Integrated Transport Plan.pdf - Durban

Within this context, ETA’s public transport policy is the following:-
No.1 To identify and prioritise accessibility and mobility needs in
terms of market segments, based on categories defined in
NDOT’s Moving South Africa (MSA) Report.
No. 2 To promote public transport over private transport.
No.3 To provide an affordable, sustainable PT system in response
to the prioritised needs of the market segments,
acknowledging the importance of accessibility to social,
economic, educational and recreational opportunities, but
recognising it is unaffordable to provide the same level of
service to users in urban and rural areas.
In the rural areas access to employment, the transport needs
of learners, and access to health facilities will be prioritised.
No.4 To support and develop the capacity of the existing and
future consultation structures and enable them to articulate
the needs of the different passenger groups for incorporation
into a Passenger Service Charter.
No.5 To implement universally accessible routes and corridors for
Special Needs passenger groups, on a phased basis within
the mainstream public transport system, subject to resource
allocation, and to target the North-South Corridor as the first
corridor to be implemented.
No.6 To ensure that new bus contracts have a minimum percent
of fleet designed for special needs access, and all new fixed
infrastructure is fully accessible.
No.7 To manage all modes of public transport service, within a
Quality Service Charter which addresses, inter alia, matters
of reliability, differentiated levels of service (coverage, hours
of service, frequency) convenience and comfort, standards
of operation, fare structures, communication and information
services, vehicle age and servicing requirements and code
of conduct for operator/driver behaviour.
No.8 To support formalisation and re-capitalisation of the taxi
industry and to apply various fleet age criteria to all future
contracts (subsidised and unsubsidised) for all modes of
road-based public transport vehicles.
Accessibility &
mobility needs
PT over private
transport
Affordable
standards
Rural
accessibility
Special Needs
Groups &
Universally
accessible
corridors
Special Needs
Fleet
Quality Service
Charter
Taxi Re-cap
eThekwini Integrated Transport Plan
Summary Report
5.2
Public Transport