final-wcmd-strategic-plan-2025_2030.pdf

Summary

The strategic plan outlines the Western Cape Mobility Department (WCMD) Strategic Plan for 2025–2030, centred on creating a sustainable, safe, dignified, and fit-for-purpose transport system that acts as a vital enabler for economic growth under the provincial Growth for Jobs (G4J) strategy. The department identifies major challenges, including the poor performance of the overall system, severe crime and vandalism impacting public transit, and the national crisis of high road fatalities, especially concerning pedestrians. To address this, the plan commits to ambitious outcomes such as revitalising passenger rail and shifting freight from road to rail to enhance logistics efficiency. Operationally, the WCMD plans to leverage digitalisation through the Integrated Transport Hub (ITH) to improve data management and regulatory coherence, though this is hampered by the current difficulty in securing stable funding for long-term ICT investments. Achieving these goals necessitates strong multi-sphere collaboration with national entities, like PRASA, and local municipalities, alongside improving the department's own institutional capacity.