After ongoing problems with the Dial-a-Ride service for disabled people persisted for most of this year, it seems that relief is finally on the horizon for the thousands of registered but dissatisfied users in Cape Town. Recently, a new contract has been adopted by the City’s Transport Directorate with HG[…]
The taxi industry needs to be modernised. Gauteng Transport MEC Jacob Mamabolo says the industry, which transports almost 67% of South Africans, should look at ways of evolving. Mamabolo was speaking at the start of a two-day Taxi Summit in Vanderbjilpark in the Vaal. For many South Africans, taxis are their sole[…]
By Anees Teladia Dial-A-Ride passengers are dissatisfied and distressed at the quality of service they are receiving. Many users have faced situations where they have been left stranded, whilst others complain of the service showing up despite cancellations by users. Member of the Dial-A-Ride forum and an employee of Disabled[…]
One in three taxi commuters in SA feel that minibus taxis are “very” or “somewhat” unsafe, a new report has found. The Public Perceptions of Taxi Use, Safety and Crime report, prepared by the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) in conjunction with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom is designed[…]
Commuters in Cape Town already in the midst of a bus strike have to contend with a near breakdown of train services, after Metrorail announced massive delays across its network on Friday morning. The company said there were delays of more than 60 minutes on all lines heading into Cape[…]
The City of Cape Town has urged the South African Police Service (SAPS) to thoroughly investigate those responsible for violent attacks on Cape Town’s public transport system. A Golden Arrow bus driver was fatally shot in an attempted armed robbery in Nyanga while behind the wheel of a bus on[…]
Cape Town’s problematic traffic congestion may be solved in certain areas following a study that has been launched by the City of Cape Town’s Transport department (TCT). The study aims to determine current and future access needs within, to and from southern suburbs. The study, which will last for the[…]
According to media reports in Saudi Arabia, Hajj operators may soon be required to take on the additional task of shipping the luggage of hujaaj to and from the Saudi Kingdom. Addressing the reports, chairperson of the South African Travellers and Hajj Operators Association (Sathoa), Sedick Steenkamp, said such an[…]
The Western Cape Department of Education (WCED) says they will be doing all they can to ensure that transport issues do not result in matriculants being unable to write their Senior Certificate examinations. Arson on nineteen Metro Rail carriages at Salt River’s train depot on Sunday was the cause of[…]
With tens of thousands of Capetonians expected to flood the city centre for Palestine solidarity march on Saturday, organisers are tightening up logistics. While security, marshals and emergency services will be on standby, the organisers, National Coalition for Palestine (NC4P), is also coordinating transport for protestors outside of the CBD.[…]
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