GEORGE NEWSFLASH - Transport month started early this year with international Car-free Day being celebrated in high spirits in George on Friday 22 September.
This international initiative was widely supported and encouraged by prominent citizens and the community as a whole, with many people leaving their cars at home and taking a GO GEORGE bus to work.
October was declared national Transport Month in 2005 during Government’s transport lekgotla, and is being celebrated this year under the theme, “Celebrating 20 years of delivering efficient, reliable and safe transport services".
Transport infrastructure projects that promote the use of public transport and advance the country’s road safety initiatives, will be under the spotlight the entire month.
GO GEORGE is one of Government’s flagship projects, its investment in the George Integrated Public Transport Network (GIPTN) being part of the country’s Nine-Point Plan to stimulate development and create jobs.
Read a previous article: Car-free Editor takes a bus ride
Read more in Thursday's George Herald newspaper, and online.
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