City of Cape Town to try flexi-time, work from home, to reduce gridlock
22 March 2017
Cape Town - The City of Cape Town will introduce flexi-hours and an option for working from home for some employees to help reduce the city's infamous rush-hour gridlock. The city also wants bosses in private companies to consider doing the same.
Something had to give, said Brett Herron, the city's mayoral committee member for transport, noting that residents spent up to three hours a day in peak-hour traffic because of the traditional 08:00 to 17:00 working hours.
The city, which was voted the most congested in the latest TomTom congestion survey released in February, put out feelers for suggestions during last October's Transport Month on how to get cars off the road, and was pleased with the feedback.
Suggestions received for the City's draft Travel Demand Management Strategy included carpooling, working flexi-hours, working from home, working from satellite offices, or using public transport, such as MyCiti buses. The buses already transport around 68 000 people around the city per day.