BRT planning has been on the agenda since 2002 when the Province tried to implement on Klipfontein.  When the city started planning, it was in a divided political environment where one party controlled the city (the DA) and one party controlled the Province (ANC).  Overcoming this divide was difficult and the city faced innumerable challenges with the Province and the ANC trying to undermine the city’s plans.

However, the city has successfully opened 16 km long segregated BRT corridor in an area where there has not been any mass transit investment. It has also opened the longest continuous bike way in Africa - 16 km of protected bike way - which parallels the BRT corridor. Travel time has been reduced by about 50% - on the BRT corridor it takes about 35 minutes end to end, while previously it would have taken an hour to an hour and a half.

The city has also incorporated the existing operators into the new system as companies that are contracted to provide the service.