Briefing on Cape Town’s Integrated Rapid Transit System 2009

Briefing on Cape Town’s Integrated Rapid Transit System

2009

‘Trunk’ and ‘Feeder’ services

Dedicated trunk service lanes

Feeder services in mixed traffic

Trunk services on coloured lanes

•Large vehicles•Lane located in the

middle of the roadway

•Major origin to major destination

• Free transfers between trunk routes

Feeder services on general traffic lanes

•Operating in mixed traffic

• Operating along the kerbside of the road

• Providing services into residential areas

• Connections to trunk services

Smaller vehicles:

Phase 1A

• Airport CBD link

• Inner city service

•CBD Green Point Stadium

Subsequent phases

•Rest of phase 1: West Coast to Atlantis route

•Phase 2: Metro South East (Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain)

•Phases 3 and 4: Delft, Blue Downs, Stellenbosch

Comfortable, accessible public transport

•Easy boarding for wheelchairs

•Accessible for the elderly and children

•Provision for prams •World class stations and

vehicles

Level boarding on trunk routes. Ramps on feeder routesLevel boarding on trunk routes. Ramps on feeder routes

Sustainable public transport

•Low emission vehicles

• Reduction in private vehicle use

Affordable public transport

•Fares will be comparable with those currently charged

•Financial modelling underway •Cheaper fares for off peak times•Fares to range from R4 to R16

Infrastructure designed to fit fare structure

Feeder Services•Flat fare per trip at open stationsTrunk Services

• Base + distance-related fare

Free transfer: Free transfer: • between trunk services • between trunk services • • at strategic closed feeder stationsat strategic closed feeder stations

Smart cards

•Will enable transfers between trunk routes on a single fare

•Will make it easy to transfer between trunk routes

•Sold at stations and retail outlets

•Eliminate cash transactions on the vehicles

Phase 1 construction: inner city to Green Point

Hertzog Boulevard, Civic lane and Old Marine Rd• Construction of dedicated lane, station and cycle lane begins nowSomerset Rd• Cycle lane under construction, for completion in March 2010

Inner City to Hout Bay• Dedicated lanes, stations and cycle infrastructure begins 2nd half of 2009

Airport services

•Airport plaza, IRT station base structure for completion by December 2009

•Station top structure for completion by March 2010

West coast infrastructure

•R27 dedicated lanes, and cycle lanes currently under construction for completion by March 2010

•Bayside Centre station construction begins now•Blaauwberg Rd median lane construction begins

mid-2009

Comparing infrastructure costs

• BRT• Trams• Light rail• Urban rail• Elevated rail• Metro

R65-160 Mil /km R100-250 Mil /km R150-400 Mil /km

R325-650 Mil /km

R325-2000 Mil /km

R3.2 - 100 Mil /km

Cape Town IRT

infrastructure is

costing about

R 40 million / km

on average

Curitiba, Brazil

Guayquil, Equador

Pereira, Columbia

São Paulo, Brazil

Station Design

Station Design

Station Design

Typical signage at ticket office entrance

System map displays

• Individual route maps above doorways

• Full system map inside closed area of station

Glass sliding doors with station name displayed

Real-time information displays

Alignment of Bus with Platforms

• Kassel Kerb in Zuidtangent, Netherlands

Progress Summary

March 2007: Implementation Framework completed

October 2007: City project team formed

November 2007: City study tour to Latin America

December 2007: Operational plan tender awarded

2007

2008

February 2008: National Treasury awarding of R 836 m

March 2008: Council resolution approving planning

April 2008: Awarding of Business Plan contract

April 2008: Press announcement on project

August 2008:Council approves Phase 1A implementation

August 2008: First infrastructure tender advertised

November 2008: Construction commences

December 2008: Phase 1A operator study tour to Colombia

Progress Summary20

09

February 2009 : Draft Vehicle Operator Prospectus given to taxi and bus industry February 2009: National Treasury awarding of R 900 m

April 2009: R600m civil contracts awarded R300m tenders received for IRT Closed Station Superstructures