Is the Gautrain changing travel patterns and car insurance needs?

In Carte Blanche on Sunday there was a small documentary about the ease and speed with which commuters from Pretoria the JSE in Sandton Johannesburg can travel with the Gautrain. A comparison between the travel time and expense of driving a Porche and traveling was done by train.

It seems that many people travel with the Gautrain on a daily basis, and this number will increase!

What is the impact of increased accessibility to quality public transport in Gauteng will be?

I want to share a few observations that I came in the budget speech delivered by Ismail Vadi, MEC Roads & Transport Gauteng. He made some very important points in his speech on public transport, and I want to focus on some of them.



Impact and importance of public transport
"It should be clear to us all that our public transport and impact in a very real way, the lives of our citizens, no less than the provision of education or the provision of health services. It has become an issue of considerable public interest concern. It is precisely for this reason that the Gauteng ANC's Provincial General Council held last week, decided that a low-cost, safe and reliable roads and public transport, is based on a total Transport Master Plan, are essential for a vibrant world city region ".

Traffic on roads in Gauteng
"At the same time, the volume of traffic on our roads are extremely heavy total of 66 million vehicle-miles -. Which is the total distance traveled by all vehicles in a single day - have traveled around 4 million cars every day on the roads in our province. These sums annually to 24 billion vehicle-kilometers. carry more than half of the country's roads in Gauteng more than 5000 vehicles per day and 38 percent of the roads carry more than 10 000 vehicles per day. "

To maintain and repair the road network
"These facts say for all of us. He says that we act quickly and decisively to get our road network. The department by making a strategic decision to focus on the repair, maintenance and repair of our roads rather than new to the construction focusing roads taken. This we must do to ensure safety for our drivers, and to minimize the excessive road maintenance costs that we incurred in the course of time, if we neglect to repair in time "

Public perception and impact of the Gautrain on Public Transport
Performed "A public inquiry in February this year shows that people in general are very positive about Gautrain The poll shows that:

- Gautrain is seen as an improvement and transformation of public transport;

- Seen His leadership as the ability to compete at the international level;

- 80 percent of respondents indicated that they are likely to use Gautrain, and that there is a positive, distinctive and recognizable brand perception.

Improved public transport will affect car insurance needs?

What is quite clear from the above is that government is committed to providing and improving the quality of public transport. There is a need to reduce congestion by improving public transport and services, and an understanding that success in order to allow thousands more commute by train and buses.

Enjoy as thousands of commuters, the benefits of public transport can be, many people travel less in their personal vehicles and can also try to adjust their car insurance to the policy developed a Pay As You Go structure.