City to hold cycling indaba in Hatfield on Thursday
The aim of the festival is to raise awareness as well as reinforce the importance of considering walking and cycling instead of depending on cars as the primary mode of transport.
A cycling Indaba festival, hosted by the City of Tshwane, will take place in Hatfield on Thursday.
The aim of the festival is to raise awareness as well as reinforce the importance of considering walking and cycling instead of depending on cars as the primary mode of transport.
In this project, the city is in partnership with the Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport.
The objective is to showcase the city’s role in promoting non-motorised transport (NMT), mainly walking and cycling as modes of public transport, said MMC for Roads and Transport, Sheila Lynn Senkubuge.
“We have collaborated with the Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport to deliver NMT with regard to the current upgrades to the K69 and Solomon Mahlangu Roads. These upgrades are designed to provide cycling space and facilities to serve the current users of the roads.”
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“All further upgrades to provincial roads will have a strong NMT component, and there will be a process of technical alignment between the City of Tshwane and GDRT teams emerging from this event,” says MMC Senkubuge.
The Indaba will be part of the Hatfield Car Free Festival activities and will take place under the banner of “Creating a Non-motorised Transport Friendly City.”
The streets that will be affected include Festival, Grosvenor and Burnett.
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