Cape Town danger areas

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44 minutes ago, Meezo said:

nothing on the socials... i also just forwarded onto to a couple of groups and it has been heard of? can you get more info... Rhodes Memorial is a daily commute for me

[babse]

Eish i did some loops in rhodes mem on said day around 5pm... it was very quiet.

[Meezo]

I asked to confirm, apparently it was yesterday unless it's 2 seperate incidents but details are the same except the days

[Murrob]

This also happened on Friday in Stellenbosch. I did suggest to the gent to post here. So I will take a liberty hopefully with a view to help get the word out 

[Headshot]

22 hours ago, Meezo said:

nothing on the socials... i also just forwarded onto to a couple of groups and it has been heard of? can you get more info... Rhodes Memorial is a daily commute for me

Just seen posts above - sounds like it was on Friday, not teh weekend.

Edited February 18 by Headshot

[mikkelz]

https://www.facebook.com/cyclistsstayalive/posts/pfbid0CQMD8KuHcStNchsnH5YkimWovFjUNAgz5QyQuq1ehjxgtN2nz4yX7pnL54bYxw18l

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The City of Cape Town’s Urban Mobility Directorate would like to advise all residents that the cycle lane between Paarden Eiland and Woodstock along the Woodstock non-motorised transport corridor will be temporarily closed due to damaged infrastructure.

😂 Kind of funny/sad it's assumed that part of the cycle lane was even being used by cyclists.

[ChrisF]

Two lanes blocked on the N1 this morning, so Google Maps took me for a tour of the agter-paaie to get to a meeting in Pinelands.

 

SAD !!!  So utterly sad to see how poor, sorry NON EXISTING, the cycling infrastructure is from Northern Suburbs into Cape Town.

 

I have another full day meeting IN the CBD on Friday, I know I can cycle "the distance" in half the time that it takes by car, on a good traffic day.  But there simply is no safe route. 

[Mamil]

Roberto Quintas is mayco member for urban mobility - here's his brief - bicycles are not important.

 

 

Cllr Quintas’s focus is to improve mobility and movement across Cape Town. This can be achieved by creating an integrated public transport system where commuters can seamlessly transfer from one mode - be it rail, minibus-taxi, the MyCiTi bus service, e-hailing services or non-motorised transport - to another; to improve the reliability of our transport services; and, most importantly, to bring down the cost of transport for lower income households. 

 

Priorities for this term of office:

• Getting the N2 Express Service back on the road. This will be a major achievement as thousands of commuters from Mitchells Plain and Khayelitsha rely on the service to get to the Cape Town CBD.
• Our passenger rail service must work - we will continue engaging with PRASA to improve the service, and will also be exploring alternatives. Passenger rail should be the backbone of public transport in Cape Town.
• Closer cooperation between the City and the minibus-taxi industry, as this service has a critical role to play in the future roll-out of MyCiTi services between the Metro South-East, Wynberg and Claremont.
• Phase 2A of the MyCiTi service: A total of R7,4 billion will be spent over the next five years to implement the service. The funds will be invested in the construction of new roads and stations from Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain to Wynberg and Claremont and the acquisition of new buses.
• The basic business of transport remain a focus: to make sure our roads are well maintained, potholes repaired and stormwater infrastructure and retention ponds attended to where there are problems. These issues have a direct impact on residents, regardless of where they live.

 

[ChrisF]

2 hours ago, Mamil said:

Roberto Quintas is mayco member for urban mobility - here's his brief - bicycles are not important.

 

 

Cllr Quintas’s focus is to improve mobility and movement across Cape Town. This can be achieved by creating an integrated public transport system where commuters can seamlessly transfer from one mode - be it rail, minibus-taxi, the MyCiTi bus service, e-hailing services or non-motorised transport - to another; to improve the reliability of our transport services; and, most importantly, to bring down the cost of transport for lower income households. 

 

Priorities for this term of office:

• Getting the N2 Express Service back on the road. This will be a major achievement as thousands of commuters from Mitchells Plain and Khayelitsha rely on the service to get to the Cape Town CBD.
• Our passenger rail service must work - we will continue engaging with PRASA to improve the service, and will also be exploring alternatives. Passenger rail should be the backbone of public transport in Cape Town.
• Closer cooperation between the City and the minibus-taxi industry, as this service has a critical role to play in the future roll-out of MyCiTi services between the Metro South-East, Wynberg and Claremont.
• Phase 2A of the MyCiTi service: A total of R7,4 billion will be spent over the next five years to implement the service. The funds will be invested in the construction of new roads and stations from Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain to Wynberg and Claremont and the acquisition of new buses.
• The basic business of transport remain a focus: to make sure our roads are well maintained, potholes repaired and stormwater infrastructure and retention ponds attended to where there are problems. These issues have a direct impact on residents, regardless of where they live.

 

 

At least more truthful than the empty promises of those other two ....

[Mook]

Got this news article from mate of mine.

Small victories, yet good will prevail in the end.

 

[Bernard Horn]

Taken from PPA facebook page.
CT cycle lane near Lower Church St bridge ,Woodstock
What a shame .