Peak hour traffic to be eased with new BMT lane
By Tina George
3 July 2007
A dedicated lane for buses and minibus taxis on the inbound stretch of Borcherds Quarry and the M5 will be introduced by mid-July to help ease the traffic flow during peak hour traffic.
The right hand lane of the inbound N2 carriageway will be used as a dedicated BMT lane between 05:30 and 09:00.
“This lane will specifically be for BMT and anyone found in the lane will be fined. The city is busy installing cameras that will identify those number plates”, says City of Cape Town spokesperson, Vincent Jonas.
To monitor the new arrangement the city and local government has introduced an automatic number plate recognition system and 18 CCTV cameras along the buses and minibus taxis lane.
Traffic officers and SAPS officials have been deployed to monitor the cameras 24-hours a day.
Drivers of buses and minibus taxis will be also be supervised to ensure that traffic laws and traffic behaviour regulations are complied with.
“These steps will benefit the majority of morning peak-hour commuters using public transport from Khayelitsha, Mitchell’s Plain, Delft, Kuils River and the Helderberg”, says city councillor Elizabeth Thompson.
3 July 2007
A dedicated lane for buses and minibus taxis on the inbound stretch of Borcherds Quarry and the M5 will be introduced by mid-July to help ease the traffic flow during peak hour traffic.
The right hand lane of the inbound N2 carriageway will be used as a dedicated BMT lane between 05:30 and 09:00.
“This lane will specifically be for BMT and anyone found in the lane will be fined. The city is busy installing cameras that will identify those number plates”, says City of Cape Town spokesperson, Vincent Jonas.
To monitor the new arrangement the city and local government has introduced an automatic number plate recognition system and 18 CCTV cameras along the buses and minibus taxis lane.
Traffic officers and SAPS officials have been deployed to monitor the cameras 24-hours a day.
Drivers of buses and minibus taxis will be also be supervised to ensure that traffic laws and traffic behaviour regulations are complied with.
“These steps will benefit the majority of morning peak-hour commuters using public transport from Khayelitsha, Mitchell’s Plain, Delft, Kuils River and the Helderberg”, says city councillor Elizabeth Thompson.
Comments
Now I have to get up earlier just to get to work on time, what nonsense.
I have great respect for the initiatives of provincial and Zilla, but this idea is pathetic.