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40th Annual Southern African Transport Conference 2022
Recent Submissions
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Cooke, S.; Swart, M.; Naidoo, K.; Holderness, C.
(Southern African Transport Conference, 2022)
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 ...
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Noge, M.
(Southern African Transport Conference, 2022)
Central to a well-functioning economy is the effective facilitation of the movement and
transport of people and goods. There is a positive correlation between efficiency,
accessibility, affordability of transport infrastructure, ...
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Onderwater, P.; Da Silva, E.
(Southern African Transport Conference, 2022)
The Netherlands is regarded as one of the most prominent cycling countries in the world. It
also has one of the best railway systems in the world. Interestingly, the combination of
‘cycling to railway stations’ has a very ...
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Wen, C.; Hu, J.; Tang, R.; Zhang, W.
(Southern African Transport Conference, 2022)
Based on the field survey data of Nanjing Andemen subway station, from the perspective
of travelers, this paper deeply analyzes the problems related to the transfer between
shared bicycles and rail transit, obtains the ...
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Pinard, M.I.; Hongve, J.; Paige-Green, P.
(Southern African Transport Conference, 2022)
In order to minimise the cost of constructing low volume roads (LVRs), optimum use must
be made of locally available, naturally occurring materials. However, conflicts often arise
between material acceptability, as defined ...
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Cheure, N.
(Southern African Transport Conference, 2022)
Gender influences the travel behaviour of individuals. The travel behaviour differences
between men and women in African countries have been researched in the past few
decades. These differences have still been observed ...
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Jonsson, B.
(Southern African Transport Conference, 2022)
The South African Road Federation (SARF) undertook a total risk assessment of initially
89 schools in Mogale City considering the road environment, socio economic aspects and
current road infrastructure. Fifty schools were ...
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Otto, G.G.; Franceschi, L.; De Melo Gevaerd, B.; De Souza, R.A.; Valente, A.M.
(Southern African Transport Conference, 2022)
Weight enforcement is essential for highway infrastructure conservation. Overweight
vehicles represent an exponentially higher degradation for the pavement then those inside
the legal limits. They also represent increased ...
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Matshwane, M.
(Southern African Transport Conference, 2022)
The South African transport sector entered the age of Covid already beset by several
major challenges. Ageing infrastructure; a lack of impartial regulatory bodies; an
unfriendly environment for private sector collaboration; ...
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Ezeanowi, B.; Haichert, T.W.
(Southern African Transport Conference, 2022)
This paper describes an innovative approach to tyre pressure and condition measurement
using an automated system that is capable of checking tyres in a non-invasive, non-stop
manner. In addition, real-world examples of ...
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Li, X.
(Southern African Transport Conference, 2022)
Worldwide, the private sector has actively participated in delivering transport infrastructure
assets such as urban rail transit (URT) networks and systems. Typical Private Participation
in Infrastructure (PPI) approaches ...
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Quoy, O.; Jacob, B.
(Southern African Transport Conference, 2022)
Beyond enforcement of commercial truck weight regulations, weigh in motion (WIM)
devices provide detailed data very useful to analyse road freight traffic characteristics.
This item presents results on silhouette analysis ...
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Van Der Walt, M.; Leseane, L.
(Southern African Transport Conference, 2022)
Operations at Traffic Control Centres (TCCs) are not optimal. Issues are experienced with
geometric design (queuing times and space in particular), effectiveness and accuracy of
Weigh-in-Motion (WIM) screening equipment, ...
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De Wet, G.
(Southern African Transport Conference, 2022)
The Truck Tractor (TT) Method has been used for the routine post-calibration and quality
management of weigh-in-motion (WIM) data in South Africa for more than ten years. In its
initial form it was called the FTR (Front-axle ...
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Pretorius, C.J.; Hartman, A.M.
(Southern African Transport Conference, 2022)
A large portion of the road network in developing countries in Africa consist of Low Volume
Roads (LVRs). Funding for upgrading and maintenance of these roads pose a challenge
for roads authorities as their limited budgets ...
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Maloka, T.K.; Elsaigh, W.A.; Honiball, J.E.
(Southern African Transport Conference, 2022)
Airports in South Africa are required by law to provide adequate maintenance to their
pavement infrastructures as to ensure serviceability and operational safety at all times, for
the continuity of their business and ...
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Eriksson, O.; Gregory, K.
(Southern African Transport Conference, 2022)
Safe and efficient maritime transportation is vital to both economic and environmental
sustainability. Marine Aids to Navigation (AtoN) are key to helping all types of vessel
navigate safely and efficiently and Governments ...
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Chireshe, F.; Reeler, J.; Bole-Rentel, T.
(Southern African Transport Conference, 2022)
Sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) are key for the decarbonisation of the aviation industry to
meet the climate goals under the Paris Agreement. Given its wide feedstock base, South
Africa is well placed to produce significant ...
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Zulu, V.B.
(Southern African Transport Conference, 2022)
Coastal and Marine Tourism has the potential to lift many rural and coastal communities
out of poverty. The Coastal and Marine Tourism industry characterised by complexity,
uncertainty, interdependency and connectedness ...
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Rabemiafara, M.V.
(Southern African Transport Conference, 2022)
GHG emissions are strongly linked to the climate change issue. The transport industry
including shipping is always highlighted as one of the GHG emitting sectors. Madagascar
is ranked as both an island developing state and ...
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