Lekwa Local Municipality 2013/14 - Co-operative Governance and ...

“To be the leading, people centered municipality excelling in economic growth, development and governance”As stated above Standerton station plays an important role in long distance passenger transport. In terms ofbusses, there is no municipal bus service, but a private bus service runs on the R546 between Standerton, theTEKS area, Bethal and Leandra (GSDM ITP, 2008). In terms of taxis, there are several taxi services. These runmostly on the R546, but also on the R50, R23 and R39 (GSDM ITP, 2008). On a regional level, the taxis connectStanderton to:• Zamokuhle;• Thuthukani;• Qwaqwa;• The TEKS area;• Umtata;• Matatiele; and• Ficksburg.Figure 12: Public Transport RoutesAccording to the 2001 census data 4 , approximately 18% of the total population make use of public transport:7% using busses and 11% taxis. In comparison, only 8% of the population travel by car as a driver, and 9% as apassenger. This indicates the importance of public transport in the municipal area.In order to understand the distribution of the different modes of transport throughout the municipal area aspatial analysis was done on ward level. The subsequent maps indicate the proportion of the ward populationusing a certain mode of transport and not absolute numbers. Darker colours indicate a higher proportion.60 | P a g e - D r a f t i n t e g r a t e d D e v e l o p m e n t P l a n 2 0 1 3 / 2 0 1 4