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Briefing on Cape Town’s Integrated Rapid Transit System

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

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Briefing on Cape Town’s Integrated Rapid Transit System

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  1. Briefing on Cape Town’s Integrated Rapid Transit System 2009

  2. ‘Trunk’ and ‘Feeder’ services Dedicated trunk service lanes Feeder services in mixed traffic

  3. 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

  4. Feeder services on general traffic lanes Smaller vehicles: • Operating in mixed traffic • Operating along the kerbside of the road • Providing services into residential areas • Connections to trunk services

  5. Phase 1A • Airport  CBD link • Inner city service • CBD  Green Point Stadium

  6. 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

  7. 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 routes

  8. Sustainable public transport • Low emission vehicles • Reduction in private vehicle use

  9. 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

  10. Infrastructure designed to fit fare structure Feeder Services • Flat fare per trip at open stations • Trunk Services • Base + distance-related fare Free transfer: • between trunk services • at strategic closed feeder stations

  11. 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

  12. Phase 1 construction: inner city to Green Point • Inner City to Hout Bay • Dedicated lanes, stations and cycle infrastructure begins 2nd half of 2009 Hertzog Boulevard, Civic lane and Old Marine Rd • Construction of dedicated lane, station and cycle lane begins now Somerset Rd • Cycle lane under construction, for completion in March 2010

  13. Airport services • Airport plaza, IRT station base structure for completion by December 2009 • Station top structure for completion by March 2010

  14. 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

  15. Comparing infrastructure costs • BRT R3.2 - 100 Mil /km • 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 Cape Town IRT infrastructure is costing about R 40 million / km on average

  16. Curitiba, Brazil

  17. Guayquil, Equador

  18. Pereira, Columbia

  19. São Paulo, Brazil

  20. Station Design

  21. Station Design

  22. Station Design

  23. Typical signage at ticket office entrance

  24. System map displays • Individual route maps above doorways • Full system map inside closed area of station

  25. Glass sliding doors with station name displayed

  26. Real-time information displays

  27. Alignment of Bus with Platforms • Kassel Kerb in Zuidtangent, Netherlands

  28. 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 • 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 2008

  29. Progress Summary • 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 2009

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