Updates.
What residents have measured, asked for and been told. 42 updates so far.
- Sunday was a new record: ≈387 Checkers Sixty60 bikes in one day
≈387 bikes on Sunday 1 November (288 seen on camera). During Sunday lunch, 12 to 2, ≈84 went past. The longest quiet stretch all day was under ten minutes.
- Over 300 times a day, Checkers Sixty60 bikes roar past my home
Every day of the last two weekends passed ≈300 passes. After over two years of begging, either Checkers has no control over its riders, or its 3 July promise was never kept.
- Two years of complaints. Checkers' answer: more bikes.
October weekends average ≈305 passes a day, more than a third up on July. The three busiest days on record are all this month, and the main-road question has gone unanswered since 17 August.
- Three months after Checkers "blocked" the shortcut, weekend traffic is up 30%
Weekend traffic has risen every month since the 3 July promise, from ≈223 passes a day in July to ≈288 in October. Sunday 11 October was the busiest day recorded: one bike every two minutes.
- Checkers swapped one loud BigBoy for another.
The Velocities are being replaced by BigBoy Pacers, the second loudest bike on the road. Quieter Honda and Hero bikes cost only R500 to R2,000 more.
- It's not only the noise, it's the riding
Overtaking on the incline, barely slowing at the stop street, two abreast and hooting. On a street with pedestrians, children and driveways, the riding is a safety problem too.
- It's not just our street
From Kenilworth to Vredehoek to Johannesburg, residents describe the same delivery-bike noise. Some are moving house. A rider says broken exhausts and BigBoy bikes are part of the problem, and the complaints still go unanswered.
- Congratulations, Checkers. You have worn me down.
The routes exist, the data is public and the promises produced no relief. After supplying the practical alternatives again, one resident describes what it means to be worn down by corporate inaction.
- The DA-led City demanded evidence. Now it ignores residents.
Residents supplied the evidence the City demanded. No department accepted responsibility, the ward councillor has never personally replied, and the latest emails are being ignored.
- Checkers said the shortcut was blocked. The data says otherwise.
Checkers said shortcut use had been blocked. The measured traffic did not fall, residents still witness through-trips, and a later explanation cited roads unrelated to the monitored shortcut.
- Formal complaint timeline: core issues still ignored
The canonical current-status record: failed routing assurances, objective evidence, no identified municipal remedy, and a DA ward councillor who has never personally replied.
- When is enough evidence enough?
The City asked for objective evidence. Residents supplied it. Environmental Health identified no remedy, and the DA ward councillor has never personally replied.
- Third-party navigation is not mitigation
Residents challenged continued shortcut use; the reply pointed to bike standardisation, third-party navigation, and order volume, but still did not explain why a residential street is used as a through-route instead of main roads.
- Written routing promise, shortcut use continues
A 3 July email said shortcut use had been blocked. Same-day and full-day monitoring showed no reduction, and a later reply cited roads that do not explain the monitored route.
- Seven weeks of Checkers Sixty60 delivery-bike data
A conservative minimum of 4,216 detected daytime Checkers Sixty60 passes across 31 trusted full days between 10 May and 30 June 2026, before known undercounts from blurred crops, simultaneous bikes, and low-light activity are added.
- False hope is not mitigation
After roughly two years of complaints, residents say verbal assurances, long-term possibilities, and technical experiments are not enough while more than 200 daily Checkers Sixty60 passes continue through a residential street.
- Exhaust inserts are not a route change
Residents were told Checkers Sixty60 is looking at exhaust inserts to reduce noise. That may be a technical experiment, but it does not answer the immediate route-change request while noisy passes continue.
- Stop-street near miss shows the counts are conservative
A resident witnessed a Checkers Sixty60 rider go through a stop street without slowing enough, causing a near miss. The incident was not captured by detection, reinforcing that published counts are conservative.
- Routing assurance given, no reduction observed
On 10 June 2026, Checkers told residents that Sixty60 drivers had been instructed to use main routes instead of the residential shortcut. Monitoring since then has not shown a reduction in delivery-bike passes.
- Sunday evening, no answer, no relief
More than a week after route alternatives were sent, residents again reported noisy Checkers Sixty60 delivery bikes passing every few minutes on a Sunday evening, with no response or practical mitigation confirmed.
- The route exists. The excuse does not.
Residents have shown Checkers Sixty60 two practical route alternatives that could reduce delivery-bike noise immediately: one similar-distance route that avoids many affected homes, and one main-road route that is only marginally longer.
- Sunday evening, and still no relief
After another weekend of repeated Checkers Sixty60 delivery-bike noise, residents again raised concerns about loud BigBoy Velocity bikes, stop-street behaviour, missed detections, and public promises that are not changing conditions on the street.
- Another weekend residents had to leave home
Across partial daytime windows on 23 and 24 May 2026, residents recorded 381 filtered Checkers Sixty60 delivery-bike passes. Missed detections put those windows over 500 likely passes, before unrecorded delivery hours.
- Even after escalation, the noise still does not stop
On Sunday 17 May 2026, automated detection flagged 205 candidate Checkers Sixty60 passes between 08:00 and 18:00, with missed detections and evening activity meaning the actual day total is likely over 250.
- Route change refused after mental-health impact raised
After residents raised the mental-health impact and anxiety caused by repeated Checkers Sixty60 delivery-bike noise, Checkers replied that it is not able to change the route.
- Response received. Responsibility refused.
After repeated follow-ups, Sixty60 finally replied. They blamed Pingo, denied that alternative routes exist, and said nothing about the bikes. We are now taking the matter to our Ward Councillor.
- Formal channels lead nowhere
After renewed formal complaints to Checkers Sixty60 and Pingo, follow-ups and promises of escalation have again been met with silence.
- Estates are starting to push back
Residents in Durbanville estates are reportedly beginning to prohibit delivery motorbikes, adding pressure on Checkers Sixty60 to rethink noisy residential operations.
- Family Day and still no relief
By just after 13:00 on Family Day, delivery bikes were already out in force and the street was back to being used as a shortcut.
- Not even Good Friday was quiet
By 10:30 on Good Friday there had already been roughly 30 Checkers Sixty60 bike passes through a residential shortcut that should have been quiet.
- Six deliveries in fifteen minutes
On the evening of 31 March, between 19:10 and 19:25, six Checkers Sixty60 deliveries raced up a residential street again.
- Why not electric bikes?
Delivery-bike noise surged through the morning, lunch rush, and late afternoon, raising the question of why short routes are still served by loud petrol bikes.
- By noon, the shortcut was clearly back
By noon on Wednesday three Checkers Sixty60 delivery bikes had already been seen racing along the residential street again, including one appearing to use the shortcut.
- There is nowhere to escape this noise
After a weekend dominated by delivery-bike noise, even leaving home failed to provide relief.
- By 14:00, it was clear the calm was gone
The Checkers Sixty60 delivery-bike noise returned from the morning, and by 14:00 it was clear the brief calm was over.
- The quiet was short-lived
By 08:40 on Friday morning, six Checkers Sixty60 delivery-bike passes had already been counted on this route again.
- A noticeable change in Checkers Sixty60 noise?
Residents noticed a marked drop in delivery-bike noise over the last few days, but it is still too early to say whether the change is permanent.
- A rare peaceful morning
A brief pause in delivery-bike noise showed how much a normal residential morning has changed.
- How to report incidents effectively
A practical checklist for residents who want to submit useful, privacy-safe incident reports.
- Noise log methodology
How we collect, review, and publish evidence so that advocacy is credible and constructive.
- What we are asking for
Our concrete requests for routing changes, quieter fleet operations, and accountable escalation.
- Site launch and first evidence samples
The first post explaining the site launch and initial reference audio clips.