The launch of Cape Town’s
Integrated Public Transport
Authority last week was
heralded as the first step
towards a nationwide
strategy that will address
transport inadequacies.
Called Transport for
Cape Town (TCT), the
programme – aimed at
integrating public transport
– will ultimately benefit
the movement of cargo and
freight in the long run, said
the city’s executive mayor –
Patricia de Lille.
“The establishment of
an efficient, world-class
public transportation
system is one of the city’s
leading priorities. With
TCT we undertake to
bring people in the metro
close together,” she said.
“By doing that we are
moving one step closer
to an integrated transport
network with a transport
authority.”
This, she said, would
ultimately result in better
safety measures and better
facilities across the board
in Cape Town and the
Western Cape as a whole.
The TCT has the bold
vision to achieve one
public transport network
(incorporating rail, buses
and taxis), one timetable,
one ticket, one fare, one
standard infrastructure
and operations, one
communications system
and one public transport
brand.
She said with people
having greater access to
opportunities and goods
moving more freely across
the city and the province
the economy would
undoubtedly thrive.
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Patricia de Lille ... faster times of travel for commuters and goods.
