Webinar: Examples of BRT implementation in South Africa metropolitan and small city issues and differences

“BRT implementation in South Africa

with reference to some metropolitan

and secondary city issues and

differences”

Bill Cameron

Department of Transport

Pauline Froschauer

Namela (Pty) LtdFabricio González

Namela (Pty) Ltd

1. Background

2. Extent of BRT interventions in South Africa

3. Scope and quality of BRT network development

in Cape Town

4. The advantages of developing public transport

networks at an early stage of urban settlement

The case of Rustenburg

Outline of the Presentation

1. Background

1. South Africa (RSA) commenced BRT planning in late

2006

2. Catalyst was the 2010 FIFA World Cup which was to be

hosted in 9 RSA cities

3. Conditional grant funds were made available to assist

the cities to provide public transport systems which

would be a legacy of the World Cup

4. Only Johannesburg and to a lesser extent Cape Town

succeeded in providing BRT by 2010

Soccer City in Joburg with the

BRT in the foreground

Ellis Park Station, scene of the

other Joburg World Cup

Stadium

Typical Joburg Station with

buses loading for Soccer City

Match time at Soccer City during the 2010 World Cup

BRT in operations+20km of network

Pilot service onsingle corridor

First busway & stations underconstruction

In planning stage

Extent of BRT interventions in the RSA

RSA GDP per capita US$ 11 259

RTR Ratio = 2.0 (Km of rapid transit per million urban population)

ITDP “Best Practice in National Support for Urban Transportation”: Part 1: Evaluating

Country Performance in Meeting the Transit Needs of Urban Populations; by Walter

Hook, Colin Hughes and Jacob Mason

3. Scope of BRT network development in Cape Town

Phase 1 corridor

Full network plan

Tableview Feederservices

R 27 Dedicated BRT Lane

CBD and Waterfront

Feeder Services

3. Scope of BRT network development in Cape Town

Phase 1a Dedicated Trunk

Busway

• Note challenges of low density of

development

• Wetland abutting the western

busway

• Note – quality of infrastructure

Quality suburban BRT infrastructure – busway, station, median cycleway and

footway, pedestrian crossings, clear road markings and landscaping

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Average passenger journeys per weekday:

Opening of new services in 2014 has pushed these numbers beyond 45 000

riders per day on 1 trunk route and suburban and CBD feeders

Trunk bus (articulated 18 m)

Feeder bus (9 m)

Fare Collection

January 2014

• TCT official winner of the prestigious

International MasterCard Award for the

category Best Bank Card Ticketing

Scheme.

• TCT on the map as the world leaders in

EMV low value payment (LVP) anonymous,

contactless card implementation in the

transit environment

Card Validators

Secondary Cities & Public Transport

• Secondary cities

– Act as catalysts for development in surrounding regions

– Alleviate demographic pressure from metros - existing metros growing into unmanageable mega-cities

• Rustenburg has the 7th largest city economy in the country – larger than Buffalo City and Mangaung, the two new metros (SACN report on Secondary Cities in SA, March 2012 )

• We should be wanting secondary cities to develop and good public transport can promote this

City of Rustenburg Location & Scale

1 645 km27,1 M

285 km20,5 M

Demographics• Population around 550,000 inhabitants (2011

Census)

• The economy of Rustenburg as a secondary city is growing at a rate of 7 – 8% while the growth rate in other intermediate size cities in the Province are negative.

• The vehicle growth is 4% to 6% considerably higher compare with same size cities.

• 2025 Rustenburg City Development Strategy (Vision 2025)• Public Transport Action Plan 2007

Land Use Overview - Mining

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Three key mining groups are:

- Impala Platinum to the northeast of Rustenburg CBD (Bafokeng) has 14 operating shafts and 30,500 employees (Impala Factsheet, Nov 2009)

- Anglo Platinum to the north and east closer to the CBD area

- Lonmin to the east of Rustenburg CBD with a total of 21,000 employees in South Africa

Rustenburg Local Municipality

Kgetlengrivier Local Municipality

Local Municipality of Madibeng

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Land use, population and travel characteristics

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The population in RLM is located largely on an axis shaped as a “V”.

Two main public transport corridors in the municipality are:- R510 with one-way 12-hour public transport passenger flows: 34,000 to 50,000

- R24/R565 corridor in the order of 30,000 to 57,000 passengers one-way in a 12-hour period

- Next highest volume corridors are R24 (7,500 pax), D108 (7,000 pax), R104/N4 southeast of CBD (6,000 pax)

10 km

What is being implemented in Rustenburg?

The RRT is not a “BRT”… it is an IPTN

• Integrated Public Transport Network (IPTN) has been designed in detail – a full flex system that serves the entire municipality

• BRT dedicated lanes only 24 km out of about 700 km public transport system

• BRT only 32 stations out of about 600 stops in system – serving 85% of the population within 1km

Full RRT Network

FEEDER (26)

DIRECT (19)

MAIN ROUTE (6)

BRT SEGREGATED LANES

300 000

passenger trips

51 ROUTES

10 km

564 buses

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ARTICULATED

STANDARD

MIDI-BUSES

• Integrated full flex network completed for Rustenburg

• Reaches 85% of residents within 1km of home

Full RRT Network

RRT Network Phasing

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2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

150,000 (50%)

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30,000 (10%)

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45,000 (15%)

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75,000 (25 %)

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PHASE 1 PHASE 2 PHASE 3 PHASE 4

Station Design: Front view

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• Stations to be constructed – single and double • Concrete, glass and steel design• 4.5 – 6m width and 45m long (single station) in

middle of road• All linked via fibre-optic cables, CCTV and wireless

technology to the TMC

Totem – station name &

information

Strong emphasis on pedestrian safety, crossings and universal

access

Station Design: Inside View

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• Kiosk and vending machines for ticket sales• CCTV cameras; electronic sign boards• Some public seating for waiting public • Storage, IT room and staff rest room in each station

CBD & Central Station

CBD & Central Station

- An integrated plan for CBD with PublicTransport, Parking policy, Freightmanagment plan, NMT and universal access.

Transport Management Centre • Will be the building where the new public

transport system is run from

• High technology environment - It’s the heart of the system; very technical and technologically

driven – it is a state of the art IT based building

• Structure includes big surveillance rooms (large screens on all vehicles and stations) –

surrounded by offices

• Optical fibres will flow from the TMC to the stations over 40 km

• Will have own emergency power and back up wireless network

• Site approved – opposite the Municipal Offices

• Building will be about 3000 square metres to accommodate everything – 4 stories

• Construction to start early 2013

NMT

Universal access – or access for all including the mobility impaired – is a key priority for the entire RRT system, as is the accommodation of pedestrians and

cyclists (NMT) – these teams are working will all units

Transit Oriented Development

• New development called Boitekong Ext

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• Mixed-use land project (residential,

offices & retail)

• RRT Station in front of the development

Taxi Industry Transition Highlights

• June 2012 – Taxi Interim Structure formed and experts appointed for industry

• December 2012 – MOU Signed between RLM and TIS

• Ongoing Data Collection

• Sign-off achieved on all taxi routes

• Criteria for determining Directly Affected Operators (DAO’s) under review

• Launching the TNF (Taxi negotiating forum) at the end of November

Skills, labour and jobs

• The infrastructure programme will create an expected 5000 jobs in the next three years

• 25% of materials and labour will be sourced from local suppliers

• A local database of unemployed labour has been created (with the RLM’sDirectorate of LED) and supplied to the contractors

– Over 2300 records captured from 24 wards (out of 38)

– More women – generally unskilled but many with matric

– Spread of ages - 18 to 25 and many from 26 to 35

• Major economic boost for non-mine jobs (who are primary employers in the municipal area).

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Some thoughts

• Full network planning

• Integrated Transport System

• Full Universal Access

• NMT scheme

• Strong Marketing & Communication

• Fully ITS & AFC

www.namela.co.za

www.rustenburgrapidtransport.co.za