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Cape Town’s public transport commuters can now use their cell phones to access real-time timetables and plan their routes, whether they are travelling by train, taxi, MyCiTi buses or the city’s Golden Arrow Bus service. FindMyWay is a free public service website that brings together all the modes of transport within the city, so that commuters can easily access the information in one place. Logging on to www.findmyway.mobi and www.gometro.co.za from a cell phone with an internet connection gives commuters
November 15, 2012 Read time: 2 mins
Cape Town’s public transport commuters can now use their cell phones to access real-time timetables and plan their routes, whether they are travelling by train, taxi, MyCiTi buses or the city’s Golden Arrow Bus service.

FindMyWay is a free public service website that brings together all the modes of transport within the city, so that commuters can easily access the information in one place. Logging on to %$Linker: 2 External <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 0 0 0 oLinkExternal www.findmyway.mobi mobi false http://www.findmyway.mobi/ false false%> and %$Linker: 2 External <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 0 0 0 oLinkExternal www.gometro.co.za gometro false http://www.gometro.co.za/ false false%> from a cell phone with an internet connection gives commuters access to a full timetable. Future plans include a system whereby commuters would be able to plan routes across all modes of public transport.

Earlier this year the city launched its transport authority Transport for Cape Town. Its goals include a system in which residents can use one ticket for all modes of transport. Transport official Robin Carlisle said there had been good co-operation from the taxi, train and bus industry, with all sharing the necessary information.

6884 FindMyWay founder Devin de Vries said the beauty of the site was that it catered to people who travelled on various modes of transport. “FindMyWay is focused on bringing transport information to commuter’s fingertips, moving people from point A to B as quickly and easily as possible. “I believe the one card for all modes of public transport is the future and we are trying to make sure we’re going in that direction, but in order for this to work there needs to be a degree of partnership between us and the transport agencies,” De Vries said.

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