Packaging: public & parastatal
owned land that could be used to contribute to
corridor and nodal development objectives
• Alignment of capital projects with TOD

17. TRANSPORT FOR CAPE TOWN
ROLL OUT OF THE BRT (MYCITI)
 METRO SOUTH EAST
 N2 Express : Khayelitsha & MP
 Negotiations with industry
 July 2014
 PHASE 1A & 1B
 Taxi compensation concluded
 Long term operating contracts
 Roll out Phase1A
 Phase 1B launch end of 2014
 PHASE 2
 IPTN / Lansdowne Rd

18. The End
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BRETT HERRON
brett.herron@capetown.gov.za