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2013 – 2018 Comprehensive Integrated Transport Plan 2013 – 2018 COMPREHENSIVE INTEGRATED TRANSPORT PLAN Table of contents Table of contents ......................................................................................................................................................... I Tables VI Figures VIII Executive summary ................................................................................................................................................... X 1.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................... X 1.2 CAPE TOWN A SNAPSHOT ............................................................................................................................... XI 1.3 TCT'S STAKEHOLDERS ......................................................................................................................................XIII 1.4 TCT: A NEW TRANSPORT AUTHORITY AND A NEW CHALLENGE ......................................................................... XV 1.4.1 vision and objectives .................................................................................................................. xv 1.4.2 tct's constitutional by-law ........................................................................................................ xviii 1.5 OPERATIONAL STRUCTURE OF TCT ................................................................................................................ XVIII 1.5.1 structure of tct ............................................................................................................................ xviii 1.5.2 tct’s overarching principle....................................................................................................... xviii 1.5.3 objectives and targets ............................................................................................................... xix 1.6 THE USER ACCESS PRIORITY ............................................................................................................................ XXI 1.7 MINI REVIEW OF THIS CITP ........................................................................................................................... XXXVI 1. Introduction .............................................................................................. ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. 1.1 OVERVIEW OF THE COMPREHENSIVE INTEGRATED TRANSPORT PLAN ................................................................. 1 1.2 METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................................................................. 1 1.3 COMMUNICATION AND CONSULTATION PROCESS........................................................................................... 2 1.4 CONTEXT ........................................................................................................................................................ 2 2. Transport vision and objectives ................................................................................................................ 3 2.1 TRANSPORT VISION AND OBJECTIVES ............................................................................................................... 3 2.2 ACHIEVEMENT OF THE VISION .......................................................................................................................... 4 2.3 INFORMANTS TO THE TRANSPORT VISION .......................................................................................................... 5 2.4 IMPORTANT TRANSPORT STAKEHOLDERS ........................................................................................................... 8 3. Transport register .......................................................................................................................................... 9 3.1 PURPOSE OF THE TRANSPORT REGISTER ............................................................................................................. 9 3.2 OVERVIEW OF THE 2006 - 2011 CITP .............................................................................................................. 9 3.2.1 lessons learnt from the previous integrated transport plan ................................................. 11 3.3 CAPE TOWN FACT SHEET ............................................................................................................................... 12 3.4 DEMOGRAPHICS AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC OVERVIEW .................................................................................. 15 3.4.1 population and household growth ......................................................................................... 15 3.4.2 household characteristics .......................................................................................................... 17 3.4.3 population growth forecast ...................................................................................................... 18 3.5 DEMAND AND SUPPLY OVERVIEW.................................................................................................................. 21 3.5.1 modal split .................................................................................................................................... 21 3.5.2 transportation modelling ........................................................................................................... 27 3.5.3 2013 household travel survey .................................................................................................... 27 3.6 DEMAND AND SUPPLY - DETAILED ANALYSIS ................................................................................................... 32 3.6.1 supply ............................................................................................................................................ 32 3.6.2 demand ........................................................................................................................................ 53 3.6.3 utilisation ........................................................................................................................................ 67 3.7 OTHER PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES .............................................................................................................. 72 3.7.1 metered taxis ............................................................................................................................... 72 3.7.2 transport for learners ................................................................................................................... 73 3.7.3 tour operators .............................................................................................................................. 73 3.7.4 tuk tuks ........................................................................................................................................... 73 3.7.5 dial a ride system ......................................................................................................................... 73 3.8 ROAD NETWORK MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................................... 74 3.8.1 freeway management system ................................................................................................. 74 3.8.2 navigational systems .................................................................................................................. 75 3.8.3 fare collection .............................................................................................................................. 75 3.8.4 transport information centre (tic) ............................................................................................. 75 3.8.5 irt monitoring and surveillance .................................................................................................. 78 3.8.6 accidents ...................................................................................................................................... 78 3.8.1 bridge management system .................................................................................................... 80 3.8.2 traffic signal system ..................................................................................................................... 80 3.8.3 safety and security ...................................................................................................................... 80 3.8.4 enforcement ................................................................................................................................ 81 3.9 FREIGHT LOGISTICS SYSTEM ............................................................................................................................ 83 3.9.1 introduction .................................................................................................................................. 83 3.9.2 freight demand ........................................................................................................................... 83 3.9.3 freight movement ....................................................................................................................... 90 3.9.4 freight volumes ............................................................................................................................ 91 3.9.5 incident management .............................................................................................................. 93 3.10
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