The City of Cape Town has approved the amended business Plan for Phase1A of MyCiTi – Cape Town’s new Integrated Rapid Transit (IRT) system – after the incorporation of recommendations from the public and other spheres of government.

This new high-quality transport service is set to transform the commuting experience for people living in suburbs along the West Coast, linking this fast-growing area to the rail system at Woodstock Station and to the city centre.

Currently, MyCiTi offers an airport shuttle service, and an inner-city route will begin shortly.
The MyCiTi project is implemented in terms of key policies of the City of Cape Town. These include the Integrated Development Plan (IDP), which is updated annually, and the Integrated Transport Plan (ITP), which is the statutory transport component of the IDP.

The MyCiTi bus rapid transit system will operate as a trunk-feeder service.
The trunk services will operate with larger vehicles along higher-density corridors where vehicles will have exclusive rights-of-way. The trunk services will operate in mostly segregated busways, mainly in the middle of the road with pre-board fare collection and verification. The feeder services will link to the trunk services, and include infrastructure for access by bicycle and on foot.

The first milestone of Phase 1A consists of two trunk routes:

• Airport to CBD: This is a continuation of the World Cup period service. The route will be extended from the Civic Centre Station, where it currently ends, to the Waterfront via Granger Bay Boulevard.
  
• Bayside to CBD: This new service will make use of the predominantly dedicated route along the R27.
  

The target date for this milestone is early 2011.

The Inner City feeder services should be ready for operation by the end of 2011.

The next important milestone is the addition of the Table View feeder services, and then the addition of the Du Noon, Montague Gardens and Century City feeder services and interim Montague Gardens trunk service. Next is the addition of Atlantis and Melkbosstrand trunk and feeder services, then the extension of the Bayside trunk to Du Noon. The target date for the completion of this final milestone is September 2013.

A key element of MyCiTi is the intention to incorporate existing directly affected road-based public transport operators into the new project. Directly affected operators are those whose services are proposed to be replaced by a particular phase of MyCiTi, whose legal rights are affected and who have agreed to surrender their operating licence and operating vehicle.

For the approved Business Plan, click here.


2010/11/05