Cape Town plans to take over rail system : Read the details and information
Cape Town plans to take over the rail function in the metropole. Read the plan of action.
Posts Tagged 'train'
How cities are getting smarter about transport : From Madrid to Cape Town
Read how cities like Madrid, Paris and Addis Ababa are taking bold decisions to ban cars, and improve cities for people.
City completes R10,5 million upgrade of Langa Station South public space
In March 2016, the City of Cape Town completed an upgrade of the Langa Station South public open at a cost of more than R10.5 million.
Rethinking the future of public space at South Africa’s largest transport node : A new public for Park Station| FUTURE JOBURG
Julie-Ann Tyler, a recent masters student in Architecture, based her thesis on creating “The New Public” in which she investigates ways of re-appropriating Park Station public space and new programming that can exist in this specific context.
FUTURE CAPE TOWN | Why are our city spaces designed for serial killers?
Sean Dayton questions a disturbing phenomenon in Cape Town: nowhere spaces designed to help serial killers get away with murder.
FUTURE CAPE TOWN | Thinking about the future of Langa train station
Mixed-use development around train stations has the potential to improve safety and bring economic opportunities closer to people. But are we including informal traders? Catherine Luyt adds her thoughts to the Langa Station precinct.
FUTURE CAPE TOWN | The trains for future of South Africa’s cities
The firsts new PRASA commuter trains produced at Alstom’s Lapa plant in Brazil will be ready by the end 2015.
FUTURE LAGOS | Catching a Train in Lagos!
At present there is no train service that serves the masses in Lagos leaving road congested but the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) and Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) are introducing new services, new infrastructure that will cover Lagos and its suburbs.
Training
Metrorail has been offering classes in Buddhist philosophy (specifically, detachment from earthly desires) pretty much since it opened – They’re compulsory, and they start every time you step on board.
Development of the Week: City of Cape Town Inner City Transport Hub
Should Cape Town have a central transport hub and how would this function, look, feel and work?