Since ditching his car in favour of Cape Town’s MyCiTi bus service to reach the city centre, banker Adriaan de Witt has been able to wake up an hour later each morning. "I can stay awake longer, sleep longer and do late-night work if I want," he says. He’s one of thousands of city residents who now use Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems to escape growing congestion in SA’s cities.The latest "State of SA Cities" report, which was released by the SA Cities Network in June, notes that congestion is worsening as private car use grows as a share of commuters’ main mode of transport in at least four cities.It follows national treasury’s "2014 Expenditure Performance Review of SA’s Public Transport and Infrastructure Systems", which revealed that car use outpaced all forms of public transport between 2003 and 2013, its share growing by almost six percentage points.In a survey of members released in May by the Cape Chamber of Commerce & Industry, 85% of respondents said increased traffic conge...
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