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The Greater Tygerberg Partnership: An Urban Transition Strategy Takes Shape in Cape Town
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To Inclusively and Innovatively
Facilitate the Creation and Sustained Existence of a
Vibrant Thriving, Desirable and Value Adding
Economically Prosperous Area
For the Benefit of Citizens and Inhabitants
By Introducing and Utilising World Class Cutting Edge
Knowledge-based Strategies, Structures And Dynamics.
• Attractive spaces for businesses and for living
• Quality housing and recreational opportunities near to
places of work and/or linked to efficient public transport
• Innovative and inclusive network knowledge organisation
• mobilise local, provincial, national and international
support
• alignment of social and economic development
• support grass roots initiatives
• local social and economic growth that will link with that
of the City and the Provincial Government
• Shared vision and common agenda
• Knowledge and innovation network
• Realise investment, development and employment
potential
• Tackle urban decay, poverty and safety and security
• Improve the business and investment climate and
reputation
ROLE Activities
Championing Articulating and exemplifying the brand, marketing and promoting in
event, media and forums, undertaking advocacy in key policy and
strategy debates
Partnering Creating an institutional space for change by engaging key role
players in dialogue, developing a uniting vision and action
programme and ensuring effective institutionalisation
Innovating Developing, sharing and disseminating knowledge and linking this
with effective business and institutional networks
Strategising Creating a platform for effective strategy by resourcing, supporting,
facilitating and articulating a strategic conversation amongst key
actors
Packaging Pro-actively identifying and scoping projects, ensuring that resources
are allocated, building the capacity of project partners and briefing /
resourcing a project implementation agency
Responding Responding to requests, blockages, opportunities and initiatives and
ensuring that the attention and energies of the appropriate actors are
engaged and that relevant knowledge and innovation are brought to
bear
Directing Directing services & projects, operating networks
• Voortrekker Road Corridor
• Intensive Urban Management Zone
• Rapid Transit & Movement Armature
• Bellville
• Transport Interchange (Mayor’s Urban Regeneration Programme)
• Inner CBD
• Broader CBD Campus: Metropolitan Nodal Nexus
• Northern Urban Core
• Greater Tygerberg Sphere
1. BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT & SUPPORT Ubuntu Market
Bio Science Business Park
Sports Science Park
Business Park
Student Accommodation
2. INFRASTRUCTURE & SERVICE DELIVERY Voortrekker Road Corridor
Bellville CBD
Belleville CBD – UWC Axis
3. DESIREABLE SPACES CIDs
Safe parking
Security Agency Capacity Building
CCTV
Constructive Parks
4. DESIRED EVENTS & DESTINATIONS
5. GOOD GOVERNANCE & LEADERSHIP
6. ENGAGING THE YOUTH
7. CONTINUOUS INCLUSIVE INNOVATION
Board of Directors
Management
Members
City of CT
GovernmentCentral
RegionalLocal
Civil SocietyAcademia
Business Sector
Corporates Business
Associations
Knowledge Partners
(academic institutions)
THE GREATER TYGERBERG PARTNERSHIP
Facilitate coordination and cooperation
between partners and other stakeholders
Stimulate and facilitate local social and
economic investment and development
Create, disseminate and oversee the
implementation of innovation and ideas
TRANSITION
Past Present Future
PROCESS Constant adaptation
SYSTEMATIC A systems view
TRANSITION Predictable destination Unpredictable journey
PATH CHOICES Sequences consequences
1771 Industrial Revolution
1829 Start of Age of Steam and Railways
1875 Start of Age of Steel, Electricity & Heavy
Engineering
1908 Start of Age of Oil, Automobiles & Mass
Production
1971 Age of Information & Telecommunications
2008 Midpoint of Age of Information &
Telecommunications + Start of Era of Turbulence
2030 Start of Age of Biotechnology and Renewable
Energy?
2050 Midpoint of Age of Biotechnology and
Renewable Energy?
URBANISM
PRODUCTION
REPRODUCTION
MOVEMENT
NETWORK
Knowledge
Services
Manufacturing
Exchange Schooling
Shelter
Safety
Health
Livelihood
Motorised
• Public
• Private
Non Motorised
LONGITUDINAL
LATERAL
Leadership
Grid
Virtual Grid
Utility Grid
Civic Identity
Public Space
Orientation
Urban Culture
YEAR VOORTREKKER ROAD TRANSITIONS
1680 – 1860 Animal Drawn Carriage
1860 – 1940 Railway Towns & High Streets
1940 - 1980 Satellite Towns & Road / Rail Corridor
1980 - 2015 Commuter Suburbs on Rail / Bus / Taxi Corridor
2015 – 2025 Voortrekker Integrated Rapid Transit Corridor ?
2025 – 2040 North City Urban Core?
• Corridor Alignment =
Safe Wagon Route
over Cape Flats vleis
• Bellville Stop Over • Wagon Outspan
(Hardekraaltjie)
• Junction with
Regional Routes to
Strand / Stellenbosch
& Malmesbury
• 1860 Railway line
enables towns to be
established at Maitland,
Goodwood, Parow and
Bellville
• Tarred road connects
towns and enables High
Street development of
town centres as cars
become important
• Bellville now more
important as nexus of
Regional Rail System
As City Grows
• Towns become satellites of Greater
Cape Town
• Civic Pride & Competition
• Industrialisation creates Commuter
Movement Corridor and Industrial /
commercial belt on Voortrekker
Road
• Bellville becomes important
national rail nexus
• Freeway becomes dominant
mover for high income
commuters and freight
• Development leapfrogs the
N1 to capture high income
markets and car based
shopping
• Voortrekker Road Enters Relative
Decline as rail / bus services
deteriorate
• Bellville and other towns decline,
continue to serve Cape Flats
communities
POST MODERN HYPER MOBILE REGIONAL CORRIDOR
INTEGRATED COMMUTER CITY CORRIDOR
CAPE FLATS
• My Citi Integrated
Rapid Transit
• New PRASA Rail Fleet
• New Bellville Station
• Greater Tygerberg
Partnership drives
turnaround with
• Bold Future Visioning &
Planning
• Championing & Marketing
• Catalytic Public
Investments
• Strategic Nodal
Investments
• Affordable Quality High
Density Housing
Clean & Safe
CIDs
Great Events
Ubuntu Market
INNOVATION
Bellville as Epicentre of
Western Cape: Africa’s
Bio Production
Heartland & Regional
Matrix of Urban Villages
Sustainability
Imperative Becomes
Paramount
Bi – Nodal Urban
Structure Bellville Balancing Cape
Town in Urban Core
• Bellville as 21st
Century Metro Node
with Regional Role
• Fast Rail Hub
connecting Airport,
Western Cape, Eastern
Cape and Gauteng
STRADDLING RAILWAY
LINE IS CRITICAL
WELL NETWORKED AND
CONNECTED GREATER URBAN
CAMPUS
COMPACT COHESIVE CITY CORE
Commercial Core
with Strong
Knowledge &
Innovation Focus
CORRIDOR OPTIONS
ONE CAPE 2040 STEP CHANGE PATH
Getting people into work
• Bridges into employment including EPWP, CWP, skills to work and job intermediation
• Institutional, environmental, infrastructure innovations developed & tested
Changing the way we work & live
• Infrastructural and resource investments and institutional improvements at scale
• Social impact of CWP-type programmes and job intermediation comes through
Retooled economy & society starts working
• Improved skills + improved enterprise environment + zero waste and new resource base + improved infrastructure + repositioning = major increases in jobs, enterprises and investments
• Poverty and social challenges decline significantly
Economy & society matures
• Employment stabilises, equality increases, savings increase, environmental footprint declines
Recognising and gearing up excellence
Resourcing excellence and new ways of working and living
• Attracting investment
• Attracting entrepreneurs
• Opening up new markets
2012-2019 2020-2026 2027-2033 2034-2040
• Gearing up globally competitive businesses and innovative market leaders
CLEAN & SAFE STREETS & HOUSING & EVENTS &
NETWORKS 2013 – 2040 CATALYTIC PPP REVELOPMENT & UPGRADING:
2013 - 2016 LARGE SCALE REPACKAGING:
2013 – 2020
CORRIDOR INTEGRATION
2016 -2040
NEW METRO NODE
2016 -2040
VRC Business Plan 2040: Draft by 30 April 2013
Technical Working Team
Multi Stakeholder Forum
THANK YOU THANK YOU
www.gtp.org.za [email protected]