Andrew Boraine » Pedestrian routes

Walking blues, or how to make Cape Town a more walkable city

Andrew — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 13:58:45 +0000

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…

Cape Town Fan Walk lives on

Andrew — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 05:39:13 +0000

It wasn’t as big as the World Cup Fan Walk. Or as glamorous. But last night’s PSL double header at the Cape Town Stadium showed that the Cape Town Fan Walk is here to stay.

Of the 46 000 people that attended the match at the stadium, only 6 000 used…

New pedestrian bridge in place over Lower Buitengracht

Andrew — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:53:51 +0000

After almost two years of planning, a new pedestrian bridge was lowered into place over Lower Buitengracht in the Cape Town Central City yesterday. For many years, pedestrians walking between the V&A Waterfront and the CBD have had to take their life into their hands in trying to get across six lanes…

Non-motorised transport projects make progress

Andrew — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:20:08 +0000

The shift from car-dominated to a people-oriented Central City took another step forward this week with the announcement by the City of Cape Town of new non-motorised transport projects in Adderley, Shortmarket and Bree Steets. These will complement the work already being done in Waterkant Street and Somerset Road to…