Not content with being the most scenic, and possibly the best managed city in South Africa, the City of Cape Town has now become the first multi-modal enabled city in Africa.
This follows with the launch of the Transport for Cape Town (TCT) mobile application (app). The app merges timetables, stops and stations of all the scheduled public transport services in a city thus enabling residents and visitors to effortlessly plan their journeys across Cape Town – using bus and rail or a route planner for private vehicles. “The development of this app is indicative of the city’s commitment to cutting-edge technological solutions in times of increasing urbanisation where mobility is crucial if we are to realise our full potential. It also creates a platform for the city and the residents to communicate with one another about transport-related issues. This app is guaranteed to be a game changer in terms of how we use public transport and interact with each other,” says the city’s Mayoral Committee Member: Transport for Cape Town, Brett Herron.The system maps of all the scheduled public transport services across the city – from the MyCiTi bus service, to Metrorail and the Golden Arrow Bus Service (GABS) – and all of these are available on the app.
The comprehensive app will inform commuters which mode – bus or rail, or combination of the two – to use to reach their destination, inclusive of a list of options of the various transport service operators in their vicinity:- where to find the closest and most convenient stops and stations
- The distance to the stop or station
- How to get there
- The departure times
- Arrival times
- The estimated cumulative cost for the entire journey
- And the estimated duration of the journey, inclusive of the time it will take to walk to a station or stop.
