All posts by Vaughan Mostert
Take the trolley to table mountain!
Across the world, very few big metropoles have attempted to realise the full potential of trolleybuses – but Cape Town could show them the way
Greta and the professor
Over the years, through mismanagement and neglect, South Africa has allowed its public-transport services to waste away. So, what’s that got to do with Greta
Lessons from the Big Apple
Columnist Vaughan Mostert has been riding around on buses in both London and New York! He has some fascinating lessons to share from his experiences
Energy denial?
Worldwide, the net is slowly closing in on our wasteful use of energy. Three articles in the Business Day of June 18 underlined some realities
Let’s repeat the Mynah magic!
It seems our politicians will be using public transport in future. This is, however, not as simple as it sounds The Treasury has started cracking
Energy Lethargy?
South Africa’s recent general election proved that economical transport is not high on any political party’s agenda As part of South Africa’s sluggish response to
Advice for Bombardier
I think it’s a great idea for major suppliers of public transport equipment to express opinions on how to improve the industry, but a recent
Have we learnt anything since 2015?
How did we allow Eskom, SAA and e-tolls to get us into such a mess? We are all partly to blame for our failure to
Turkeys voting for Christmas?
Many South Africans have said that they won’t be bothering to vote in the upcoming elections. When it comes to public transport, they have a
Houston, we have a problem
…and so, too, does South Africa Who would have thought that this well-known quote is now almost 49 years old? Back in April 1970, Apollo
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