PUBLIC TRANSPORT PLAN August 2005 eThekwini Transport Authority ETHEKWINI TRANSPORT AUTHORITY PUBLIC TRANSPORT PLAN August 2005 Delca Systems Development • Engineering • Logistics • Consulting Africa CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................ 1.1 2 PUBLIC TRANSPORT VISION AND GOALS ........................................................................... 2.1 2.1 NATIONAL AND PROVINCIAL DOT TRANSPORT VISIONS ............................................................ 2.1 2.2 ETHEKWINI IDP VISION & CITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY........................................................ 2.3 2.2.1 IDP Vision .................................................................................................................... 2.3 2.2.2 South African Cities Network City Development Strategy ............................................ 2.4 2.3 THE ETA’S TRANSPORT MISSION STATEMENT......................................................................... 2.7 2.4 THE ETA’S PUBLIC TRANSPORT GOALS .................................................................................. 2.8 3 BROAD PUBLIC TRANSPORT POLICY .................................................................................. 3.1 3.1 PROPOSED POLICY FOR EFFECTIVE PUBLIC TRANSPORT.......................................................... 3.3 3.2 PROPOSED POLICY FOR EFFICIENT PUBLIC TRANSPORT........................................................... 3.6 3.3 PROPOSED POLICY FOR SUSTAINABLE PUBLIC TRANSPORT.................................................... 3.11 3.4 PROPOSED POLICY FOR SAFETY & SECURITY IN PUBLIC TRANSPORT ...................................... 3.15 3.5 BLACK EMPOWERMENT IN PUBLIC TRANSPORT ...................................................................... 3.16 4 CURRENT PUBLIC TRANSPORT RECORD (CPTR) ............................................................... 4.1 4.1 EXTENT OF SURVEY .............................................................................................................. 4.1 4.2 CONTENT OF SURVEY ............................................................................................................ 4.4 4.3 PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM - KEY SURVEY RESULTS ............................................................. 4.5 4.3.1 Rail System Component .............................................................................................. 4.5 4.3.2 Bus System Component .............................................................................................. 4.5 4.3.3 Minibus Taxi System Component................................................................................. 4.6 4.3.4 Busiest Public Transport Activity Node......................................................................... 4.6 5 METERED TAXI ........................................................................................................................ 5.1 5.1 INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................... 5.1 5.2 SIZE OF ETHEKWINI METERED TAXI INDUSTRY ......................................................................... 5.1 5.3 METERED TAXI ROUTES AND OPERATIONS .............................................................................. 5.2 5.4 RANKS IN ETHEKWINI............................................................................................................. 5.3 5.5 POLICIES AND STRATEGIES .................................................................................................... 5.3 6 LONG TERM TRENDS .............................................................................................................. 6.1 6.1 INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................... 6.1 6.2 GROWTH AND TRAVEL PROJECTIONS...................................................................................... 6.1 6.2.1 Population and Employment ........................................................................................ 6.1 6.2.2 Travel Projections and Modal Split............................................................................... 6.2 6.3 IMPACT OF THE TREND LAND USE ON THE TRAVEL PATTERN..................................................... 6.3 6.4 IDP RESPONSE TO DEVELOPMENT TREND .............................................................................. 6.6 7 TRANSPORT DEMAND MANAGEMENT ................................................................................. 7.1 7.1 BACKGROUND ....................................................................................................................... 7.1 7.2 GROWTH TRENDS AND TARGET MODAL SPLIT ......................................................................... 7.1 7.2.1 Growth Trend ............................................................................................................... 7.1 7.2.2 Implications of ‘Do Nothing’.......................................................................................... 7.1 7.2.3 Target Modal Split........................................................................................................ 7.2 7.3 MODAL SPLIT MONITORING .................................................................................................... 7.4 7.4 TDM MEASURES................................................................................................................... 7.5 7.4.1 Private Transport Measures......................................................................................... 7.6 7.4.2 Public Transport Measures .......................................................................................... 7.6 7.4.3 Land Use Development and Management Measures .................................................. 7.7 7.4.4 Policy and Institutional Measures................................................................................. 7.7 7.5 ETHEKWINI’S TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT STRATEGY .............................................................. 7.12 7.6 CONGESTION MONITORING .................................................................................................. 7.14 eThekwini’s Public Transport Plan i Contents 8 THE ETA’S PUBLIC TRANSPORT STRATEGY....................................................................... 8.1 8.1 BACKGROUND ....................................................................................................................... 8.1 8.2 THE EXISTING PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM ............................................................................ 8.1 8.2.1 System Description ...................................................................................................... 8.1 8.2.2 Rail System, Service Characteristics and Issues ......................................................... 8.5 8.2.3 Bus System, Service Characteristics and Issues ......................................................... 8.5 8.2.4 Taxi System and Service Characteristics and Issues................................................... 8.6 8.2.5 Combined System Issues............................................................................................. 8.7 8.3 PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM PROPOSALS............................................................................... 8.7 8.3.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................. 8.7 8.3.2 Alternative Public Transport Systems Tested............................................................... 8.8 8.3.3 The Proposed System.................................................................................................. 8.9 8.4 MODAL STRATEGIES............................................................................................................ 8.11 8.4.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................ 8.11 8.4.2 Rail Modal Strategy.................................................................................................... 8.11 8.4.3 Bus Modal Strategy.................................................................................................... 8.14 8.4.4 Minibus Taxi Modal Strategy...................................................................................... 8.14 8.5 PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM AND SUPPORTING LAND USE STRATEGIES.................................. 8.15 8.5.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................ 8.15 8.5.2 Public Transport Nodes and Corridors ....................................................................... 8.15 8.5.3 Spatial Strategies in Support of the Priority Public Transport Network ....................... 8.17 9 OPERATING LICENCE STRATEGY (OLS) .............................................................................. 9.1 9.1 PURPOSE OF THE OLS .......................................................................................................... 9.1 9.2 GENERAL PRINCIPLES............................................................................................................ 9.1 9.2.1 Licence Allocation Principle.......................................................................................... 9.1 9.2.2 Licence Validity Period................................................................................................. 9.2 9.2.3 Transfer