October is Transport Month and it kicked-off in fine style with the MyCiTi service welcoming its millionth passenger earlier yesterday morning.
Based on ridership figures the millionth passenger travelled on the MyCiTi service on Monday, 3 October 2011 and arrived at the Civic Centre at approximately 08:10, having travelled from Table View station.
William Makola was welcomed at the station by Councillor Brett Herron, Mayoral Committee Member for Transport, Roads and Stormwater and Marvin, the MyCiTi mascot. William has been a regular user of the service since it started and uses it daily to get to work in the CBD. He received a pass for free travel on any of the MyCiTi buses for six months – from October 2011 to the end of March 2012.
To date the highest estimated passenger numbers for a single day on the MyCiTi service was 12 469 passengers recorded on Monday 26 September 2011.
“We are also proud to announce that last week MyCiTi surpassed the 100 000 mark for passengers using the airport service, which is going from strength to strength”, said Councillor Herron.
