The feasibility of using mobility performance measures for congestion analysis in South Africa

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dc.contributor.author Loubser, R.
dc.contributor.author Bester, C.J.
dc.contributor.other Southern African Transport Conference (28th : 2009 : Pretoria, South Africa)
dc.date.accessioned 2009-11-18T07:05:01Z
dc.date.available 2009-11-18T07:05:01Z
dc.date.issued 2009-07-06
dc.description This paper was transferred from the original CD ROM created for this conference. The material was published using Adobe Acrobat 8.0 Technology. The original CD ROM was produced by Document Transformation Technologies Postal Address: PO Box 560 Irene 0062 South Africa. Tel.: +27 12 667 2074 Fax: +27 12 667 2766 E-mail: nigel@doctech URL: http://www.doctech.co.za en
dc.description.abstract Paper presented at the 28th Annual Southern African Transport Conference 6 - 9 July 2009 "Sustainable Transport", CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, South Africa. en
dc.description.abstract Urban areas across the globe have experienced alarming increases in traffic congestion over the past twenty years. As a result performance measures based on average travel time (referred to as mobility performance measures) have been studied by various institutions.Several transport authorities in the United States have adopted these measures to monitor trends in travel patterns and to provide a platform for the comparison of congestion levels.The most important functions of mobility performance measures are to;Evaluate existing mobility conditions;Indicate trends in traffic congestion; Assess the impact of public and private infrastructural investment; Compare levels of traffic congestion between major routes and cities; and determine the impact of travel delays on the economy.South Africa is also affected by increasing levels of traffic congestion, spurred by the rapid economic growth of the past fifteen years. There is currently no standardized system to monitor congestion and South Africa can therefore benefit from the use of mobility performance measures.The objective of this paper is to investigate the feasibility of using mobility performance measures in South Africa to monitor trends in traffic congestion and the impact of transport improvement projects on urban transport networks.
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dc.identifier.citation & Loubser, R Bester, CJ 2009,'The feasibility of using mobility performance measures for congestion analysis in South Africa', Paper presented to the 28th Annual Southern African Transport Conference, South Africa, 6-9 July. p. 513-521 en
dc.identifier.isbn 9781920017392
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/11893
dc.language.iso en en
dc.publisher Document Transformation Technologies en
dc.relation.ispartof SATC 2009
dc.rights University of Pretoria en
dc.subject Urban areas en_US
dc.subject Performance measures en_US
dc.subject Travel time en_US
dc.subject Mobility conditions en_US
dc.subject Traffic congestion en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Transportation -- South Africa -- Congresses
dc.subject.lcsh Traffic congestion -- South Africa -- Gauteng -- Congresses
dc.subject.lcsh Travel surveys -- South Africa -- Gauteng
dc.subject.lcsh Cities and towns -- South Africa -- Gauteng
dc.title The feasibility of using mobility performance measures for congestion analysis in South Africa en_US
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