Now that Spring has finally sprung and the school holidays are within sight, what better way to enjoy things than with a good old s’timela ride? We’ve rounded up five of the best depending on your vibe,so take your pick and get on board for Spring! Woza Summer! For the beach bum Few things beat the Metrorail Simon’s Town to Cape Town train for getting you into that Summer feeling for hardly any money. This train ride skirts through the various Southern Suburbs en route to the coast. But the real ‘wow factor’ happens when you approach Muizenberg. From there, the train runs just metres from t ..read more

Imagine getting ready for work, hopping into a cab to take you to the train station, riding to your work neighbourhood and then grabbing a bus ride to your office’s door and paying… nothing. Absolutely nothing. Sounds great, right? Well, maybe and maybe not. There are numerous arguments for and against public transport, and some are pretty complex. The arguments for  Most people seem to really like the idea of free public transport because, generally, it’s a cool idea. It sounds like a wonderful gesture of goodwill from a government to its citizens. Another, more compelling reason t ..read more

The Southern African Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (SAVCA) is hosting this year’s SAVCA Venture Capital Industry Forum the week after next at the swanky Sandton Convention Centre, and guess who’s on the menu? One of the chief case studies to be focused on on the night is GoMetro, which gets its own slot as one of only two case studies for the entire evening. GoMetro was highlighted by SAVCA in last year’s annual SAVCA survey – a tremendous honour for a startup. It’s got us thinking about the vital role venture capital plays in getting a country’s transport, and economy, goi ..read more

Here at GoMetro, we are all about improving the way you move and, every now and then, an item in the news warms our heart with the good work some in SA are doing to further that too. It reminds us that ‘improving moving’ is not just about getting the average commuter to work on time or seamlessly integrating transport options – it is a grand equaliser that can offer people dignity, hope and a future where there was none. Nowhere is this more pertinent than with the disabled. While many of us experience irritation with transport According to the South African Board for People Practises, 4.3 ..read more

Here at GoMetro, we love chatting to our friends at the press, like we’ve done quite a bit lately. It got us thinking that you fantastic GoMetropolitans may not know about all the awesomeness that is happening in GoMetro and in the rest of Africa. So this sunny Monday morning, we thought we’d fill you in. Firstly, GoMetro is getting to know and love this amazing continent we call home even better! As we told the journalists at Ventureburn, we have been shortlisted for several projects in Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, Rwanda and Tanzania. Having already worked in Tunisia and other African countries ..read more

The guys over at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in America are doing great work in terms of research for mobility and sustainable transportation – particularly looking at the public sector. What relevance can first world US graduates’ research have for us, you ask? Well, one of their latest research infographics focuses on a topic quite close to South Africans’ hearts: inequality. Less usage of public transportation is directly correlated to more pollution and inequality. Why? It’s safe to assume that people who need to commute will use their own individual automobiles, which lead ..read more

Happy new week, GoMetropolitans! Cape Town is fairly unique in South Africa for its wide-spread, functional railway service that stretches throughout the city and all the way out to Sea Point. Up in Johannesburg, the Gautrain is unique too in its upmarket, first-class rail experience. But what if these could be better? We’ve been thinking about all things railway this week and have been looking at how some other countries in the world do it – plus what no one seems to have offered yet. So, here are three things that we hope to see on SA’s trains soon: Renewable energy for trains In Melbou ..read more

With Google and Uber’s self driving vehicles tearing up tracks for some time now and Daimler and BMW combining their car-sharing services DriveNow and Car2Go, it seems self driving cars are going ahead. Even VW is getting in on it now. But what about here in South Africa? We love innovation, but self driving innovation might not quite be for SA just yet. Here’s six reasons why: The cost One simple roadblock (ha ha) that self driving cars face in South Africa is simply that we are still a developing nation and self driving cars are at least at first guaranteed to be prohibitively expensive ..read more

Last week we spoke about the benefits of walking to work (it’s a great post, though we say so ourselves, read it here) and probably had a lot of you thinking: ‘yeah but that’s just not feasible for my lifestyle’. Well, because lifestyles vary but also because literally everyone benefits from a little exercise in the ol’ work commute, we’ve rounded up some practical ways and tips to incorporate this into your lifestyle: If you work in a big office space or office park – Park in the farthest parking from the entrance you need to use to get to work. This is less effective but, if you must driv ..read more

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