A presentation by Ms Melissa Whitehead (Commissioner of Transport: TCT) at the Transport Forum special interest group proudly hosted by TCT in Cape Town on 10 December 2015. The theme for the event was: "Encouraging Public Transport". The topic of the presentation was: "Transport for Cape Town’s role in Encouraging Public Transport". More like this on www.transportworldafrica.co.za

1. ENCOURAGING
SUSTAINABLE
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
TCT’S ROLE
PRESENTATION TO
THE TRANSPORT FORUM
Melissa Whitehead
Commissioner: TCT
10 December 2015

2. Human
Settlement
Transport
Utilities
Overview
• Transportation is the
operational cost of a city –
the more inefficient the city
the more transportation
costs.
• Governance structures and
systems should be able to
drive investment into a
efficient and effective
urban environment, with the
focus being on integrated
public transport.

3. Problem
Statement
How does the urban
structure support
sustainable public
transport and how
can we now build in
efficiencies into the
public transport
system through
technologies,
integrated planning
and transversal,
investment oriented
interventions?

4. Principles for Sustainable
Public Transport
GOVERNMENT
DRIVEN
CONSISTENT
FRAMEWORK
CHANGE IN
MINDSET
• Confirm commitment to improve mobility,
eradicate barriers, reduce costs and
overcome apartheid spatial planning legacy
• Enhance residents’ access to economic
opportunities and social amenities
• Link viability of public transport with effective
land-use and unlock development potential
• Land development to increase density along
routes and mix between residential and
commercial.
• Leveraging increased value from transit.
Further, ring-fenced Development
Contributions / land banking for public
transport corridors

5. Principles for Sustainable
Public Transport Governance
POWER
LONGEVITY
PARTNERSHIP
INVESTMENT
FOCUS
FIT FOR
PURPOSE
• Establishment of a transport authority that has
the legislative, functional and financial
power.
• Legal premise that goes beyond the
planning and political cycles and resultantly
enable securing of investment.
• The partnership between the political
decision maker and the administrative head
is critical to success.
• The Governance structure must be fit for
purpose and functional for the specific city at
hand.

6. The Transport Development Index
The Rubric for Integrated Transport in Cape Town
The TDI provides a rubric through which TCT, the City of
Cape Town’s transport authority, can evaluate the
effectiveness of its transport service delivery interventions .
Four user groups are identified in the TDI with access priority
information per Transport Analysis Zone. It then evolves into
a competitive advantage component or mobility index.
Public Transport Non-Motorised
Transport
FreightPrivate Car
GOODS
USER GROUP
PEOPLE
USER GROUPS

7. Access Priorities and
Priority Costs
Identifies the access
priorities of each User
Group and their
related costs. Priorities
may be financial or
non-financial and
therefore the
interventions should
be different and
targeted towards
reducing the identified
priority cost.
Direct Costs
Indirect Costs
Incidental Costs
Time
Congestion
Crime
Safety
Reliability
Flexibility
The Transport Development Index

8. Towards Integrated Transport
1
18
16
13
12
6
17
2
4
11
7
3
5
8
10
14
9
15
MyCiti BRT currently serve just over 20% of the
population. The question is how can we roll out to
the rest of Cape Town in a sustainable manner, for
the benefit of all? This is exacerbated with the
following facts:
• 95% of public transport users are in the low and
low-medium income groups
• The largest priority cost for the low-income user
group is the direct cost for public transport
users who are in far-flung areas. Otherwise
the largest priority costs are flexibility,
safety and crime
• The average direct transport cost for the
low-income public transport user group is
45% of monthly household income.

9. TOWARDS INTEGRATED, SUSTAINABLE
PUBLIC TRANSPORT ACROSS CAPE TOWN
GOVERNANCE TRANSFORMATION
NEW TRS
INTEGRATED
TRANSPORT
TRANSFORMATION
PLAN MANDATE 2012
Establishment of TCT
the City’s transport
authority and linkage
of all 9 functions
included in the NLTA &
Bylaw + the new
matrix admin
structure - 2013
Business Plan for
the Assignment
of the
Contracting
Authority and
MRE – 2012/3
Development
and rollout of
the Hybrid
Model for the
minibus taxi
industry –
2014/15/16
Review and
determine the
integrated
transport
methodology
for the
inclusion of rail
management –
2015-2017
It should be noted that for
the City to be able to move
towards sustainability it is
dependent upon the two
assignments as well as how
we deal with rail

10. NEW TRS
INTEGRATED
TRANSPORT
TRANSFORMATION
PLAN MANDATE
2012
Financial
modelling on
various
operational
parameters
and resultant
restructure –
2013
MyCiti
Moderation
Exercise to assess
demand against
supply and
rollout of
alignment –
2014/15
Costed
intermodal IPTN
2032 in terms of
the parameters
of the financial
model - 2014
IPTN Operational,
Implementation &
Business Plan –
2015/6
TOD Strategy and
Intervention Tools –
2015
Wayfinding and
upgrading of PTIs
along with new
maintenance model
2015-2018
Review and
reconfigure the
original revenue
projections and
realign the
budget
allocations – 2014
Allocation of the 4% of the
City of Cape Town’s rates
to VOC costs for Phase 1A,
1B & N2
TOWARDS INTEGRATED, SUSTAINABLE
PUBLIC TRANSPORT ACROSS CAPE TOWN
TECHNICAL TRANSFORMATION

11. Review of the fleet and infrastructure
standards i.t.o. operational
parameters
Next 3 IPTN
corridors to be
rolled out (LWC,
BDRC,
Klipfontein
Implementation of
the MLTF and
financial
management
principles for
further investment
and within the
integrated logic
Integrated
ticket and
integrated
timetable
Linkage of the
operational and
contracting
authority logic
+ implement
Strategy C -
integrated,
intermodal
public transport
Incremental steps
towards
sustainable,
integrated,
intermodal and
interoperable
public
transport
TOWARDS INTEGRATED, SUSTAINABLE
PUBLIC TRANSPORT ACROSS CAPE TOWN
NEXT STEPS TOWARDS TRANSFORMATION

12. Conclusions
• Public transport and the road and rail
network feed the urban economy.
Integrated transport that addresses
the needs of our citizens must build on
that economy.
• TOD is a multi sectoral approach to
developing an efficient urban
environment.
• The development perspective needs
to be re-oriented to facilitate a
conducive relationship with integrated
public transport with the focus being
on the BRT and rail stations.
FOCUSED
VISION

13. THANK YOU
Melissa Whitehead
Commissioner: TCT
melissa.whitehead@capetown.gov.za
083 289 6415