1. Transport
as
Driver
in
Vision
2030
Overview
of
Na,onal
Planning
Commission
Na,onal
Development
Plan
Summit
on
ITS
as
Driver
for
Economic
Growth
8
March
2012
Cape
Town
Dr
Paul
Vorster,
CEO
ITS
South
Africa

2. Country of great achievements

3. Country of rich and poor
3

4. National Planning Commission
• NPC
is
headed
up
by
Minister
Trevor
Manuel
• Housed
in
the
Office
of
the
President
• Not
a
Government
Department
• Advise
on
issues
impac,ng
on
long-­‐term
development
• Cut
across
typical
isolated
silos
• Holis,c,
integrated
view
on
planning

5. New Growth Plan
• Opening
Parliament
Pres
Zuma
announced
a
mega
infrastructure
push
• Budget
alloca,ons
focused
on
infrastructure
• Na,onal
Development
Plan
and
Vision
2030
by
Na,onal
Planning
Commission
based
on
cri,cal
assessment

6. Integrated approach

7. Diagnostic Report
Central challenges
identified:
• Too few people work
• Low standard of
education
• Infrastructure poorly
located, under-
maintained and
insufficient

8. Diagnostic Report 2
Central challenges identified:
• Spatial development excludes the
poor
• Economy too resource intensive
• Widespread disease burden, failing
public health care
• Public services uneven and often
poor quality
• Corruption is widespread
• South Africa remains divided society

9. Requirements
• Crea,ng
jobs
and
livelihood
• Expanding
infrastructure
• Transi,on
to
low-­‐carbon
economy
• Transforming
urban
and
rural
spaces
• Improving
educa,on
and
training
• Providing
quality
health
care
• Building
a
capable
state
• Figh,ng
corrup,on,
create
accountability
• Transforming
society
and
uni,ng
the
na,on

10. Summary of the Plan
• An
economy
that
will
create
more
jobs
(11
million
jobs
by
2030)
• Transi,on
to
low-­‐carbon
economy
• An
inclusive
and
integrated
rural
economy
• Reversing
spa,al
effects
of
apartheid

11. Summary of the Plan 2
• Improving
quality
of
educa,on,
training
and
innova,on
• Quality
health
care
for
all
• Social
protec,on
and
inclusion
• Building
safer
communi,es
• Reforming
the
public
service
• Figh,ng
corrup,on
• Transforming
society
and
uni,ng
the
country

12. NPC on Transport
• As
transport-­‐intensive
country
transport
per
unit
of
output
is
above
global
average
• 34%
of
SA’s
gross
value-­‐add
is
concentrated
in
Gauteng
–
far
from
ports
and
end-­‐markets
• Exis,ng
corridors
serviced
by
outdated
rail
technology
and
poor
intermodal
linkages
• Ports
have
high
costs
and
low
produc,vity

13. NPC on Transport 2
• Rail
is
ideal
but
89%
of
all
freight
is
done
by
road
• Strains
road
network
suffering
significant
maintenance
backlogs
• Poor
road
safety
adds
addi,onal
costs
• Social
and
economic
exclusion
due
to
long
distances
• Mobility
broadens
social
and
economic
access

14. Key considerations
• Not
all
transport
dreams
can
be
fulfilled:
priori,es
are
key
– Focus
on
safe,
affordable
and
effec,ve
transport
• Transport
as
an
enabler:
Geang
SA
to
work
– Emphasis
on
total
system
efficiency
to
maximise
strengths
of
different
modes
• Modal
shib
from
private
transport
in
the
long
run
– A
marked
change
towards
public
transport

15. Policy & Planning Priorities
• Create
workable
urban
transit
solu,ons
with
public
and
private
components
• Strengthen
and
optomise
freight
corridors
• Provide
long-­‐distance
passenger
transport
op,ons
• Rural
access
and
mobility

16. Infrastructure
Coordina>ng
Commission
 Pres
Zuma
chairs
the
Presiden,al
Infrastructure
Coordina,ng
Commission
 Cabinet
approved
PICC’s
second
‘Infrastructure
Implementa,on
Plan’
report

Includes
a
framework
outlining
an
integrated
management
and
delivery
system
for
17
strategic
infrastructure
projects
(SIPs)
 Details
of
SIPs
s,ll
to
be
released
 Over
the
coming
three
years,
Euro
85-­‐billion
has
been
budgeted
for
public
infrastructure
(new
vs
old
money?)

17. Conclusion
• The
Na,onal
Development
Plan
posi,ons
transport
and
ITS
as
key
levers
• Redefine
ITS
value
proposi,on
as
key
policy
driver
to
achieve
policy
outcomes
• Need
to
show
the
benefits
to
end-­‐users
• Demonstrate
cost-­‐benefit
evalua,on
of
ITS
amidst
shortage
of
resources

18. Conclusion
• Govt
has
excellent
macro-­‐economic
policies,
BUT
• The
failure
is
to
take
ac,on
• Implementa,on
only
possible
in
partnership
between
Govt
and
Industry

19. All challenges are possible

20. Thank
you
for
your
ahen,on!
paul@itssa.org