Limpopo Business 2017-18 edition

PROFILE
the trunk route regardless of distance travelled, a
tap-in system and fare gates on trunk stations. There
will also be fare verification devices on board the
buses and a number of roaming inspectors to ensure
all passengers using the Leeto system have paid
the required fares. An Automated Public Transport
Management System (APTMS) will be implemented
in a revised form and referred to as “APTMS Lite”
concept. This includes Vehicle Tracking (AVL), realtime
map display, kilometres travelled report (productive
vs unproductive), incident and exception
reports, driver panic button and two CCTV cameras
on board. Leeto la Polokwane has also invested
considerable resources in investigating the existing
Urban Traffic Control System and lasting solutions
to prevent and deal with congestion areas have
been identified.
Depot, Control Centre and Stations
A depot and layover facility to house the fleet of
buses will be built in Seshego. A 2km access road
has been constructed. A scalable Control Centre is
being constructed at the Old Peter Mokaba Stadium.
The Control Centre will contain a number of equipment
elements such as a video wall; workstations,
communications, database, applications and
Internet servers; back-up systems; vehicle tracking
applications; driver communications systems; and
systems engineering/integration components. For
improved safety and comfort of users a number of
stations will be established along the route. To date,
50 stops and bus laybys have been constructed. All
stations will have cashier services (selling AFC cards
and transit products); Leeto information (routes,
timetables transit products, hours of operation and
general assistance).
Bus Procurement
In order to comply with National Treasury regulations
for IRPTS a new, specialised vehicle fleet will
be procured for the Leeto system. This fleet must
have particular specifications including universal
accessibility, and environmental friendliness.
Mr Jan Baloyi (48) Bloodriver using Leeto la Polokwane
NMT infrastructure to cycle to work.
An old lady using universally accessible Non-
Motorised Transport infrastructure.
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