{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Isayflores/Challenging-Cities/issues/1","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Isayflores/Challenging-Cities/issues/1/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Isayflores/Challenging-Cities/issues/1/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Isayflores/Challenging-Cities/issues/1/events","html_url":"https://github.com/Isayflores/Challenging-Cities/issues/1","id":102753425,"number":1,"title":"Cape Town - South Africa","user":{"login":"Isayflores","id":12629656,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12629656?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/Isayflores","html_url":"https://github.com/Isayflores","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Isayflores/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Isayflores/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Isayflores/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Isayflores/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Isayflores/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Isayflores/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Isayflores/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Isayflores/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Isayflores/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2015-08-24T09:53:33Z","updated_at":"2015-08-24T09:53:33Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Country: Africa - South Africa\r\nPopulation: 3.4 million\r\n\r\nPublic Transportation\r\nCape Public Transport System consists of:\r\n+ MyCity IRT. Bus Rapid Transit System in the making. Covers sea-side metropolis and offers an affordable airport route.\r\n+ Golden Arrow Bus Services. Oldest bus service. It serves the entire Metropolitan Cape Town. Services provided from 6 depots. It is the sole provider of scheduled bus transport in the Western Cape Metropole. Buses can be taken at designated stops.\r\n+ Cape Metrorail\r\n+ Minibus - Taxi. Informal Transport of 14 to 16 seaters but they get 22 all crammed. Can be found in major main roads and hubs and dispersed in numerous suburbs & townships. They account for 65% of all public transport passengers in South Africa\r\n+ Meter Taxi / Cabs\r\n+ Uber\r\n\r\nModal Split until 2013\r\nPrivate Car           52%    - 1,310,833 people\r\nRail                       25%    - 634,837\r\nContracted Bus    9%      - 240,000\r\nMyCiti                  1%      - 21,820\r\nMinibus Taxi        13%    - 320,041\r\n\r\nWhat we have:\r\n+ MyCiti\r\nIntegrated Rapid Transit System Bus Routes\r\nhttp://web1.capetown.gov.za/web1/opendataportal/DatasetDetail?DatasetName=Integrated%20rapid%20transit%20(IRT)%20system%20bus%20routes\r\n\r\nIntegrated Rapid Transit Systems Bus Stops\r\nhttp://web1.capetown.gov.za/web1/opendataportal/DatasetDetail?DatasetName=Integrated%20rapid%20transit%20(IRT)%20system%20bus%20stops\r\n\r\n+ Golden Arrow Bus Services\r\nOverview\r\nhttps://data.code4sa.org/Government/Golden-Arrow-Bus-Routes/mjei-r6sw/about\r\n\r\nBus Routes\r\nhttps://data.code4sa.org/Government/Golden-Arrow-Bus-Routes/mjei-r6sw\r\n\r\nBus Stops\r\nhttps://data.code4sa.org/Government/Golden-Arrow-Bus-Stops/v9d4-guqe\r\n\r\n+ Cape Metrorail\r\nMetro Rial data for the East London District in Eastern Cape South Africa\r\nhttp://www.gtfs-data-exchange.com/meta/5819850\r\n\r\nCape Town - Worcester\r\nhttp://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/957084\r\n\r\nTHE CHALLENGE?\r\nThe minibus taxi operators are organised into 102 different taxi associations, some of which are affiliated to 2 mother bodies, which represent the interest of the individual operator. Services are provided in most areas of the City and in most cases on parallel routes as the subsidised bus services and the rail system.\r\nSo far there are between 120,000 to 140,000 minibus taxis\r\nNo list of routes so far.\r\n\r\nNext steps:\r\nContact Jakobus Van Zyl. University of Stellenbosch South Africa\r\njvanzyl@sun.ac.za\r\nContact Kobos Laboschgne. Council for Scientific & Industrial Research South Africa\r\nflabush@csir.co.za\r\nBoth did a research on introducing GPS and sensors in minibuses to track routes and level of crowdedness. Will see if they have a list of routes and if they would like to help out track all routes.\r\n\r\nContact herrse.schalekamp@uct.ac.za\r\nResearcher from the Center for Transport Studies to see if the Center would be interested in helping out crowdsourcing and provide a list of all routes.\r\nhttp://www.cfts-uct.org/phd-research-projects/herrie-schalekamp/\r\n\r\nOther contacts:\r\nTransport for Cape Town\r\nhttp://tct.gov.za/en/home/\r\nChamber of Commerce and Industry Cape Town\r\nhttp://capechamber.co.za/the-transport-and-transport-infrastructure-tti-portfolio-committee/\r\n\r\nGood Reads:\r\nTransport Operating Licensing\r\nhttp://www.capetown.gov.za/en/PublicParticipation/Documents/HYS_Transport_Operating_Licensing_Strategy_MASTER_Draft_5_20130710.pdf\r\nAttractive Methods for tracking minibus taxis in South Africa\r\nhttp://www.codatu.org/wp-content/uploads/Attractive-methods-for-tracking-minibus-taxis-in-South-Africa-for-public-transport-regulatory-purposes-Jakobus-VAN-ZYL-Kobus-LABUSCHAGE.pdf\r\nMinibus Taxis from Cape Town magazine\r\nhttp://www.capetownmagazine.com/city-news/minibus-taxis/172_22_17232\r\nMIT Senseable City Lab (we can actually learn something from this guys)\r\nhttp://senseable.mit.edu/papers/pdf/2013-SCLGuide-CapeTown.pdf\r\nOn Open Data in South Africa- Open Data Case Studies od answers 9 questions\r\nhttp://www.capetownpartnership.co.za/2015/05/open-data-case-studies-od-answers-9-questions/"}}