WEST COAST DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY INTEGRATED TRANSPORT PLAN APRIL 2006 Jeffares & Green (Pty) Ltd P O Box 38561 Pinelands CAPE TOWN Iliso Consulting (Pty) Ltd 7430 Tel: (021) 418-1095 Fax: (021) 418-1096 Tel: (021) 532 0940 Web: www.iliso.com Fax: (021) 53 2 0950 Reg No: 2000/015708 E - mail: [email protected] Integrated Transport Plan for the West Coast – 1st Draft 03/02/2012 TABLE OF CONTENT TABLE OF CONTENT ......................................................................................................................... i 1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 BACKGROUND ..................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ............................................................................................ 1 1.2.1 Demand side of the transport system .................................................................................... 3 1.2.2 Supply side of the transport system ..................................................................................... 4 1.3 STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS .............................................................................................. 5 1.4 DESCRIPTION OF THE AREA ............................................................................................... 6 1.5 RESPONSIBILITY FOR PREPARING THE ITP ....................................................................... 10 1.6 YEAR TO BE APPLICABLE ................................................................................................. 10 2. LAND TRANSPORT, VISION, GOALS AND OBJECTIVES .............................................. 11 2.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................. 11 2.2 LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK ............................................................................................... 11 2.2.1 National Land Transport Transition Act (Act 22 of 2000) ....................................................... 12 2.2.2 Development Facilitation Act (Act 67 of 1995) ...................................................................... 15 2.2.3 Municipal Systems Act (Act 32 of 2000) ................................................................................ 16 2.3 NATIONAL POLICIES RELATING TO TRANSPORT .............................................................. 16 2.3.1 White Paper on National Transport Policy ............................................................................ 16 2.3.2 Moving South Africa (Action Agenda) .................................................................................. 17 2.4 PROVINCIAL POLICY ON TRANSPORT ............................................................................... 17 2.4.1 Provincial White Paper on Transport .................................................................................... 17 2.4.2 Provincial Land Transport Framework (PLTF) ...................................................................... 17 2.4.3 Strategic Plan: 2005/06 to 2009/10 ........................................................................................ 18 2.5 VISION, GOALS & OBJECTIVES FOR TRANSPORT IN THE WESTERN CAPE ....................... 19 2.5.1 Provincial White Paper on Transport .................................................................................... 20 2.5.2 Transport Branch of the Western Cape Provincial Government ............................................ 21 2.6 VISION, MISSION & GOALS FROM THE WEST COAST IDP : 2006/2007 ................................ 21 2.7 VISION, GOALS & OBJECTIVES FOR TRANSPORT IN THE WEST COAST ........................... 21 2.7.1 Proposed Goals .................................................................................................................. 23 2.7.2 Proposed Objectives ........................................................................................................... 23 3. LAND TRANSPORT STATUS QUO .................................................................................. 25 3.1 ROAD NETWORK ............................................................................................................................... 25 3.1.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 25 3.1.2 Road Classification ............................................................................................................ 25 © Jeffares & Green and Iliso Consulting i C05002/25/West Coast ITP Integrated Transport Plan for the West Coast – 1st Draft 03/02/2012 3.1.3 Rural Roads ....................................................................................................................... 27 3.1.4 Urban roads ....................................................................................................................... 31 3.2 RAIL NETWORK ................................................................................................................................. 32 3.2.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 32 3.2.2 Rail Network ....................................................................................................................... 32 3.3 PUBLIC TRANSPORT ........................................................................................................................ 35 3.3.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 35 3.3.2 Routes 37 3.3.3 Transport Service Capacity .............................................................................................................. 37 3.4 PASSENGER FLOWS ........................................................................................................................ 42 3.5 OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS ................................................................................... 43 3.5.1 Ranks and Routes ............................................................................................................................. 43 3.5.2 Fares 45 3.5.3 Contract Services .............................................................................................................................. 48 3.5.4 Possitive Attributes of Current Long Distance Services ............................................................... 48 3.5.5 Constaints of Current Long Distance Services .............................................................................. 48 3.5.6 Minimbus Taxi Association .............................................................................................................. 49 3.6 FACILITIES ......................................................................................................................................... 50 3.6.1 Introduciton ....................................................................................................................................... 50 3.6.2 Public Transport Infrastructure ........................................................................................... 50 3.6.3 Pounds ................................................................................................................................................ 51 3.6.4 Weighbridges ..................................................................................................................... 51 3.7 FREIGHT TRANSORT ....................................................................................................................... 53 3.7.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................................... 53 3.7.2 Freight Generators ............................................................................................................................. 53 3.7.3 Airfields ............................................................................................................................................... 54 3.8. INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES ........................................................................................................ 55 3.8.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 55 3.8.2 Organisational Structure .................................................................................................... 55 3.8.3 Transport Planning ............................................................................................................. 57 3.8.4 Law Enforcement ............................................................................................................... 57 3.8.5 Traffic Safety ...................................................................................................................... 59 4. SPATIAL FRAMEWORK ................................................................................................... 65 4.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................. 65 4.2 PROVINCIAL SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK ........................................................ 65 4.3 POLICIES OF THE WEST COAST DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY ................................................. 70 4.4 TOWN PLANNING