Taxi bosses were not negotiating in good faith on Cape Town’s proposed Integrated Rapid Transit (IRT) system, the city’s mayoral committee member for transport said on Wednesday. Elizabeth Thompson’s claim came as the Western Cape National Taxi Alliance (WC-NTA) suspended services in the city, a move which coincided with the second day of a strike [...]
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The government has acknowledged that the consultation process in the launch of the new Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system was flawed, The Star newspaper reported on Thursday. “We must concede that the consultation process for the BRT might not have been the most appropriate method, given the nature of the industry and the variety of [...]
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Johannesburg – Six days into the Confederations Cup in South Africa, the warm-up tournament for the World Cup next year, the transport of spectators to and from the games is still beset by difficulty, the organisers admitted on Friday. The four host cities in the tournament – Johannesburg, Pretoria, Rustenburg and Bloemfontein – have put [...]
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In the State of the Nation address, President Zuma referred to the discussions around the Bus Rapid Transit System. I would like to quote: “In April this year, I gave an undertaking to the taxi industry leadership to defer negotiations relating to the operation of the Bus Integrated Rapid [...]
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The Arrive Alive website received a very interesting request for information pertaining to the environmental impact of the BRT system. I would like to quote from the email: “Subject: BRT – Environmental Impact Assessments Message: ——– I would like to know if the study that was done by [...]
The week ahead will see government addressing the taxi industry’s concerns over the R2 billion Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) System. This will pose a waiting game for taxi operators who are demanding a greater role in overseeing the system. Operators are also threatening to go on strike and disrupt [...]
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