Abstract:
The Transportation industry has grown over the last few decades with the improvement of
current transport technologies as well as through the implementation of innovative
transport practices. This growth is happening worldwide at a country-specific pace. Now,
with travel restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic disrupting the transport sector, the
Transportation industry is forced to adapt to changes in conventional travel behaviour and
practices. Whether it be changes to current aspects of a transport system or reimagining
entire processes, adaptation is required. This paper assesses both of these possibilities
through a case study relating to traffic management processes in the study area of
Stellenbosch. Changes to current traffic management processes relating to road traffic
management and incident response with the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and
Floating Car Data (FCD) are assessed in this paper. Furthermore, a reimagination of the
entire traffic management process is explored theoretically, which incorporates innovative
transport technologies and systems. The goal of this paper is to development a framework
for efficient transportation management that is relevant for a country with a developing
transport infrastructure.
