I’m delighted to have a bus service in Cape Town and of course there will be a couple of snafus at first, but jeez, some people are never satisfied.

Martin

Some people like some foreigners only complain. I once spoke to an american who got robbed in a taxi and wanted money and then still had the gall to try crit everything bout our malls city. I almost told him to get lost.

Capetonian however live here because we love this city. We know its not perfect but many of us do our part to make it better. Don’t be like a foreigner who can only level criticism bout everything he sees in a third world country. London, New York and Tokyo are not perfect either.

I was driving on the N1 the other day and I realised that Cape Town just doesn’t have that nice little touch – we’re so afraid to be euro-centric that we give up on the things that work. For example, London has the red buses and the Black Cabs. New York has the yellow cab system.

Wouldn’t it be great if we did the same thing? For example – imagine if the city negotiated with Toyota or Nissan or VW – and over the next 3-5 years all taxis looked the same and had the same branding – build an icon. They could get heavily discounted cars if bought in thousands.

(Heck, even city government cars could go the same route – the US does it with theirs!)

The same with the buses … as you say, even plain blue – something to stick out …

A missed opportunity for sure!

What a lost opportunity to build a strong brand. Heck, make the entire bus blue!