I was up bright and early this morning to take part in the launch of Cape Town’s first serious dedicated commuter cycling lane – a 15km stretch that runs from Table View to the CBD. It follows the red road of the IRT system, which is due to be launched…
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Cape Town gets serious with commuter cycling routes
Do you live in Woodstock, Brooklyn, Rugby, Tijgerhof, Milnerton, Marconi Beam, Blaauberg or Table View, want to beat the rush-hour traffic to the Cape Town CBD and get fit at the same time? Then Cape Town’s newest dedicated 15km commuter bicycle route is for you.
Join us for the inaugural ride…
Get down to the Park
I’m starting off 2011 (better late than never) with a big `thumbs up’ to all who have been involved in creating the new Green Point Park. It’s an amazing experience, with opportunities for recreation, education, exercise, picnics, children’s parties, perambulation and much more.
What is particularly exciting is that the park…
Welcome to Cape Town – 22 000 km on a bicycle through Africa
On Friday, I conducted a walking tour of the Cape Town Central City with Craig Matthew, an old friend and cameraman extraordinaire, and some of his colleagues. Craig is director of a film archive project called Doxa Productions, an independent documentary film and interactive design company in Cape Town.…
Who is championing Cape Town’s Integrated Rapid Transport system?
Integrated Rapid Transport (IRT) represents the future of Cape Town. Without it, we will not achieve our goals of being a sustainable, equitable and accessible city. Billions of rands have already been spent. Billions more will be spent over the next 15-20 years. The MyCiTi Bus Rapid Transit project represents…
Talkin’ bicycle blues, or why don’t more people use bicycles as their primary means of transport in South African cities?
Today I was introduced to an amazing project called Bicycle Portraits, which investigates bicycle culture in South Africa, and in particular, the lack of cyclist commuters on the roads. Its run by Stan Engelbrecht and Nic Grobler, who travel around South Africa meeting fellow cyclists and taking pictures of them…
Walking blues 2, or the importance of a legible city
Continuing on the theme of walking blues, while in London last week, I came across a campaign called Legible London run by the Applied Information Group (AIG) on behalf of Transport for London. The idea of Legible London is to provide better support for the millions who…
Walking blues, or how to make Cape Town a more walkable city
At one level, Cape Town is a city prominently associated with walking – on the mountains, the beaches, the Sea Point Promenade, the walkway from Muizenberg to Kalk Bay. In particular, one thinks of Peter Slingsby’s wonderful hiking maps and Mike Lundy’s influential Best Walks in the Cape…
Why the Cape Town airport shuttle isn’t working
Congestion, pollution, rising energy costs, climate change mitigation, greater access and mobility, transit-led development, improved economic productivity and competitiveness - there is growing realisation that a better public transport system is essential for the future development of Cape Town.
So why is the new airport shuttle service not working? Guy Lundy, CEO of Accelerate…
Perverse outcomes? New bicycle lanes in Cape Town CBD add space for cars
I have been monitoring how the new bicycle lanes in Bree St in the Cape Town CBD are being utililised. In my view, the net effect has been to simply give more space to motorists for illegal parking (where they can now double park for free without obstructing the traffic flow) and for delivery vehicles…
A year of blogging dangerously
I see that I have written 148 posts on ‘Cities for People’ since I started blogging in October 2009. That’s more than a post every three days, which I’m told is the least one must do to keep one’s readers vaguely interested. Blogging has been a great opportunity to get back into the art of…
Wooden cobbles recently discovered in Adderley Street
A popular tradition of the Cape Town Partnership AGM is to take our guests on development walking tours of the Central City after the formal business has been concluded. This year, there were four choices of tour: East City Design Initiative, Cape Town’s World Design Capital 2014 Bid, Public…
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Perverse outcomes? New bicycle lanes in Cape Town CBD add space for cars
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Who is championing Cape Town’s Integrated Rapid Transport system?
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Why the Cape Town airport shuttle isn’t working
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Cape Town’s Bid to host 2011 UN Climate Change Conference
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For sure, freeways?
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Wooden cobbles recently discovered in Adderley Street
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Integrated Rapid Transport in Cape Town – no other alternative
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Cape Town Station Square – unburied treasure
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Cape Town shows the world how to street party
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Stop the Secrecy Bill: Pictures from Right2Know march, Cape Town, 17 September
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Looking for Africa
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The ABC of the EDA in Cape Town and the Western Cape
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Who will lead the economic inclusion agenda when working class leaders abandon that role through ill-disciplined actions?
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Going up: Cape Town’s tallest building since 1993 represents more than a property development
- Introducing the new Cape Economic Development Agency
- Designing a fairer future – why Cape Town is bidding for World Design Capital 2014
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Paradise Road: An inspiring story about Zimbabweans in Cape Town
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