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Transport Authorities
eThekwini Transport Authority
Making a difference for sustainability
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Vital QuestionCan eTA make a real difference?
Transport Authorities (TAs) are internationally considered to be one of the most effective institutional arrangements to deal with the complex transport issues in urban areas.
Four Strategic Transport thrusts for eThekwini
1. Prioritising PT over private transport
2. Promoting PT – attractive and efficient
3. Spatial restructuring
4. Safety
ST1. Prioritising PT over private transport
Key Issue: low occupancy private car usage is the single greatest threat to sustainability of the transport system, having a great impact on the environment.
The challenge in eThekwini
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The challenge cont.
Year Pvt car Person Trips(trend)
PT Person Trips (trend)
1996 183 486 191 092
2005 199 604 183 140
2010 241 148 182 075
2020 298 898 177 616
Use of PT
Strategy: restrain pvt car usageYear Private Cars
(with intervention)Private Cars
(trend)
1996 183 486 183 486
2005 191 229 199 604
2010 209 129 241 148
2020 230 583 298 898
- Car restraint measures
- Limited road development (focus mainly on bottlenecks and access)
Institutional response
Head of eTA
Roads
Design
PT ops Strategic planning
Full Capital roads budget & joint agreement on maintenance
priorities
Public Transport Authorities at a disadvantage
Transport planning
ST2. Make PT more efficient and attractive
Transport trajectory
Current
Goal
OPPORTUNITIESPolicy & Leg.TechnologySystem EfficienciesSpatial RestructuringTA
•THREATS TO SYSTEM•Escalating subsidies•Declining service levels•Dilapidated infrastructure (fixed and rolling stock)•Rapid motorisation•Violence•Entrenched apartheid land-use structure – urban sprawl•Poor Accident Record• Marginalised Special Users
Some of the Causes:
Wasteful duplication
Sub-optimal mode deployment
Destructive competition
Apartheid legacy
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The efficiency challenge
The challenge cont.
Utilisation: Rail – 20%
Bus – 30%
Taxi – 83%
Subsidy savings:
Current subsidy Savings from restructuring
R450 mill pa R180 mill pa
Vehicle ages: Rail closure in less than 15 years time
Taxi and bus serious lack of investment
Strategy: Rationalise and Restructure
Rail – currently with National
Subsidised bus contracts – currently with Province
eTAOptimal mode deployment
Remove duplicated services (especially subsidised)
Intermodalism and integration
Investigate low volume rail lines
Devolution
Institutional response
Head of eTA
Roads PT ops Strategic planning
Administer Bus contracts
Better than co-ordinating committees
PT system planningFuture
Municipal OLB
Rail function
Strategy: Make PT more convenient
Rail – currently with National
Subsidised bus contracts – currently with Provincial
eTAIntegration and intermodalism
Info systems
Through ticketing
etc
Devolution
Institutional response
Head of eTA
Roads PT ops Strategic planning
Administer Bus contracts
Better than co-ordinating committees
PT system planningFuture
Municipal OLB
Rail function
ST3: Spatial restructuring
The challenge…
Sprawl reduces PT efficiency and poorly located low income housing projects impose a high, perpetual subsidy burden on transport.
Result:
By moving low income housing closer to work, the higher land costs are recovered in 2 to 7 years
by the savings in subsidy.
The challenge cont.
Strategy: densification of nodes and corridors
Key concern: Influence the location of low income housing by subsidising
increased land costs
Institutional response
Governing Body
(3 Exco members)
Metro Exco
Housing Dept (budget)
Rail & bus devolution with subsidy
Subsidy savings
ST4: Safety
Road safety a key issue: SA has one of the poorest accidents records in the world.
Institutional response
Head of eTA
Roads PT ops Strategic planning
Responsible to co-ordinate 4 E’s and implement Road
Safety Plan
Road safety unit
Conclusion
The eTA has positioned itself to meet the key transport challenges in SA Cities.
The hard work is still ahead…
