Cape reveals plans for 2010 transport network
26 February 2010, 08:32
The City of Cape Town has unveiled its public transport plan to accommodate World Cup tourists and locals during the football tournament.
The plan envisages trains, buses, minibus taxis and metered taxis ferrying tourists to and from the airport, the Cape Town stadium and public viewing areas, and on an inner-city loop.
On match days, fans holding World Cup tickets will be able to travel to and from the stadium for free from more than 25 park-and-ride centres across the city, from as far afield as Strand.
Transport will be provided on other routes at regular intervals until late into the night throughout the tournament, from June 11 until July 11.
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The plan envisages trains, buses, minibus taxis and metered taxis ferrying tourists to and from the airport, the Cape Town stadium and public viewing areas, and on an inner-city loop.
On match days, fans holding World Cup tickets will be able to travel to and from the stadium for free from more than 25 park-and-ride centres across the city, from as far afield as Strand.
Transport will be provided on other routes at regular intervals until late into the night throughout the tournament, from June 11 until July 11.
The city's public transport plan is to have at its centre main transport hubs on Hertzog Boulevard, adjacent to the Civic Centre, and Cape Town station.
A free shuttle bus for match ticket holders is to run from Hertzog Boulevard to the stadium. The service is to begin six hours before kick-off and continue until four hours after the final whistle.
On match days only, an Atlantic seaboard bus service is to run from Hout Bay through Camps Bay and Sea Point from four hours before kick-off until 2am. Prices are to be based on distance travelled.
For 24 hours a day throughout the tournament, a shuttle bus will ferry tourists from the Cape Town International Airport to the Hertzog Boulevard hub and back. With a fee of R50 for a one-way trip, the shuttles are to leave every six to 30 minutes, depending on demand.
Also running 24 hours a day - and leaving every 10 to 30 minutes - is to be a bus service, costing R8 a trip, on an inner-city route.
The buses are to travel from the Hertzog hub along DF Malan, Table Bay Boulevard, Heerengracht, Coen Steytler, Long and Loop, Buitensingel, Orange, Buitenkant, Darling, Oswald Pirow and back to Hertzog Boulevard.
The aim of the inner-city route is to give good access to city hotels and other accommodation, as well as restaurants, bars and parking areas.
Another shuttle route on which buses are to run until 2am throughout the event is to take tourists from the main hub to Queens Beach, Sea Point, by way of the V&A Waterfront.
It is intended that the Metrorail trains will be the backbone of public transport servicing the broader Cape Town area, particularly the public viewing areas at the Bellville Velodrome, Athlone Civic Centre, OR Tambo Sports Hall in Khayelitsha, and Swartklip Sport Hall in Mitchells Plain.
Twenty-five stations are to function as park-and-ride centres, as are UCT, Kronendal Primary in Hout Bay, and Camps Bay High School.
These are to provide more than 7 000 parking bays with security.
The main park-and-ride stations are Fish Hoek, Retreat, Claremont, Century City, GrandWest Casino, Oostersee, Brackenfell, Kuils River and Strand.
According to the plan, no general spectator parking is to be available at the stadium, while parking in the city centre will be severely limited.
Wheelchair users will be accommodated from the airport to the stadium and Hertzog hub. Shuttle stations are to be wheelchair-friendly.
City officials have urged people to see www.capetown.gov.za or call 0800 656 463 for more information.
- This article was originally published on page 7 of The Cape Times on February 26, 2010
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