Transport Realities * South Africa - Slow, but maybe a start

Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)

Capetown,South Africa -MOBILITY, by Gail Jennings -April 17, 2009: -- ... BRT vehicles run along dedicated lanes, and offer commuters a safe, convenient and reliable service with a regular, all day and evening time table... Construction of BRT stations are well underway in both Cape Town and Johannesburg, and although the systems are about far more than 2010, their first phases need to be operational by then... There will be place for current bus operators in the system, although mini-bus taxis will be excluded from the trunk routes...Currently, the minibus-taxi industry moves about two-thirds of public transport passengers in South Africa, says Herrie Schalekamp, Centre for Transport Studies, UCT... Cape Town and Johanesburg have been in continuous negotiations with the taxi industry, and various memoranda of agreements have been signed…