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Article: IRT ready for green light in May Taxi industry 'to play leading role' in implementing world-class system.(News)

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June 30, 2009
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BYLINE: CLAYTON BARNES

THE City of Cape Town is confident that its integrated rapid transit (IRT) system will be implemented from next May despite initial resistance from taxi operators.

Some taxi operators are still talking tough when it comes to the IRT system, but city media manager Kylie Hatton insists the city is in "constant communication" with the taxi industry and that talks are progressing well.

Hatton said yesterday that all IRT plans were going ahead unabated, and that talks with industry roleplayers were well advanced.

She said the city's primary focus now was to get services running on the "key routes", as agreed with ...

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