1. Transport Authorities eThekwini Transport Authority Making a difference for sustainability Notes

2. Vital Question Can eTA make a real difference? Transport Authorities (TAs) are internationally considered to be one of the most effective institutional arrangements to deal with the complex transport issues in urban areas.

3. Four Strategic Transport thrusts for eThekwini 1.Prioritising PT over private transport 2.Promoting PT – attractive and efficient 3.Spatial restructuring 4.Safety

4. ST1. Prioritising PT over private transport Key Issue: low occupancy private car usage is the single greatest threat to sustainability of the transport system, having a great impact on the environment.

5. The challenge in eThekwini Car ownership levels per 1000 population

6. The challenge cont. YearPvt car Person Trips (trend) PT Person Trips (trend) 1996183 486191 092 2005199 604183 140 2010241 148182 075 2020298 898177 616 Use of PT

7. Strategy: restrain pvt car usage YearPrivate Cars (with intervention) Private Cars (trend) 1996183 486 2005191 229 199 604 2010209 129 241 148 2020230 583 298 898 - Car restraint measures - Limited road development (focus mainly on bottlenecks and access)

8. Institutional response Head of eTA Roads Design PT ops Strategic planning Full Capital roads budget & joint agreement on maintenance priorities Public Transport Authorities at a disadvantage Transport planning

9. ST2. Make PT more efficient and attractive

10. Transport trajectory Current Goal OPPORTUNITIES  Policy & Leg.  Technology  System Efficiencies  Spatial Restructuring  TA THREATS TO SYSTEM Escalating subsidies Declining service levels Dilapidated infrastructure (fixed and rolling stock) Rapid motorisation Violence Entrenched apartheid land-use structure – urban sprawl Poor Accident Record Marginalised Special Users Some of the Causes: Wasteful duplication Sub-optimal mode deployment Destructive competition Apartheid legacy System failure Sustainable PT The efficiency challenge

11. The challenge cont. Utilisation: Rail – 20% Bus – 30% Taxi – 83% Subsidy savings: Current subsidySavings from restructuring R450 mill paR180 mill pa Vehicle ages: Rail closure in less than 15 years time Taxi and bus serious lack of investment

12. Strategy: Rationalise and Restructure Rail – currently with National Subsidised bus contracts – currently with Province eTA Optimal mode deployment Remove duplicated services (especially subsidised) Intermodalism and integration Investigate low volume rail lines Devolution

13. Institutional response Head of eTA RoadsPT ops Strategic planning Administer Bus contracts Better than co-ordinating committees PT system planning Future Municipal OLB Rail function

14. Strategy: Make PT more convenient Rail – currently with National Subsidised bus contracts – currently with Provincial eTA Integration and intermodalism Info systems Through ticketing etc Devolution

15. Institutional response Head of eTA RoadsPT ops Strategic planning Administer Bus contracts Better than co-ordinating committees PT system planning Future Municipal OLB Rail function

16. ST3: Spatial restructuring The challenge… Sprawl reduces PT efficiency and poorly located low income housing projects impose a high, perpetual subsidy burden on transport.

17. Result: By moving low income housing closer to work, the higher land costs are recovered in 2 to 7 years by the savings in subsidy. The challenge cont.

18. Strategy: densification of nodes and corridors Key concern: Influence the location of low income housing by subsidising increased land costs

19. Institutional response Governing Body (3 Exco members) Metro Exco Housing Dept (budget) Rail & bus devolution with subsidy Subsidy savings

20. ST4: Safety Road safety a key issue: SA has one of the poorest accidents records in the world.

21. Institutional response Head of eTA RoadsPT ops Strategic planning Responsible to co-ordinate 4 E’s and implement Road Safety Plan Road safety unit

22. Conclusion The eTA has positioned itself to meet the key transport challenges in SA Cities. The hard work is still ahead…