As of Friday, 28 May, MyCiTi bus commuters will see additional buses to the inner-city routes including the 101, 111, 103 and 104 routes.
The City has announced that they will be making a number of improvements to the inner-city routes of the MyCiTi service, in addition to a new stop in Atlantis.
The City’s mayoral committee Member for Urban Mobility, councillor Rob Quintas, they have noticed an increasing demand for the MyCiTi service over the past few months.
“We anticipate that the demand will continue to grow as we improve our offering, and also as the cost of fuel is forcing more private vehicle users to opt for the service,” he said.
He added that the MyCiTi planners have looked into how and where they can respond to this growing demand and they came up with a number of improvements that will allow for more frequent buses along our busy routes within the inner-city.
Additional buses will be added to the inner-city routes including the 101, 111, 103 and 104 routes. Passengers using these routes will now enjoy more frequent services:
- Routes 101 and 111 will each improve from a service every 60 minutes to every 24 minutes on weekday mornings and afternoon peaks. This means that there will be a bus every 12 minutes for the many passengers who can use either route.
- Route 103 will improve from a service every 70 minutes to a service every 24 minutes throughout the day on weekdays and every 35 minutes on weekends.
- Route 104 will improve from a service every 70 minutes to every 20 minutes, all day on weekdays and every 40 minutes on weekends.
They said route 116 will be discontinued and replaced with an improved route 104. Changes to route 104. The 104 Sea Point – Waterfront – Adderley – Gardens – Oranjezicht route will be adjusted to travel from the Waterfront Silo on the current 116 route path to the Civic Centre station where it will terminate. The revised 104 Sea Point – Waterfront – Civic Centre route will, therefore, no longer serve Adderley station or travel onward to the inner-city, Gardens and Oranjezicht areas.
- Passengers on the adjusted 104 route, including those travelling between Sea Point and the Waterfront can now enjoy a bus every 20 minutes all day long.
- Passengers at Adderley can still connect with Oranjezicht via route 103.
- Passengers at Adderley station can connect with the Waterfront station on route 113 or catch a route 104 bus from Civic Centre station to Waterfront Silo.
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