POLICY,STRATEGY and IMPLEMENTATION

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POLICY,STRATEGY and IMPLEMENTATION

• NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT

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TRANSPORT POLICY

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PUBLIC TRANSPORT
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POLICY , STRATEGY, and IMPLEMENTATION

• BUDGET ALLOCATION R3,876bil.
• Policy/Strategy R35,912mil
• Public Transport R3,775bil
• Transport Planning R25 mil
• Urban Transport Fund R39,744mil

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Policy/Strategy R35,912mil

• KEY PROJECTS FOR 2002/03
• Finalise a strategy for Special Needs Transport
• PUT short/medium and long term implementable
  projects/actions
• Review the Demonstration project ( Dial A
  Ride )
• Complete a Rail Policy and Plan framework
• Develop a Public Transport Policy framework work
• for promoting an integrated transport service
  accessible to all
• Targeted subsidies
• Evaluate bicycle demonstration project (
  non-motorised )to determine its effectiveness as
  an alternative to mobility
• Develop a national freight transport strategy
• Finalise the Gross vehicle mass / axle load study
• Design a Port Restructuring model
• Roll-out phase one of the National Household (
  travel) survey
• Assertain travel patterns/needs of communities so
  as to make informed decisions on travel demands
• Integrate all Road Passenger Transport systems
  into a single national transport register .

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PUBLIC TRANSPORTR3,775bil

• Key areas of concern
• Budget shortfall of R94mil
• in financial year 2001/02
• No additional operational
• allocation for 2002/03
• Capital backlog now at R15bil
• New capital program launched
• with 176 coaches for refurb.

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PUBLIC TRANSPORT

• The distribution of bus subsidies per province

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PUBLIC TRANSPORTbus transport..

• Risk Assessment with current budget R1.8bil
• Distribution of allocation of funds and services
  will remain within provinces as is
• Leverage of transforming the bus industry , in as
  far as promoting SMMEs and BEE is limited
• Regulated competition is restricted
• Public Transport subsidy cannot be extended to
  cover those in dire need , currently out of the
  system

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PUBLIC TRANSPORTbus transport..

• Relative total of bus passengers for the country
  is 860mil
• Proportional distribution of these passengers
  per Province is
• Gauteng 22
• Eastern Cape 4
• Free State 6
• Kwazulu Natal 22
• Mpumalanga 13
• Northern Cape 1
• Limpopo 11
• North West 13
• Western Cape 8
• It should be noted that not all passengers are
  currently subsidised

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PUBLIC TRANSPORT bus transport..

• Need to address the distribution of subsidies to
  facilitate some movement towards equity
• Basis for allocation should be reviewed
• The National Land Transport Transition Act, 2000
  ,is providing a premise for fundamental
  restructuring of public transport based on
  integrated transport plans
• Government has contractual obligations currently
  extending from 1-5 years coming
• Current Budget allocation does not provide room
  for growth

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PUBLIC TRANSPORTTaxis

• Key challengeTaxi Recapitalisation programme
• Democratisation process is complete with SANTACO
  being established
• NLTTA set target for recap at 2004/06
• Six companies have been shortlisted for the New
  Taxi Vehicle (NTV)
• SANTACO has been briefed of the process

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PUBLIC TRANSPORTTaxis..

• Electronic Management System ( EMS ) has become
  the key to unlock the process
• Should there be agreement on EMS the Best And
  Final Offer ( BAFO ) process will begin targeted
  to take 6 10 weeks
• The first NTV is expected to be supplied by first
  quarter of 2003.
• The process is intended to recapitalise 126 000
  taxis with government funding of about R4bil
  through a scrapping allowance.
• The R4bil amount is not yet secured from the
  Treasury

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PUBLIC TRANSPORT Taxis..

• Key challenges
• The Taxi industry seek empowerment
• Current taxi ranks and multimodal facilities need
  in excess of R550mil for upgrading
• Prioritisation of distribution of the NTV to be
  done in full consultation with the industry

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TRANSPORT PLANNINGR25mil

• Assist Provinces to develop Provincial Land
  Transport Strategic Frameworks (PLTSF) based on
  NLTSF completed by NDOT in 2001/02.
• Pilot firstly with selected Provinces , Unicities
  and District councils

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URBAN TRANSPORT FUNDR39,7MIL

• Key area
• Transport Infrastructure
• Rail gt 50
• Intermodal facilities gt20
• Research / Demo projects gt10
• Strategic projects,
• e.g Restructuring , TA gt20