Chapter 11 - Sedibeng District Municipality

Deduction
• every route has oversupply of seats (even w ith 30% contingency);
• formal taxi ranks are over capacity;
• high proportion of operators were issued with OL w ithout considering oversupply;
and
• high proportion of vehicle registration from site do not correspond w ith
Registrar’s database (and OLAS).
Recommendations
• update OLS annually;
• provide alternative routes for over-supply (in context of new developments in
Sedibeng);
• moratorium on new operating licences;
• upgrade taxi facilities (in context of inter-modal facilities);
• prepare Municipal By-law s for Public Transport;
• maintain moratorium for new licenses (due to oversupply & IPTN);
• law enforcement to focus on route compliance; and
• Sedibeng to w ork closely w ith GPTRW to establish TOLAB in Vereeniging.
8.2 Rationalisation Plan
The Sedibeng Ratplan, 2009 should be consulted for more detailed information.
Introduction
The Rationalisation Plan is required w here the planning authority has subsidised
public transport services operating in, to, or from the area. The purpose of a
Rationalisation Plan is:
• to eliminate inefficiencies such as duplication of routes and under-utilisation of
services w ithin the subsidised bus system, and betw een operators;
• to create a framew ork for restructuring of tendered bus contracts to obtain a
more cost effective and efficient public transport system;
• to address short-term efficiencies, 2010-2014; and
• to create a long-term plan to address the restructuring of the public
transportation system in context of the IPTN - 2020.
Status Quo
• 6% of commuter trips in Sedibeng are by rail:
o Vereeniging to Kw aggastroom (15 000 pax/day); and
o Vereeniging to Elsburg (11 200 pax/day);
• 153 subsidised bus routes; and
• 35 bus ranks w ith only 2 formal facilities.
Deduction
• subsidy contracts are extended on a monthly basis;
• subsidised bus services are mainly serving the low income residential areas;
SDM DITP, 2008 to 2013 116 31 Aug 2010