In the course of the site study, great help and support was received from the director of the City Planner's Department and many more people in collecting data and examining the issues involved. Below are listed the main officials concerned.
(1) City of Cape Town
Mr. David Daniels, City Planner, City Planner's Department
Mr. David Eadie, Director of Metropolitan Transport Planning, City Planner's Department
Mr. Ronald Haiden, Assistant Director of Metropolitan Transport, City Planner's Department
Mr. Mike Parker, Planning Principal, City Planner's Department
Mr. Peter Clark, Chief Transport Engineer, City Planner's Department
Ms. Barbara Van Heerden, Traffic and Transport Engineer, City Planner's Department
(2) Metro (South African Rail Commuter Corporation)
Mr. Andre Harrison, Metro Manager
(3) Embassy of Japan
Mr. Yutaka Yoshizawa, Minister and Consul General
1.4.3 Outline of the Study in Cape Town
Regarding the organization of the Cape Town city administration, the City Planner's Department is composed of the City Planning Section and the Metropolitan Transport Section. The planning of new urban transport including the LRT is currently being advanced by the City Planning Section, and it was the staff of this section who acted as the counterparts to the study. As a result, although it was possible to obtain many materials and data relating to traffic volume studies and other city planning areas, difficulty was experienced in collecting data for use in calculating line construction costs and operating expenses.
Furthermore, because the partial urban transport planning being examined within the City Planning Section has yet to receive the consensus of the whole city, it is necessary to raise the level of planning advancement in order to realize concrete measures.
