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06 August 2019

INNER CITY TRANSPORT MASTERPLAN- FACT SHEET

City of Johannesburg Transport Department to review 2010 Inner City

Transport Masterplan and develop new vision and Plan.

The City of Johannesburg Transport Department in partnership with the

Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA) are reviewing and developing an Inner
City Transport Masterplan.

Background/History of Masterplan

The City developed an Inner City Traffic and Transport Study (2010) (ICTTS) with
the aim of delivering a sustainable transport system for the Inner City.

The Inner City Traffic and Transport Study (2010) undertook an in-depth analysis of
all existing traffic and transport issues in the Inner City. It also considered the future
development of the Inner City and its future transport demand.

The outcome of the ICTTS was the proposal of the transport plan for the Inner City.
The transport plan was a sustainable transport system that prioritised public

Directors
M Ntanga (Chairperson) D Cohen (Acting CEO) S Moonsamy (CFO) S Jensma TG Sambo JW Karuri -Sebina EF Peters K Govender A Steyn P Zagaretos R Shirinda (Company Secretary)
Registration Number: 2001/005101/07
transport and non-motorised transport. The plan detailed a number of short-term,
medium-term and long-term interventions that were required to ensure that the Inner
City’s transport system is able to manage its travel in a sustainable manner.

Since 2010, a number of those identified short to medium projects have been
implemented by the City. However, there have been changes to the public transport
system through the implementation of Phase 1A and 1B of the Rea Vaya BRT,
Soweto Highway and Empire-Perth Transit Oriented Development Node. The City is
in a process of implementing Phase 1C of the Rea BRT along the Louis Botha
Corridor to Sandton.

The Inner City continues to experience an increase in demand for road space, due
to shifts in travel patterns, increase in the number of minibus taxis, introduction of
cross-border buses, urban renewal projects, the return of some businesses to the
Inner City and the increase in overall demand for freight traffic which results in the
demand for loading bays to accommodate freight transport. Other contributors to
traffic congestion include pedestrians; who are forced to use the road space and
compete with vehicular traffic due to the pedestrians’ competition with informal
traders for the limited sidewalk space and ‘trolley pushers or recyclers’.

What is understood as the Inner City

The Study area is included below:
However, it needs to be noted that the review and development will focus more
extensively on the Core Inner City precinct.

What is a Transport Masterplan?

A Transport Masterplan puts forward a vision for the Transport functionality of an

area. In this instance the focus is on the Inner City of Johannesburg.

It looks at Non- Motorised Transport (NMT) as a priority followed by public transport

and private transport modes. It looks at previous baselines of the transport systems,
collects data for all transport modes in order to understand the current transport
system functionality. The data to be collected includes pedestrian movement,
sidewalk conditions, public transport usage, freight movement, trolley pushers and
long-distance/cross border bus services. A transport model is developed for the
testing of impacts on transport of likely development scenarios.

The Transport Masterplan will then conclude by proposing targets and programmes.
It then puts forward targets to improve the transport in the Inner City. Lastly it will put
forward key projects and programmes to improve the Transport system over a
period of time.

What is the time frame?

The City of Johannesburg underwent a very extensive open Tender process which
closed in December 2018. It has appointed a very experienced team of Transport
Planners, Traffic Engineers, Traffic Modellers, Public Transport Specialists, NMT
specialists, urban designers and a public participation consultant. The development
of the plan is expected to conclude by June 2021.

How can you be a part of the Review and Development of the Inner City
Transport Masterplan?

The development of the Plan will involve extensive engagement with Inner City
residents, commuters, businesses, property owners, taxi operators, bus services,
taxi hailing services, trolley pushers and all interested parties.

If you are requested to give input for data collection on your journey and/or transport
challenges we hope that you will assist us in better understanding transport in the
Inner City.
Keep an eye out on the City of Johannesburg and JDA websites and social media
for invitations to meetings and opportunities to download drafts of the plan for your
review and comments.

Ends

Issued by:
Johannesburg Development Agency
Susan Monyai
Email: smonyai@jda.org.za

For any questions on the plan.

Please contact
Email: nobuntuc@joburg.org.za or NPingo@jda.org.za