Cape Town Climate Week put the spotlight on a reimagined transport system with safe and accessible routes for pedestrians, cyclists and public transport users.
Youth participate in a bicycle trip from Mowbray to Langa, raising awareness of the link between climate change and spatial injustices.The Langa Bicycle Hub aims to encourage community members to use bicycles as an effective alternative mode of transport.
"A big reason why we hoped to go from Mowbray to Langa, going through Athlone, going through Sybrand Park and ending up in Langa was because we wanted to break the stigma of 'the Cape Flats is only this dangerous place,'" said Klaasen. By advocating for cycling as a more eco-friendly mode of transport, the ACA and Langa Bicycle Hub highlighted the lack of necessary safety infrastructure and baseless stereotypes associated with the Cape Flats.The Langa Bicycle Hub aims to encourage community members to use bicycles as an effective alternative mode of transport. They intend to positively influence the community of Langa while providing access to a sustainable and affordable form of transport.
"For some communities, it's still close enough to cycle, but the problem is the lack of infrastructure," said Roland Postma, managing director of the non-profit Young Urbanists South Africa. "Cycling infrastructure planning is included in all of the city's road and transport programmes wherever we roll out infrastructure for the MyCiti bus service, widen or upgrade roads as part of our Congestion Relief Programme, or undertaking general road maintenance," he added.
South African National Taxi Council spokesperson Mmatshikhidi Rebecca Phala told News24 that the taxi industry has developed a flagship programme called Hlokomela. The programme employs fleet managers who inspect the vehicles and evaluate the vehicle's"roadworthiness" before it leaves a taxi rank to transport passengers.
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