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Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology: Recent submissions

  • Shayela smart:A minibus taxi service transformation programme 
    Van Den Berg, L. (Southern African Transport Conference, 2024)
    In February 2023, the Western Cape MEC of Mobility established the Task Team (MBTTT) to prevent an imminent minibus taxi (MBT) stay away. The Task Team consisted of political principals and senior officials from the Western ...
  • The skills needed for the road transport management system(RTMS) 
    Naidoo, O. (Southern African Transport Conference, 2024)
    The Road Transport Management System (RTMS) is a voluntary, self-regulatory certification scheme in South Africa designed to promote the responsible and sustainable management of road transport fleets. The system addresses ...
  • Exploring strategic marketing strategic marketing strategies in the transport industry 
    Mahlanga, N. (Southern African Transport Conference, 2024)
    Embark on a journey through the transformative power of strategic marketing in the transport industry. Discover how companies leverage proven methodologies and real-world examples to navigate competitive landscapes, ...
  • Planning equitable access for all 
    Laing, G.; Engelbrecht, M (Southern African Transport Conference, 2024)
    Effective transport and good accessibility are vital for sound economic and social functioning and addressing environmental issues. South Africa’s current transport system is failing in most of these respects. Deteriorating ...
  • Pioneering traffic engineering for the future 
    Brink, J.; Van Der Heever, T. (Southern African Transport Conference, 2024)
    Traffic engineering, as an element of transport planning deals with the shorter-term local are improvements and on-road operations optimization. This work is commonly associated with traffic impact studies undertaken for ...
  • Importance of traffic input into geometric design 
    Dlanjwa, L.; Roodt, L. (Southern African Transport Conference, 2024)
    Geometric design specifications are well documented in various guideline manuals and most practitioners can apply these specifications with a high level of diligence. Geometric designs are, however, all too often, undertaken ...
  • Integration of women in the maritime sector:the work-life balance paradox 
    Nkowane, N.; Diefeto, P. (Southern African Transport Conference, 2024)
    In May 2024 we celebrated International Day of Women in Maritime under the IMO Safe Horizons - Women Shaping the Future of Maritime Safety. Speaking at an international event to mark the occasion on Friday, 17 May 2024, ...
  • Considerations for pavement design 
    Mukandila, E.; Busakwe, N. (Southern African Transport Conference, 2024)
    Road pavement is the structure part of the road constituted with different layers of materials. The main purpose of the road pavement is to receive the road loading (traffic and climatic load) and to distribute it through ...
  • Keynote address:lessons to be learnt from the pioneering lady civil engineers 
    Lawless, A. (Southern African Transport Conference, 2024)
    Before the emergence of the new South Africa, the profile of civil engineers in the country was white male with a handful of females. Since the nineties, women have increasingly chosen civil engineering as a career, and ...
  • Recap/summary/closure/take-aways 
    Robinson, A. (Southern African Transport Conference, 2024)
    The objective of the day’s sessions is to demonstrate that it is imperative that Critical Thinking is applied in every aspect of transport planning and transport systems (infrastructure and services). This session will ...
  • Breaking down professional silos:the need to improve communication between professional planners and engineers 
    Makoni, E.N. (Southern African Transport Conference, 2024)
    For such a time as this; when cities and regions globally are faced with existential crises related to climate change, hyper-urbanisation, and growing sociospatial inequalities – disciplinary decadence, and silo mentalities ...
  • Ensuring safe transport for all 
    Roodt, L.; Busakwe, N. (Southern African Transport Conference, 2024)
    Transport, including road transport, is not executed in a vacuum. To review the basics of safe transport for all, the points of departure needs to be considered. Transport is a derived demand, stemming from the spatial ...
  • Enhancing public transport research through improved data quality and accessibility:a case study in Johannesburg 
    Karsten, C.; Beetge, C.; Burger, P. (Southern African Transport Conference, 2024)
    Public transport is used by the majority of the South African population to commute between home, school, other amenities and their place of work. There is, however, a severe deficiency in the quality of public transport ...
  • The draft national public transport subsidy policy 
    Manamela, L.C. (Southern African Transport Conference, 2024)
    The Department is developing a public transport subsidy policy that will help respond to the fundamental question of whether public transport in South Africa should be subsidised and how and what are the mechanisms to be ...
  • Data sanity:the foundations of robust solutions 
    Robinson, A.; Chetty, R. (Southern African Transport Conference, 2024)
    Data is the fundamental building blocks for decision making, design development and monitoring the efficiency and effectiveness of projects. Yet data is often not respected and the meaning that data provides is not understood. ...
  • From the mind of the inexperience to that of an expert through critical thinking and formulating the question? 
    Slabbert, F.; Robinson, A. (Southern African Transport Conference, 2024)
    This workshop deals with the fundamental matters that are often given insufficient attention while executing transport related projects. It is applicable to both young and experienced practitioners working in a transport ...
  • Professionalisation of transport planners in South Africa 
    Dibakwane, S. (Southern African Transport Conference, 2024)
    The National Transport Master Planning, Implementation and Review Directorate of the National Department of Transport initiated a project to address the challenges that are inherent in the transport planning field and the ...
  • User-centric public transport systems 
    Chetty, R.; Pillay, R. (Southern African Transport Conference, 2024)
    Over the past fourteen years the South African government has spent billions of rands on public transport projects within the country’s Metropolitan and main cities. The investment in public transport projects included ...
  • Systems approach to transport planning for a substainable future 
    Swart, M. (Southern African Transport Conference, 2024)
    The transport planning profession is becoming increasingly aware of how uncertain the future is. The level of uncertainty in transport planning and decision-making has intensified ‒ as it has in a number of spheres of ...
  • Assessment of Addis LRT stadium station for development of an integrated transport interchange 
    Dube, B.Z.; Emagnu, Y.M. (Southern African Transport Conference, 2024)
    The research paper explored the integration of transit modes at Addis Ababa's Light Rail Transit (AALRT) stadium station, to address the city's growing population and consequent transit challenges. Drawing insights from ...