• Sustainable transportation through enabling partnerships 

  Smith, L.T.M. (Southern African Transport Conference 2021, 2021)

  Transport is one of the biggest opportunities for economic development, whilst simultaneously being a large contributor to climate change. Urbanisation and auto-based urban sprawl create environmental and economic challenges, ...
• Minibus taxi industry partnerships for sustainable transport 

  Mtsi, T. (Southern African Transport Conference 2021, 2021)

  Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11 is to “make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable” because of the rapidly rising levels of urbanisation. Rapid rates of urbanisation and population ...
• Sustainable transport through enabling partnerships 

  Molefe, L.; Newlands, A. (Southern African Transport Conference 2021, 2021)

  This paper describes how a mobile application can be used to establish, improve, and maintain walking buses in Cape Town through enabling and strengthening partnerships between local government, organisations, and communities. ...
• The effect of covid-19 transport regulations on commuters 

  Mokoma, Lesedi (Southern African Transport Conference 2021, 2021)

  The Covid-19 pandemic has drastically changed lives. In a limited period, the government has adapted to the challenge of safeguarding human life by publishing regulations under the Disaster Management Act of 2002. The ...
• Women’s financial inclusion in the transport industry 

  Matshwane, M. (Southern African Transport Conference 2021, 2021)

  Women's financial inclusion in the Transport sector was a problem before the emergence of the COVID 19 pandemic. Women have been struggling to be part of economic development in the transport sector since before the beginning ...
• Measuring the impact of roadworks on traffic progression using floating car data 

  Bruwer, M.M.; Andersen, S.J.; Merrick, W. (Southern African Transport Conference 2021, 2021)

  Roadworks projects, while necessary to upgrade and maintain our transport networks, are loathed for their presumed negative impact on our daily commute. The purpose of this study is to investigate how Floating Car Data ...
• Road restraint systems: state of the art 2021 

  Sematlane, M.; De v roodt, L. (Southern African Transport Conference 2021, 2021)

  Forgiving roadsides are designed to reduce the severity of run-off-the-road crashes. Road signs and markings keep vehicles on the road while shoulders and the absence of unnecessary objects in the road reserve provide grace ...
• The challenge of socio-economic data for the western cape travel and land use model 

  Contiero, F.; Allen, W.G (Southern African Transport Conference 2021, 2021)

  Transport and land use models are famously data-intensive, requiring huge amounts of data on demographic and economic conditions at a high level of geographic detail. This information is needed for model development, ...
• Examining the impact and responses of covid-19 directed to women and business 

  Mgolozeli, S (Southern African Transport Conference 2021, 2021)

  In emerging economies, small businesses, especially those owned or led by women are critical to growth, employment and development. These businesses do face financial and operational difficulties due to various limitations ...
• Application status analysis of autonomous vehicle (av) transport systems 

  Cai, L. (Southern African Transport Conference 2021, 2021)

  With the rapid popularization of high-tech artificial intelligence, 5G, and cloud computing, public transportation has gradually realized the need for transformation from artificial to autonomous. This paper discusses the ...
• Post covid-19 transition: the impact of covid on south african women entrepreneurs and the opportunities to pivot to “better” markets 

  Möllmann, C. (Southern African Transport Conference 2021, 2021)

  COVID-19 has had a significant effect on women entrepreneurs (WE’s) in South Africa. 59% of women-owned businesses work in sectors hardest hit such as retail, restaurants, food shops and domestic services. The disruption ...
• Transportation concessions: elixir to sustainable transportation and economic empowerment of the marginalised 

  Mabece, L. (Southern African Transport Conference 2021, 2021)

  Major development of public transport last occurred with the development of the Gautrain Rapid Rail Network before 2009. Both rail and bus operations have shrunk in South Africa whilst the demand for public transport should ...
• Traffic conflict techniques: state of practice 

  Milligan, C. (Southern African Transport Conference 2021, 2021)

  This talk will introduce the science of surrogate safety in traffic engineering and the use of computer vision to obtain surrogate safety data. Regarding near-miss conflicts between road users, the presentation will identify ...
• Digitisation of the regulated minibus taxi network: a case for gauteng province 

  Mhlanga, S.; Muronga, K.; Ndamase, M. (Southern African Transport Conference 2021, 2021)

  Gauteng Minibus Taxi industry and Government have identified the need to eradicate violence as well as improve public records keeping to aide better regulatory outcomes. The significance of paper represents a contribution ...
• Small-city traffic management using unmanned aerial vehicles (uavs) 

  Ebrahim, R.; Bruwer, M.M.; Andersen, S.J. (Southern African Transport Conference 2021, 2021)

  Dedicated Traffic Management Centres (TMCs) are only operational in three of the largest metropolitan areas in South Africa (in Gauteng, eThekwini and Cape Town). Smaller cities and towns do not have TMCs to assist with ...
• Location analysis of private schools: a move towards data-driven insight 

  Coetzer, B.A.; Krygsman, S.C.; De jong, T. (Southern African Transport Conference 2021, 2021)

  The prudence with which facility siting decisions are made is often a key determinant of a business’ relative success or demise. Ease of transport access often plays a cornerstone role in the school choice process and, ...
• Unpacking the technical and perception barriers to electric vehicle uptake in south africa 

  Manu, B.K.; Krygsman, S.C. (Southern African Transport Conference 2021, 2021)

  Rapid population growth and urbanization in South Africa exert ever more pressure on energy and transportation demand. As the South African transport sector is very reliant on fossil fuels, this may lead to increased ...
• Travel behaviour and attitudes of young people in the johannesburg metropolitan area, south africa 

  Heyns, G.J.; Luke, R. (Southern African Transport Conference 2021, 2021)

  The travel behaviour of millennials, young adults under the age 34, have received increased attention over recent years. As millennials represent approximately 40% of the South African population, the push factors that ...
• Infrastructure and climate network lessons learned 

  Sias, J.E. (Southern African Transport Conference 2021, 2021)

  The changing climate is affecting infrastructure performance and service life all over the world. A key factor in assuring the resilience of transportation infrastructure in the future is the incorporation of climate change ...
• The social perception and holistic assessment of bus rapid transit in soweto 

  Molefe, L.; Vanderschuren, M.J.W.A. (Southern African Transport Conference 2021, 2021)

  In 2009 the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) highlighted the importance of government investment in energy efficient, pollution reducing transport modes and infrastructure. This policy specifically recommended ...

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