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Cape Town Wins International Transport Award in Canada

The City of Cape Town’s Transport and Urban Development Authority (TDA) received the International Public Transport Strategy Award at the UITP World Summit in Montreal, Canada this week. The summit draws mobility professionals from all over the world, and the UITP awards recognise successful projects that are implemented around the world which place public transport at […]

By SAPeople
20-05-17 11:09
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City of Cape Town, South Africa
Photo by Jeroen Schrage

The City of Cape Town’s Transport and Urban Development Authority (TDA) received the International Public Transport Strategy Award at the UITP World Summit in Montreal, Canada this week.

Photo by Jeroen Schrage

The summit draws mobility professionals from all over the world, and the UITP awards recognise successful projects that are implemented around the world which place public transport at the heart of the urban and local mobility system.

The winning projects must be ambitious, innovative and implementable in other cities and regions. The strategies should integrate land use and transport planning, be sustainable, and encourage more residents to shift to public transport.

Cape Town was presented with the international ‘Public Transport Strategy’ award for its Transit-Oriented Development Strategic Framework… which was adopted by Council in March 2016.

The TDA was shortlisted with the transport authorities of Chennai, Moscow and Munich.

“I am elated that we came out tops on the world stage where we competed against the best transport authorities across the globe,” said the City’s Transport and Urban Development Councillor Brett Herron.

“This award is confirmation of the City’s innovation and forward thinking in eradicating the legacy of apartheid spatial planning by placing public transport at the centre of all new public investments and developments across Cape Town.”