Briefing on Cape Town’s Integrated
Rapid Transit System
2009
‘Trunk’ and ‘Feeder’
services
Dedicated trunk service
lanes
Feeder services in mixed
traffic
Trunk services on
coloured lanes
• Large vehicles
• Lane located in the
middle of the
roadway
• Major origin to major
destination
• Free transfers
between trunk routes
Feeder services on general
traffic lanes
Smaller vehicles:
• Operating in mixed
traffic
• Operating along the
kerbside of the road
• Providing services
into residential areas
• Connections to trunk
services
Phase 1A
• Airport  CBD link
• Inner city service
• CBD  Green Point
Stadium
Subsequent phases
• Rest of phase 1: West
Coast to Atlantis route
• Phase 2: Metro South
East (Khayelitsha and
Mitchells Plain)
• Phases 3 and 4: Delft,
Blue Downs,
Stellenbosch
Comfortable, accessible
public transport
• Easy boarding for
wheelchairs
• Accessible for the elderly
and children
• Provision for prams
• World class stations and
vehicles
Level boarding on trunk routes. Ramps on feeder routes
Sustainable public
transport
• Low emission vehicles
• Reduction in private vehicle use
Affordable public transport
• Fares will be comparable with those currently
charged
• Financial modelling underway
• Cheaper fares for off peak times
• Fares to range from R4 to R16
Infrastructure designed to
fit fare structure
Trunk Services
Feeder Services
• Base + distance-related • Flat fare per trip at
fare
open stations
Free transfer:
• between trunk services
• at strategic closed feeder stations
Smart cards
• Will enable transfers
between trunk routes on a
single fare
• Will make it easy to transfer
between trunk routes
• Sold at stations and retail
outlets
• Eliminate cash transactions
on the vehicles
Phase 1 construction:
inner city to Green Point
Hertzog Boulevard, Civic
lane and Old Marine Rd
• Construction of
dedicated lane, station
and cycle lane begins now
Somerset Rd
• Cycle lane under
construction, for
completion in March 2010
Inner City to Hout Bay
• Dedicated lanes,
stations and cycle
infrastructure begins
2nd half of 2009
Airport services
• Airport plaza, IRT station base structure for
completion by December 2009
• Station top structure for completion by March
2010
West coast infrastructure
• R27 dedicated lanes, and cycle lanes currently
under construction for completion by March 2010
• Bayside Centre station construction begins now
• Blaauwberg Rd median lane construction begins
mid-2009
Comparing infrastructure
costs
• BRT
• Trams R65-160 Mil /km
R3.2 - 100 Mil /km
• Light rail R100-250 Mil /km
• Urban rail R150-400 Mil /km
• Elevated rail R325-650 Mil /km
• Metro R325-2000 Mil /km
Curitiba, Brazil
Guayquil, Equador
Pereira, Columbia
São Paulo, Brazil
Station Design
Station Design
Station Design
Typical signage at ticket
office entrance
System map displays
• Individual route maps
above doorways
• Full system map inside
closed area of station
Glass sliding doors with
station name displayed
Real-time information
displays
Alignment of Bus with
Platforms
• Kassel Kerb in Zuidtangent, Netherlands
Progress Summary
2007
 March 2007: Implementation Framework completed
 October 2007: City project team formed
 November 2007: City study tour to Latin America
 December 2007: Operational plan tender awarded
 February 2008: National Treasury awarding of R 836 m
 March 2008: Council resolution approving planning
2008
 April 2008: Awarding of Business Plan contract
 April 2008: Press announcement on project
 August 2008:Council approves Phase 1A implementation
 August 2008: First infrastructure tender advertised
 November 2008: Construction commences
 December 2008: Phase 1A operator study tour to Colombia
2009
Progress Summary
 February 2009 : Draft Vehicle Operator Prospectus
given to taxi and bus industry
 February 2009: National Treasury awarding of R 900 m
 April 2009: R600m civil contracts awarded
R300m tenders received for IRT Closed Station
Superstructures