Comments on: Rea Vaya On the Move in Joburg, South Africa http://thecityfix.com/rea-vaya-on-the-move-in-joburg-south-africa/ Sustainable Urban Mobility Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:15:25 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 By: 2010 Sustainable Transport Awards: Nominees Announced | TheCityFix.com http://thecityfix.com/rea-vaya-on-the-move-in-joburg-south-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-8153 2010 Sustainable Transport Awards: Nominees Announced | TheCityFix.com Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:02:51 +0000 http://thecityfix.com/?p=2254#comment-8153 [...] Johannesburg, South Africa, for creating Rea Vaya, Africa’s first BRT and the first public transit system that connects Soweto to the downtown district. (Read our first-person account of the new system here.) [...] [...] Johannesburg, South Africa, for creating Rea Vaya, Africa’s first BRT and the first public transit system that connects Soweto to the downtown district. (Read our first-person account of the new system here.) [...]

]]> By: Urban Joburg http://thecityfix.com/rea-vaya-on-the-move-in-joburg-south-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-6366 Urban Joburg Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:27:38 +0000 http://thecityfix.com/?p=2254#comment-6366 Hello there! This was an interesting post, and I share many of your frustrations with the Metro Bus system. But one still wonders about the sustainability of Joburg public transport when considering that Metro Bus is retained as a service operating alongside Rea Vaya. One gets the impression that Metro Bus will continue to provide a useless service, while Rea Vaya will provide a better one. The problem however is that the tax payer continues to support both services! And it is also my concern that Rea Vaya will begin to follow the route of Metro Bus if they do not improve their services too. Already the complementary services around the CBD have been put on hold until early next year because of low ridership on these routes. Yet the reason this is so is because people do not know HOW to use the service. There are no timetables, route maps or proper bus shelters on these routes, and instead one is left guessing when the next bus comes - very similar to the Metro Bus service! The trunk routes too do not display enough information, and are not being used to their full potential. The LED screens displaying bus arrival times still do not work; cars and taxis continue to use BRT lanes without any consequences; and the system isn't as slick as it should be, requiring attendants to manually open station doors in order to connect the station to the bus. See my trip report here... http://urbanjoburg.blogspot.com/2009/11/rea-vaya-trip-report-tale-of-obscurity.html Hello there! This was an interesting post, and I share many of your frustrations with the Metro Bus system. But one still wonders about the sustainability of Joburg public transport when considering that Metro Bus is retained as a service operating alongside Rea Vaya. One gets the impression that Metro Bus will continue to provide a useless service, while Rea Vaya will provide a better one. The problem however is that the tax payer continues to support both services!

And it is also my concern that Rea Vaya will begin to follow the route of Metro Bus if they do not improve their services too. Already the complementary services around the CBD have been put on hold until early next year because of low ridership on these routes. Yet the reason this is so is because people do not know HOW to use the service. There are no timetables, route maps or proper bus shelters on these routes, and instead one is left guessing when the next bus comes – very similar to the Metro Bus service!

The trunk routes too do not display enough information, and are not being used to their full potential. The LED screens displaying bus arrival times still do not work; cars and taxis continue to use BRT lanes without any consequences; and the system isn’t as slick as it should be, requiring attendants to manually open station doors in order to connect the station to the bus.

See my trip report here… http://urbanjoburg.blogspot.com/2009/11/rea-vaya-trip-report-tale-of-obscurity.html

]]> By: Diane http://thecityfix.com/rea-vaya-on-the-move-in-joburg-south-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-4850 Diane Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:46:07 +0000 http://thecityfix.com/?p=2254#comment-4850 Good Day I am doing research for my project and I would require the cost if you re able to provide on the following • Taxi Metereds & Printers • Speedpoint Terminals ( payment machine) • Taxi Top Advertising Light • In taxi Advertising LCD ( Behind Headrests ) • Taxi Dispatch System Many thanks Good Day I am doing research for my project and I would require the cost if you re able to provide on the following

• Taxi Metereds & Printers
• Speedpoint Terminals ( payment machine)
• Taxi Top Advertising Light
• In taxi Advertising LCD ( Behind Headrests )
• Taxi Dispatch System

Many thanks

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