The plan is to establish the full network, a citywide integrated public transport system, as part of Phases 2 to 4 over a period of 10 to 12 years.

While Phase 1 focuses on the City’s 2010 obligations and servicing the Atlantis corridor, Phase 2 will address the more pressing social aspects of the public transport network by extending into all areas of the metro south east, as well as linking the southern suburbs. Phase 2 represents an exciting business opportunity for the full participation of the existing bus and minibus operators in these areas.

The new service will offer quality public transport services throughout the day and into the night that are reliable, safe and affordable and which will bring greater mobility within some of the most densely populated and poorest communities, where private vehicle ownership is low.

Phases 3 and 4 of the system will then deliver services within other areas of the city, including the northern suburbs, such as Bellville and Durbanville, the Delft and Blue Downs areas, as well as the greater Helderberg.