Chapter 11 - Sedibeng District Municipality
Chapter 11 - Sedibeng District Municipality
Chapter 11 - Sedibeng District Municipality
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• Monitoring and Evaluation: It w ill be necessary to continuously monitor and<br />
measure performance and make adjustments to the plans and strategies, if<br />
necessary.<br />
(b) Problem Statement<br />
Public transport in <strong>Sedibeng</strong> currently does not operate in an integrative manner.<br />
(c)<br />
Strategy<br />
The strategy relating to modal integration in <strong>Sedibeng</strong> w ill need to cover the follow ing<br />
objectives:<br />
• to develop and successfully implement an integrated, affordable and<br />
accessible public transport system;<br />
• to support a legal framew ork at national and provincial levels w hich will assist<br />
and promote the development of fully integrated public transport;<br />
• to ensure that provision is made for the financing of integrated public transport<br />
through a holistic funding strategy;<br />
• to develop a Rationalisation Plan that promotes and contains proposals for<br />
modal integration;<br />
• to provide the correct institutional structureto assist w ith the planning for and<br />
implementation of modal integration;<br />
• to ensure that proper consultation takes place on modal integration w ith all the<br />
role-players and stakeholders;<br />
• to market modal integration;<br />
• to promote land development supportive of integrated public transport;<br />
• to identify suitable nodes w here modal transfers can take place;<br />
• to identify and support the development of suitable infrastructure that w ould be<br />
conducive to modal integration;<br />
• to utilise each mode in the circumstances for which it is technologically and<br />
economically best suited;<br />
• to integrate schedules and other operational aspects of the various modes so<br />
that travel time is reduced and service quality enhanced;<br />
• to introduce effective and efficient through-ticketing systems based on the cost<br />
of service provided by each mode;<br />
• to establish effective information systems for users of integrated services.<br />
• to monitor modal integration;<br />
• to identify and implement pilot/demonstration projects promoting modal<br />
integration.<br />
Achieving modal integration is a longer term objective and the strategy must generally<br />
provide for a change in the modal split to favour public passenger transport.<br />
(d)<br />
Outputs<br />
SDM w ill develop a strategy for <strong>Sedibeng</strong> that integrates mini-bus taxis, buses and<br />
trains into the public transport system operating as a single seamless system:<br />
• within an integrated netw ork;<br />
• with integrated schedules;<br />
• with proper transfer facilities;<br />
• a common ticketing and fare system, including through-ticketing; and<br />
• a combined information system, including transport information centres.<br />
SDM DITP, 2008 to 2013 123 31 Aug 2010