Make MyCiTi part of your city
The City of Cape Town is offering free rides on the MyCiTi inner-city bus loop to all Capetonians and visitors this Friday 25 June.
The free rides will be valid from midnight on Thursday till midnight on Friday, on a first come first served basis. Commuters will receive a complimentary ticket as they board the bus.
The MyCiTi inner-city service has been specifically provided for the World Cup period and the City wants residents to experience this service as it offers a taste of the public transport system envisaged for Cape Town.
Members of the City’s Portfolio Committee for Transport, Roads and Major Projects who initially requested the free service are ecstatic about the opportunity to showcase this world class service to citizens and the many visitors to the city.
The inner-city loop runs in two circuits, clockwise and anti-clockwise, both passing the areas around the Foreshore, Convention Centre, Long and Loop Streets, Orange and Mill Streets and Buitenkant Street.
It passes attractions including the Cape Town International Convention Centre, the nightspots of Long Street, the Labia Theatre, Government Avenue, the District Six Museum and the Castle. It also travels close to Greenmarket Square, Bo-Kaap and the Gardens Centre.
Buses travel in both directions and run about every 15 minutes, starting from the Civic Centre Station on Hertzog Boulevard.
View the MyCiTi inner-city route here.
“Come and catch the bus with us. It is a professional service, and all the people I’ve chatted to on the MyCiTi bus, say they are extremely impressed by the high-standard of service offered,” said Councillor Elizabeth Thompson, Mayoral Committee Member for Transport, Roads and Major Projects.
“The MyCiTi service has been a huge success as a World Cup service and has received many accolades from locals and foreign visitors. It signals the way to something far greater, and we’d like Capetonians to start looking forward to that. In the future, as part of the first phase of the permanent MyCiTi service, there will be several permanent routes around Cape Town, starting with a trunk route on the R27,” said Thompson.
The MyCiTi inner-city loop was launched along with the airport shuttle, which is a permanent service and will continue to be charged for, at R50 per trip.
To catch the inner-city loop, go to the Civic Centre Station, or stand beneath one of the yellow bus signs. The stops on the clockwise and anti-clockwise loops are found close to each other, except for on Long and Loop Streets, which are one-ways.
The stops on the anti-clockwise service can be found outside the CTICC, on Long Street (just before intersection with Waterkant; just before the Dorp Street intersection, and a few metres before the Long Street Baths); on Buitenkant Street (at the top; just before the intersection with Roeland; and one block south of the Grand Parade); and on Darling Street, just before the intersection with Tennant.
