Transport and Fleet Management
About Transport & Fleet Management
Purpose
- To provide high quality, integrated, and well-maintained transport infrastructure and integrated public transport systems, ensuring a high degree of mobility and choices to commuters;
- To provide a centralized fleet management function that will give service across City thereby manage cost, monitor utilization and overall risk regarding its fleet; and
- Ensure an improved provision of an efficient public transport system.
Units
The units that make up Transport and Fleet Management are:
Strategic Planning & Support Services
Strategic Planning and Support Services is responsible for the development of departmental outcomes for implementation through the long- and short-term planning documents.
Fleet Management
Fleet Management is responsible for ensuring an efficient end-to-end COE fleet asset administrative service which includes vehicle selection, purchasing, registration, licensing, and traffic fines management, accident management, tracking and monitoring, vehicle repairs and maintenance and disposals.
Technical Planning & Implementation
Technical Planning and Implementation unit is mandated to provide sustainable public transport facilities that meets the demand, improves accessibility, improves the livelihood of residents of City, enhances public transport operations and improves safety of commuters. Furthermore, its core function is to manage designs and construction of Capital projects. Public transport facilities provide a critical role in the transportation of people within Ekurhuleni, ferrying an estimate of 70% of public transport users. These facilities are crucially important, therefore continuous improvement enhances public transport operations, a healthy working environment and safety for our commuters.
Public Transport Operations
Public Transport Operations provides strategy on general policy regarding public transport operations as well as optimizing and managing public transport system, providing taxi support services as well as pptimizing municipal bus services.
IRPTN
IRPTN, or the Integrated Public Transport Network unit, is responsible for the integration of all modes of public transport in the City, planning, monitoring and Implementation of IPTN infrastructure, intelligent transport systems and non-motorised transport. This unit is also responsible for the roll out of the City’s Bus Rapid Transit project as well as industry transition. The main purpose of the unit is to provide a good, safe, inclusive, reliable and cost effective transport systems to the City of Ekurhuleni’s commuters.
