INTEGRATED PUBLIC TRANSPORT
CONNECTING EKURHULENI
Ekurhuleni’s geospatial make-up – with its nine disparate towns and 1 975 km2 area – poses a significant challenge to the movement of people, which is why the City has committed to establishing an integrated rapid public transit network that will improve quality of life through ease of access.
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kurhuleni’s large land mass is characterised by varying degrees in availability of transport, differing rates of industrial and human settlements development, as well as a lack of alignment in historical spatial planning – attributes common among South Africa’s major cities. As such, there is a distinct need to capitalise on all transport modes to form an integrated transport backbone that service’s the City’s communities.
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EKURHULENI 2021
The City has set out the following priorities in its effort to promote and integrate human settlements through various massive infrastructure and services roll-outs, as prescribed by the Growth and Development Strategy 2055’s Re-urbanise theme, which seeks to achieve urban integration. Key to this is the City’s integrated rapid public transit network (IRPTN).
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IRPTN The heartbeat of Ekurhuleni’s IRPTN is the Harambee bus rapid transport (BRT) system, which has seen significant progress since it first opened its doors to passengers in October 2017. The Harambee BRT services an area stretching from Tembisa in the north to Isando at one southern end and O.R. Tambo International Airport at
