Lurching towards formalisation

dc.contributor.authorVenter, C.J. (Christoffel Jacobus)
dc.contributor.emailchristo.venter@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-22T08:06:21Z
dc.date.available2016-07-22T08:06:21Z
dc.date.issued2016-06
dc.descriptionThis article is an extract from Venter’s article titled ‘The lurch towards formalisation: Lessons from the implementation of BRT in Johannesburg, South Africa’.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe system design and organisational arrangements drew heavily on precedents from South America, especially insofar as BRT (bus rapid transit) is used as an instrument for securing the transformation and formalisation of a fragmented and problematic informal public transport industry. Despite the inevitable transitional problems, the formalisation scheme appears to be generally successful - an outcome that surprised many analysts, following a long history of mistrust, resistance, and unsuccessful interventions between government and the minibus taxi industry. There are reasons for the successful transformation of participating taxi operators. The minibus taxi industry in South Africa has reached a state of stasis and maturity, with limited opportunities for further growth in its present form. BRT, as it is implemented locally, offers opportunities for reinvention - for moving on to a new potential growth trajectory - by overcoming the binding constraints of informality and by opening up new markets to operators.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentCivil Engineeringen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2016en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.3smedia.co.za/publication/imiesa/en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationVenter, C 2016, 'Lurching towards formalisation', IMIESA, vol. 41, no. 6, pp. 33.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0257-1978
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/56029
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisher3SMediaen_ZA
dc.rights© 2016 3SMedia. All Rights Reserved.en_ZA
dc.subjectTaxi industryen_ZA
dc.subjectTransport sectoren_ZA
dc.subjectCity of Johannesburgen_ZA
dc.subjectBus rapid transit (BRT)en_ZA
dc.subject.otherEngineering, built environment and information technology articles SDG-11
dc.subject.otherSDG-11: Sustainable cities and communities
dc.titleLurching towards formalisationen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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