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(Southern African Transport Conference, 2019)Golden Arrow Bus Services (Pty) Ltd. (GABS) is the largest private bus company in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It operates subsidised, scheduled transport services to commuters in Cape Town Metropolitan ...
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(Southern African Transport Conference 2021, 2021)South Africa’s national power utility, Eskom, is under heavy strain to maintain an undisrupted electricity supply and contain costs, while at the same time reducing its environmental impact. In 2018/19, Eskom acquired 118 ...
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(Southern African Transport Conference 2021, 2021)Reliance on cash fare collection, in a ‘target system’ of driver remuneration, has contributed to poor quality of paratransit service in Sub-Saharan African cities. Cashless Fare Collection (CFC) initiatives have therefore ...
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(Southern African Transport Conference, 2019)This research aims to examine the feasibility of a collaboration between public transport and institutional transport operators to reduce growing traffic congestion around educational facilities. The A Re Yeng bus rapid ...
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(Southern African Transport Conference 2021, 2021)The FWD has been used for the past three decades in South Africa to emulate a loaded wheel while taking measurement of vertical deflection of the road surface at various offsets from the load. The measured deflection bowls ...
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(Southern African Transport Conference 2021, 2021)The eThekwini Transport Authority (ETA) is implementing an Integrated Public Transport Network (Go!Durban) which is essentially a traditional BRT system. Go!Durban requires a Public Transport Management System (PTMS) in ...
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(Southern African Transport Conference, 2023)The Safe System Approach (SSA) encourages road authorities and designers of the road traffic system to provide safer roads and road environments. At its core, the, SSA advocates for the need to constrain accident forces ...
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(Southern African Transport Conference, 2023)In 2021, the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDC) formulated and executed its Automotive and New Energy Vehicle (NEV) Value Chain Strategy. The strategy aimed to facilitate the industry's shift towards ...
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(Southern African Transport Conference, 2022)Road authorities often have limited or no reliable information on the actual traffic loading on their road network. When starting to implement WIM systems on a national road network – and assuming limited financial means ...
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(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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(Southern African Transport Conference 2021, 2021)This paper is based on a qualitative investigation into issues and challenges affecting the participation of transport sector small businesses in skills development and training programmes. The findings of the paper are ...
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(Southern African Transport Conference, 2022)Traditional heavy vehicle legislation prescriptively regulates weights, dimensions, etc., whereas the PBS (Performance Based Standards) approach regulates vehicle safety performance. The Smart Truck Pilot Project in South ...
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(Southern African Transport Conference, 2019)Enabling equitable social service delivery and promoting sustainable rural development remain key challenges within South African rural areas. Fiscal constraints, the high cost of social service provision and growing rural ...
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(Southern African Transport Conference, 2022)In contrast to behavioural theories which argue that attitude informs intention and subsequently behaviour, ‘self-perception theory’ posits that, in instances of temporarily imposed restrictions or incentives, behaviour ...
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(Southern African Transport Conference, 2023)Apart from direct costs in the provision of transport, other indirect costs are generated amongst others through accidents, emissions, and congestion. However, in most instances, these costs are not borne by users of the ...
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(Southern African Transport Conference, 2019)Several studies were conducted to improve road safety along national roads, but limited work has been done to examine the pedestrian acceptance of road safety interventions under field conditions. Previous work and studies ...
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(Southern African Transport Conference, 2019)Equity in access to opportunities is increasingly recognised as an essential component of sustainable development and transport. In South Africa most commuters live far from their workplaces, which makes their travel ...
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(Southern African Transport Conference, 2023)Roundabouts significantly reduce the number of vehicle conflict points at intersections while simultaneously reducing the speed of vehicles through intersections, thereby reducing crash frequency and severity. Accurately ...
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(Southern African Transport Conference, 2022)The transportation industry is one of the industries that play a significant role in the livelihood of human beings as it connects all corners of the world. The importance of transportation in society and the economy is ...
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(Southern African Transport Conference, 2022)Mobile payments for public transportation have been implemented worldwide. The question however is if South Africa should follow suit and implement mobile payments as well. The purpose of this paper is to consider a new ...
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