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Dr Werner Heyns

32 nd Annual Southern African Transport Conference, 8 – 11 July 2013 A Traffic Congestion Management Plan for Gauteng?. Dr Werner Heyns. Purpose. Purpose & Scope This paper highlights the need for the development of a TCMP in Gauteng. South African planning system.

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  1. 32nd Annual Southern African Transport Conference, 8 – 11 July 2013A Traffic Congestion Management Plan for Gauteng? Dr Werner Heyns

  2. Purpose • Purpose & Scope • This paper highlights the need for the development of a TCMP in Gauteng. South African planning system • Why do we need congestion management? • Why is policy integration is important? • What is the extent of policy integration in South Africa? • How does the planning process enable integration? • How is traffic congestion managed elsewhere? • Which criteria need to prevail when considering Congestion Management? • What will such a Plan may look like?

  3. Why do we need congestion management?

  4. Why is congestion “bad” for our cities? • Transport systems – facilitate predictable movement. • Congestion – prevents traffic from moving freely & predictably. • The value / benefits that transport provides stem not from mobility itself, but, rather from what that mobility allows us to accomplish. • The question has two answers: • Congestion prevents us from moving freely and/or predictably • Congestion reduces the time for “productive” activities Time loss Loss in revenue Economic impacts GDP

  5. Traffic Flow - Gauteng • STATS: • Traffic growth over past decade ±30% • 1/3 of drivers spend 45 minutes + in heavy traffic (LOS E & F) • Why congestion management? • To reduce congestion • To improve bus / taxi journey time • To improve journey time reliability for car users • For more efficient distribution of goods and services Priorities Environmental & Economic Benefits

  6. Why is policy integration important?

  7. Policy integration? • Congestion management cuts across a number of layers of vertical and horizontal government policies • Planning enables integration • Congestion management requires cooperative governance • This means, policy integration and execution required across all spheres of government • Benefits of policy integration: • Greater synergy between measures • Sum of the total impacts is greater than the individual impacts of the measures • Coordinated single plan sends the right public message Transport Environment Housing Land Use National Government Provincial Government Local Government

  8. So, what’s the problem? • Policy Challenge • Segmented policy making • Uncoordinated policy implementation across different spheres of government • Policy debates call for greater policy integration in the form of integrated packages or strategies synergy encourages sustainability ...We need a shift...

  9. What is the extent of policy integration in South Africa?

  10. In terms of congestion management? • Roll out deficiencies in policies • Good indications of integrated decision-making and intent • Roll out of projects reveals less evidence of integrated action • Why? Joined up planning must improve • Different tiers of government have mutually exclusive funding and other objectives • Unsynchronised planning cycles • IDP implementation – disjointed sectoral implementation IDP No direct mechanism / operational plan to manage traffic congestion The gap in the policy roll out process is where the TCMP fits in – forcing greater policy integration

  11. How is traffic congestion managed elsewhere?

  12. Traffic congestion management elsewhere • Congestion-management approaches • Traditional approach • Economically Optimal congestion approach • Majority of countries manage traffic congestion with the traditional approach (flow based control) • Who is responsible for implementation? • District Municipal governments and /or Regional governments OR • Transport Authority

  13. Which criteria need to prevail when considering Congestion Management?

  14. Criteria / Circumstances • Criteria for successful implementation of congestion-management measures: • From the road user’s point of view: • user-friendliness, transparency, anonymity... • From the road authority’s point of view: • system goals must be explicit and relevant, determine funding, financing and revenue allocation, provision for occasional visitors, enforceable, allow variable pricing... • From the public / society’s point of view: • fairness, availability of alternatives modes of transport, tolerance of a culture of non-compliance, gradual introduction, revenue recycling... • Key to success: • Public acceptance • Alternative modes of transport • Revenue recycling • Value for money • Fairness

  15. What will a Congestion Management Plan look like?

  16. TCMP Framework IDP

  17. Policy Framework Define the vision, goals and objectives and consider national, provincial and local government plans and policies relevant to transport and development. TCMP Road Network Determine a designated road network at a level at which the transport impacts of development can be identified. Review / Interpret & Analyse ….sector plans, programmes, strategies, guidelines and policies relevant to the TCMP. Form a strategic view to enable POLICY INTEGRATION between sector plan objectives and the TCMP. • Components of a TCMP

  18. Assess the operational performance of the TCMP Road Network Where does the network operate at a poor Level of Service, e.g. E and F Assessment process • Components of a TCMP

  19. Components of a TCMP • Evaluate measures to manage traffic congestion • Pool of Measures - Transport Supply Management - Transport Demand Management - Land Use Management / Spatial Development • Selected measures → transposed into an integrated strategy → reformulated into projects. • Project co-ordination and implementation plan • Transport Authority….............District Municipality / Province? • An investment strategy • Funding mechanisms………… PPP’s / Transport Innovation Fund • Monitoring and evaluation • Reconsider project objectives and outcomes

  20. Possible ways forward in Gauteng

  21. Congestion Management in Gauteng • Incremental build up approach – e.g. • Congestion management: • Not simply about TDM • Relies on other components in the system • Wider transport system must operate as a well-oiled machine “We must adopt a transport-planning-systems approach to addressing traffic congestion, which goes beyond the introduction of a few TDM measures.”

  22. Thank You Dr Werner Heyns Associate (Transport Planning) +27 11 218 7836 +27 76 927 3054 werner.heyns@arup.com

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