Taxi troubles never end

janine Gomes Rei

nmt@caxton.co.za

IT'S an accident waiting to happen.

Stopping wherever, whenever in the busy crossing of Main and Kingsway Road due to no provision for either stop nor park is becoming more and more of a problem. To make matters worse the motorist's view is impaired when trying to turn into either street, putting students are at risk.

Students traveling to and from the university of Johannesburg (Uj) find themselves running out from between taxis to get to the university and to cross the busy Kingsway teeming with traffic. Individual jaywalkers crossing the busy road to get to Helen Joseph and other surrounding areas make use of these routes to access

public transport as cars come speeding by and taxis make it difficult to see.

“When the Rea Vaya was built, the shoulders of the road were removed and the lanes were reduced forcing taxis to stop on the busy crossing.

No provision of any kind was made for Taxis to either stop or park. However, several thousands of people use the pubic transport to get to UJ as well as the Helen Joseph Hospital on a daily basis. There has already been an accident that happened and will happen again unless some urgent action is taken by COJ and the JMPD.” says Ward councilor, Katja Naumann.

“After speaking with Transport Executive Director, Lisa Seftel, she says, “There will be less taxis on the that road as soon as the Rea Vaya bus rapid transit system starts operating in October 2013. We are working with the taxi industry who will be remaining on this route to find appropriate ranking and holding space”