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Browsing 34th Annual Southern African Transport Conference 2015 by Issue Date
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(Southern African Transport Conference, 2015)Traffic safety is a major challenge in most of cities in South Africa particularly on the arterial roads passing through the sub urban areas. The major contributing reasons for the occurrence of traffic accidents emphasized ...
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(Southern African Transport Conference, 2015)This paper explores the state of rural transport research in South Africa covering the period 1994 -2014 with a particular focus on gauging the policy shift. The sustainable development theoretical framework is employed ...
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(Southern African Transport Conference, 2015)Potholes are a nuisance, especially in the developing world, and can often result in vehicle damage or physical harm to the vehicle occupants. Drivers can be warned to take evasive action if potholes are detected in ...
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(Southern African Transport Conference, 2015)The approach proposed in this paper considered benefits of a one-stop facility, and the regional transport impacts of relocating all or some of the processing functions to alternative sites. A three-tier approach to assessing ...
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(Southern African Transport Conference, 2015)South Africa?s road safety rate ranks fourth worst in the world, however very little is done to correct the existing problem. Currently in South Africa and in the other parts of the continent and the world, only limited ...
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(Southern African Transport Conference, 2015)The roll-out of comprehensive public transport networks in our major cities is requiring considerable up-front investment by government. The acquisition of the bus fleet presents the second largest component of capital ...
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(Southern African Transport Conference, 2015)In South Africa, drivers of minibus taxis are often described as being unlawful, aggressive and sometimes dangerous drivers. Such claims have, however, never been fully substantiated in traffic studies. Previous studies ...
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(Southern African Transport Conference, 2015)The decongestion strategy of Maseru Bridge was informed by a research exercise investigating different border post decongestion measures and border precinct typologies. Generic design parameters for border post decongestion ...
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"Looking back, looking forward" : urban development and transport infrastructure in Gauteng Province (Southern African Transport Conference, 2015)Studies have shown that land-use and transportation systems have a two-way dependency. On one hand, the existing land-use structures influence trip distances and transport mode choice, while on the other hand transport ...
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(Southern African Transport Conference, 2015)Traffic management has become increasingly important with growth in vehicle numbers unmatched by investment in infrastructure. A large part of management is measuring traffic flow. Video footage of traffic flow is normally ...
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(Southern African Transport Conference, 2015)Road related telematics encompasses a combination of road transportation, in-vehicle electronics and telecommunications. It is continuously evolving in terms of complexity and diversity, and contains high volumes of sensor ...
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(Southern African Transport Conference, 2015)In this paper, the sensitivity of how pedestrian composition, in terms of Persons with Reduced Mobility (PRM?s) i.e. slower walkers including the disabled, visually impaired, elderly etc. influence the quantitative assessment ...
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A hybrid human machine system for the detection and management of potholes on asphalt road surfaces (Southern African Transport Conference, 2015)Road distresses such as potholes can have a negative economic and social impact. The timeous detection and identification of potholes could expedite the maintenance and repair of potholes. The research team previously ...
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(Southern African Transport Conference, 2015)Recent advances in smartphone technology, including motion sensing and wireless communications, have resulted in these devices being used for vehicle-based driver behaviour sensing applications, replacing existing bespoke ...
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(Southern African Transport Conference, 2015)One of the most important greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation opportunities identified for the freight transport sector is a mode shift from road to rail. A system dynamics model was constructed to evaluate the drivers and ...
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(Southern African Transport Conference, 2015)The freight industry is one of the major players that contribute to the development of the economy of South Africa. About 80% of freight in South Africa is transported by road. As a result, heavy vehicle crashes occurring ...
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(Southern African Transport Conference, 2015)The use of recycled materials in road construction has been around for many years and with the environment getting severely affected by the daily use of natural resources used in construction, every bit of intervention ...
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(Southern African Transport Conference, 2015)Fatigue is one of the most commonly experienced problems amongst long distance drivers and results in significant, but unrecorded, number of crashes each year. The methodological difficulties associated with diagnosing ...
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(Southern African Transport Conference, 2015)Traffic congestion is a challenge leading to undesirable consequences in most of the cities of the world. Many large and medium cities of South Africa, specifically the central business districts (CBD) are facing this ...
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(Southern African Transport Conference, 2015)Car dependency is increasing in South African cities, and apartheid spatial patterns continue to be observed in the accommodation of public transport captive communities at low densities on the fringes. It has been argued ...
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