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Public Transport Voice and train commuters has welcome the decision Metrorail and PRASA not to increase fare for the 2016/ 2017 financial year as we understand that if PRASA and Metrorail they did increase the fare will hit the poor and marginalised.
PTV and train commuters are calling on the National Department of Transport, Metrorail and PRASA to manage their budgets responsibly and fulfil the basic mandates of public transport: reliable, safe, affordable, accessible, and clean.

An efficient, well-run public transport system benefits the economy, as workers are able to get to and from work on time; students and learners can get to their classes and exams; traffic and parking pressures in cities are eased; jobs are created; and tourism is boosted. It also benefits the environment by providing transportation with a low carbon footprint.
After 22 years of democracy the South African public transport system remains vastly underserviced and underdeveloped and poses an obstacle to equality, opportunity, dignity and freedom. Commuters are marginalised stakeholders in the public transport system and PTV aims to usher in active participation and engagement between service providers and commuters

Public Transport Voice (PTV) is an organisation that advocates for quality and equality in the South African public transport sector. We promote the right to equality in public transport, with the firm belief that this will give the poor and working classes more equal opportunities. We believe the proposed fare increases will mostly affect poor and marginalised societies – and have the direct opposite effect of what we are advocating for.

Issued by Public Transport Voice