Host City Nelspruit Focuses on Shuttles and Park-and-Ride During Cup

World Cup host city Nelspruit has revealed its public transport plans for the tournament. The plans focus on providing public shuttles and access to fan parks and the city's stadium. The plans also emphasize parking cars away from the venues and taking transit options the rest of the way.

"The transport system is an additional service to the regular day-to-day public transport system already in place. It comprises a public transport hub, six park-and-ride points and one park-and-walk point, all with free and secure parking, as well as an airport pickup point.

"Shuttle services to the stadium, Fan Fest and public transport hub will be operational from the park-and-ride and airport pickup points," he said.

Mogale said 600 branded buses and minibus taxis would provide the shuttle services, with a number of primary and alternative routes that had been developed to ensure the system runs smoothly and traffic congestion is kept to a minimum.

Nelspruit's 2010 transport plans in place
Bua News
May 13, 2010

Cricket Match a Test Run for Tournament Parking and Security Rules

A cricket match this week at Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria will act as a practice run for the upcoming Confederations Cup, with organizers implementing security and parking rules similar to what will happen during the June tournament, and during next year's World Cup.

Loftus will implement the "World Cup security system" on Thursday. No parking will be allowed at the stadium and surrounding areas and fans are urged to arrive early to avoid a delayed kick-off.

Shuttle buses won't be provided for fans to get to the stadium but Park and Schoeman streets can be used for parking.

The area around Loftus will be cordoned off to ensure everything runs smoothly. This system will be used to test readiness for the Confederations Cup and the World Cup.

European countries such as England, Italy, Germany and Spain have been employing this system for many years.

Source:
Key Loftus clash will be a test run
Pretoria News via Independent Online
April 22, 2009