CT to launch 'integrated' Transport Authority

The Transport Forum has joined forces with the City of Cape Town for the launch of the Mother City’s official Transport Authority. Taking place at the City Hall on October 18, the new authority – called Transport for Cape Town – is a government entity that will transform the current fragmented transported system into an integrated, intermodal system. According to Harry van Huyssteen, organiser and custodian of the Transport Forum, the decision to partner with the city for the event is based on the important networking role the Forum plays in the transport community. “Attendees will have the opportunity to meet many of the transport bodies taking up communication desks at the event,” he said. Speakers at the launch include the Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan, the Minister of Transport, Ben Martins, the Western Cape MEC of Transport, Robin Carlisle, and the Cape Town mayor, Patricia de Lille. Van Huyssteen said the event also afforded the Forum the opportunity to have a presence in Cape Town during Transport Month, while the monthly event on October 4 will take place in Johannesburg in the form of a full-day seminar on transport-related issues.