HIGHLIGHTS
2.14 P ROVISION OF TRANSPORT FACILITIES
TSHWANE BUS SERVICES (TBS)
Tshwane Bus Services (TBS) is a specialized unit of the City of Tshwane’s Department of Transport. It was established in 1907 mainly for social services. Services were centered on the CBD, mainly focusing on targeted areas with certain benefits enjoyed by specific communities (concessions for scholars, free services to senior citizens and disabled commuters).
The fleet size and specifications suited only specific areas of operations ignoring the outskirts of the City.
The current operation – post 1994 - imposed a heavy burden on the fleet which was not geared to carry a sudden increase of passengers.
TBS has improved the lives of the citizens of the CoT by making public transport easily available for key destinations in the CBD. Out of the 120 busses that have been planned to be procured, 26 busses in total were procured in the 2013/14 financial year
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The City is developing a Comprehensive Integrated Transport Plan (CITP) which will integrate all modes of transport. The following components of the CITP have been completed in 2013/14 financial year:
A Status Quo Report on the current status of transport in the City of Tshwane. The report will be made available for public comments and updated and more information becomes available.
A comprehensive Household Travel Survey (HTS) has been conducted. Nine thousand (9000) households have been surveyed. The results have been captured into a report. This information will be used inform the travel demand model which is being finalised at present
The needs analysis is currently being done after which various development scenarios will be tested.
THE BUS DEPOTS AND THE FLEET SIZE
Tshwane Bus Services has three depots being C. de Wet, Jan Niemand Park and Pretoria North, with a fleet size of 398 buses, including 103 new MAN buses that were purchased during 2008, 66 buses have been confirmed to be scrapped and they are awaiting approval. The process to identify more buses to be scrapped is on-going.
The criteria used to scrap buses is the age of the bus together with the maintenance cost of that bus over a 3 year period and major mechanical failure. The age of the fleet must not be more than 15 years as stated by the legislation, the maintenance cost must not be more than R250 000.00 over the last 3 financial years, and major mechanical failure for example engine or gear box overhaul.
The buses that meet these criteria that are currently operating on the road will be allowed to run to obtain value from the funds already spent on them, until they need new major repairs. They will then be scrapped before further investment in them.
There is a large age gap between buses that are less than 5 years old (103 buses) and the rest of the buses.
74% of The buses are over 20 years old, and 15% of the buses are more than 30 years old.
Current Geographical Functional area:
TBS operates 82 routes spread over 236 shifts. These shifts are divided among three depots:
C de Wet – 156 shifts. Area covered: Pretoria Central, Olievenhoutbosch, Centurion
East Lynne – 32 shifts. Area covered: Pretoria East
Pretoria North – 48 shifts Table 50: Tshwane Bus Service Data
Tshwane Bus Service Data
Details
2013/14
Estimate No. Actual No.
1 Passenger journeys 13 000 000 4 125 606
2 Seats available for all journeys 48 879 740 30 305 438
3
Average Unused Bus Capacity for all
journeys 35 879 740 26 179 832
4 Size of bus fleet at year end 398 398
5
Average number of Buses off the road
at any one time 0 80
6
Proportion of the fleet off road at any
one time 0% 38%
7 No. of Bus journeys scheduled 751 996 466 237
8 No. of journeys cancelled 0 285 759
9 Proportion of journeys cancelled 0% 34.8%
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PROGRESS ON SERVICE DELIVERY PRIORITIES
Table 51: Progress on service delivery priorities
Top four service delivery priorities for wards (highest priority first)
No. Priority name and detail Progress during 2013/14
1 Procurement of buses 26 new buses received 2 Re-establishment of bus operations in
Olievenhoutbosch.
Olievenhoutbosch operations resumed on the 17th of February 2014. The re- establishment has been a smooth process with no incidents reported.
3 Number of buses available per day On average 180 buses are available per day 4 Number of passengers transported per
quarter
On average,I.3 million passengers are transported per quarter
WONDERBOOM AIRPORT
The Tshwane Airport Services is a Division of the Transport Department established to manage Wonderboom Airport. Wonderboom Airport is an asset of the City of Tshwane and therefore also the airport license holder thereof. As such, the CoT has a legislative responsibility to comply with the airport license requirements as provided for by all applicable aviation legislation, regulations, policies and international agreements, protocols, standards and requirements.
The Wonderboom Airport is in existence for approximately 76 years and is one of the most important General Aviation Airports in South Africa. The Wonderboom Airport is also presently the only recognised commercial airport within the City of Tshwane.
A variety of functions are being executed by the Tshwane Airport Services Division, and this include:
Airport management operations (i.e.):
• Airport Safety
• Aviation Rescue and Fire fighting
• Airport operations
• Airport security
• Apron, navigation and fuelling services
• Airport facility and infrastructure maintenance
A total of 21 795 passengers departed from Wonderboom Airport (the set target was 20 000) in the year.
48 651 aircraft movements were recorded (the target was 45 000)
TSHWANE RAPID TRANSPORT (
TRT )
The development of the Integrated Rapid Public Transit Network in metropolitan areas is a process driven at national level by Metropolitan authorities under the directive and guidelines set by the National Department of Transport and funded by National Treasury.
The Integrated Rapid Public Transit Network is intended to transform the public transport system in the City through the provision of a high quality, safe and affordable public transport system. The IRPTN system is aimed at improving the provision and level of service of road-base Public Transport, including the reduction of overall journey times for Public Transport users, and improving access between residential areas and major economic nodes.
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TRT improves access to public transport; in that it will:
Ensure that all residents live within 1km of Rapid Transit Network by 2020
Upgrade modal fleet facilities, stops and stations;
Ensure Public Transport facilities cater for people with special needs
Provide safe and secure Public Transport operations
Public integrated service networks that will include walking/cycling and taxi network
Electronic Fare Collection Integration
Car competitive Public Transport which will reduce journey times
TRT INTEGRATION WITH OTHER MODES OF TRANSPORT IN THE CITY
The TRT trunk network integrates with other modes of Public Transport at five key nodes being Kopanong, Wonderboom (Rainbow Junction), Pretoria Station, Hatfield, Denneboom as well as Mahube Valley. To improve the accessibility of Non-Motorized Transport (NMT), the trunk and feeder network will also incorporate the NMT infrastructure by means of the bicycle lanes as well as tactile paving for the people with disabilities.
The intention of the TRT service is to replace all competing road based public transport services within the corridor of its operations. Affected existing operators will be compensated or alternatively be incorporated in to the Bus Operating Entity/Entities that will be responsible for the TRT Operations.
TRT BUSES
Two types of low floor buses have been procured as follows in the financial year 2013/14:
• 18m articulated buses with main access doors on the right hand side, and
• 12 Standard buses with access doors on both sides of the bus.
Table 52: Procurement of TRT buses
On the commencement and continuation of projects such as Tshwane Rapid Transport system, developments of Simon Vermooten budgeted at R150 million and transforming the areas in the north through the development of internal roads budgeted at R373.3 million and the projects are progressing well as planned.
Description Length Sitting Passengers Standing Passengers Total Passengers
Articulated bus 18m 45 50 95
Standard bus 12m 35 35 70
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