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Annexure 19 - Fares Policy for Contracted Road-based Public Transport
8.1.4.4 MyCiTi parking tariffs
The MyCiTi Station Management Contract provides for parking management in the vicinity of selected
MyCiTi stations and stops – as stated in the 2012 MyCiTi Business Plan approved by Council
October 2012.
The parking tariffs as defined in the associated tariffs as applicable per financial year are charged in
the following circumstances and conditions:
a) In areas identified through feasibility studies and public participation exercises (e.g. obtaining
comment from affected Sub-Council);
b) In compliance with the City of Cape Town Parking Policy ; and
c) It could be managed by IRT Operations / MyCiTi through the IRT Station Management
Contract, subject to the agreement of the Transport Department. Alternatively, the standard
parking tariffs may be made applicable, potentially managed by a standard parking
management service provider.
Note. Incentives are to be investigated and provided to encourage more private car users onto the
public transport system. In light of this, discounted fares may be provided regarding Park and Ride
facilities linked to public transport services administered by the City. The methodology for the
calculation of this discount is under investigation and may be included in future versions of this policy,
the fare rules and tariff documents. A penalty fee will be chargeable in cases of attempts to evade the
parking fees. The parking evasion penalty fee is defined in the associated tariffs as applicable per
financial year.
8.2 Fare Technology
The IRT Full Fare System is an automated fare collection system (AFC) system that employs
smartcard technology as well as manual tickets. The AFC system complies with the requirements
contemplated in the National Land Transport Act (Act No. 5 of 2009) Regulations relating to
Integrated Fare Systems.
The smartcard based AFC system is flexible and capable of handling interim flat fares, the distance-
based fare system, the time-based differentiation (peak and off-peak differentials), new electronic
payment options, discounted fares and special fares etc. and applies to all contracted, road-based
public transport administered by the City.
Initially, the smartcard based AFC system applies only to contracted, road-based public transport
administered by the City but it will be expanded in future to include all transport modes within the City,
and be the long-term basis for an integrated metro transport payment system, and is expected to be
issued for parking charges and other transport related services.
The smartcard based fare collection system is primarily intended to provide:
Passengers with increased fare payment convenience.
Note. To pay for contracted, road-based public transport fares administered by the City,
passengers will require a smartcard which is an EMV compliant contactless microprocessor
equipped chip card (‘tap & go’). Passengers have to purchase this card after which value or
transit products can be loaded for continuous future use. The smartcard issuing fee may, for
marketing purposes or to remove the potential barrier to the system for poorer residents of the
city, be waived when and where applicable as authorised by the Commissioner: Transport for
Cape Town in consultation with the City of Cape Town Chief Financial Officer.
A framework for metro-wide multimodal or multiagency fare integration.
Note. The City plans to extend the smartcard fare system to the commuter rail system
(Metrorail), parking authorities and other transport operators with the intention of enabling
passengers to use one common fare medium (the smartcard) to travel across the various
modes throughout the city, and to pay for transit related services. The development of this
‘seamless metro-wide’ Fares Policy is in support this.