1. CORRIDORS OF FREEDOM – BROAD
CONCEPT
Herman Pienaar
Development Planning – City Transformation

2. CONTENT
• Background and overview of city development
strategy
• Corridors of Freedom concept and approach
• Corridor focus areas

3. JOHANNESBURG
DEMOGRAPHICS
• Total Population – 4.4
million
• 36% of Gauteng population
• 8% of national population
• Johanesburg is growing
faster than the Gauteng
Region
• COJ population increase by
38% between 2001 and
2011.

4. JOHANNESBURG POPULATION
PYRAMID

5. Based on 5 indicators:
•Income
•Employment
•Health
•Education
•Living Environment

6. THE CONCEPT – CORRIDORS
OF FREEDOM
• The City of Johannesburg is embarking on a new spatial
vision for the city in line with the Growth and Development
Strategy 2040, based on corridor Transit-oriented
Development (TOD).
• The shape of the future city will consist of well-planned
transport arterials – the “Corridors of Freedom” – linked to
interchanges where the focus will be on mixed-use
development – high-density accommodation, supported by
office buildings, retail development and opportunities for
leisure and recreation.

7. FUTURE
PUBLIC
TRANSPORT
NETWORK

9. SUSTAINABLE HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
URBANISATION PLAN (SHSUP)
STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT
AREA
MODEL-
LED
YIELD
1In-situ Upgrading 26,500
2Nodes Within PPTN 75,500
3Nodes Outside PPTN 30,585
4TOD 74,117
5BRT 84,482
6Short-Term North 56,929
7Short-Term South 91,497
8Consolidation &Infill (North) 157,539
9Consolidation &Infill (Mining Belt) 70,461
10Redevelopment South Suburbs 23,775
Sub-Total 691,385
11Expansion North 78,662
12Expansion South 72,138
Sub-Total 150,800
13Rest of the City 293,970
Sub-Total 293,970
Total 1,136,155

10. Railways
Motorway
Gautrain_Rail
Development_Corridors
Industrial_Node_polygon
Mixed_Use_Nodes_polygon
Captital Invesment Prioirty Areas
Significant_Open_Space
CIPA_desc
Inner City
City Deep
Empire_Perth_Corridor
SowetoHighway_Corridor
Turffontein_Corridor
Soweto_Public_Transport_Corridor
LouisBotha_Corridor
Within UDB
Areas_Beyond_UDB
Cadastral Base
!. Cross_Border_Nodes
CoJ_boundary
Capital Investment
Priority Areas (CIPAs)

11. Addressing Deprivation Levels Through Spatial Restructuring

12. CORRIDORS OF FREEDOM OUTCOMES

13. Study Outline
• Strategic analysis
• Strategic Area Framework
– Desired built form and spatial vision
• Interventions for increased accessibility
– Quantified development potential
• Interventions to achieve density within a TOD/SHS
framework
• Cost benefit
– Modelling current and future scenarios
• Corridor Development Programme
– Quantified interventions
– Spatially defined with time and sequential events

14. DEDICATED PUBLIC TRANSPORT AS
BACKBONE

15. URBAN RESTRUCTURING

16. Translating the Vision and Defining the Targets

17. NANCEFIELD TOD NODE

18. THE STUDY AREA
T S O L O R O A D

19. CORRIDORS OF FREEDOM APPROACH

20. Guiding Principles

21. CORRIDOR AS AN URBAN SYSTEM

22. Densification options
Large Scale Precinct Development High Density Infill on Underutilised Land
Consolidation and Redevelopment

23. CORRIDORS OF FREEDOM FOCUS

24. Empire Perth Corridor of
Freedom

25. Proposed transit system
Good quality
North South
linkages required
Existing Metrorail Stations
Existing Bus Terminals

26.  Densification areas
 backbone for densification
policies, land use zoning and
development controls.
Delineation of areas of densification

27. Vertical density

28. Louis Botha Corridor of
Freedom

29. Turffontein “Corridor” of
Freedom

30. Proposed transit system
Several of the streets in Turffontein used to be tramway reserves and
consequently De Villiers-, Turf- and Turffontein Road have road reserve widths
of more than 18m. These road reserve widths are suitable to accommodate a
Bus Rapid Transit System.

31. Delineation of areas of densification
areas
 Densification areas
 Backbone for densification
policies, land use zoning and
development controls.

32. 3D Visualization• Land Use

33. • How can we transform cities to be sustainable, efficient,
beautiful, and invigorating to the human sole?
• How can we bring together residents of diverse
backgrounds, and empower and uplift the disenfranchised?
• How can urban environments propel us to realise our
healthiest bodies, strongest communities, and most
creative minds?
• And practically speaking, how do we get from here to
there?
CONCLUDING REMARKS