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Friday, 27 June 2008

Public Transport in Cape Town

Every day, thou­sands of Capetonian com­muters use pub­lic trans­port to get where they need to be. Squeezing into minibus taxis and train car­riages, it’s a long haul to and from work for many of the Mother City’s cit­izens. Public trans­port offers a cost-effective way of trav­el­ling in our fair city and also allows one to immerse one­self in its day-to-day cul­ture. The bed­rock of trans­port on Cape Town's roads is the minibus taxi. From dawn until well past mid­night, these rugged little 12– to 15-seaters shuttle back and forth along the city's main roads and high­ways. Although the driver often takes a cre­at­ive approach to traffic reg­u­la­tions, weav­ing through traffic and slip­ping into by-roads in their bid to get all pas­sen­gers where they're going as quickly as pos­sible, the taxi can be an inter­est­ing, if some­what exhil­ar­at­ing exper­i­ence. Continued

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Article by: The Team @ SA-Venues