Abstract:
Geographic Information System (GIS) technologies are useful tools that can be leveraged
by public transport operators and planners for improving public transport safety. Although
having made a significant input on bus-based public transport systems, GIS has recently
been adopted for improving informal minibus taxi services. GIS has been applied in
modelling minibus taxi movement patterns and mapping vehicle safety. Little research
exists on auto-passenger collisions in public transport (Wang and Cicchino, 2020) such as
minibus taxis services. By leveraging the capabilities of GIS such as geocoding
capabilities, Geographic Positioning System (GPS) data collection methods and Google
Earth navigation tools passenger safety can be addressed by understanding the patterns
such as auto-passenger collisions. In this essay, a methodology has been suggested for
use in determining auto-passenger collisions at minibus taxi facilities and routes. Possible
expected indicator includes auto-passenger collision frequency. The proposed method in
this paper was amended from an existing methodology for hazardous bus stops
identification developed by Pulugurtha and Vanapalli (2008). The amendment was done
based on how an available GPS data for minibus taxis collected from Rustenburg Local
Municipality can be used.
