Journal articles: 'Transportation South Africa'

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Thomas, David P. "Public Transportation in South Africa: Challenges and Opportunities." World Journal of Social Science Research 3, no. 3 (July 20, 2016): 352. http://dx.doi.org/10.22158/wjssr.v3n3p352.

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<p><em>This article engages with several important questions regarding the state of public transportation in South Africa. It provides a brief description of the historical legacy of apartheid in relation to public transport, and the challenges this posed to the government after 1994. This is followed by a summary of the changing policy frameworks in the post-apartheid era, and an examination of the current policies, trajectories, and major transportation projects within the country. For example, this includes a more detailed discussion of major infrastructure projects such as the Gautrain and Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in the form of Rea Vaya. Overall, the article argues that the South African government is struggling to build an inclusive public transportation infrastructure that addresses issues of poverty, access, and inequality. Finally, the article will conclude with a set of recommendations to build a more inclusive transportation policy framework for South Africa. </em></p>

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Page, Oliver. "Equity Impacts and Challenges of Highway Access Management in an Emerging Economy." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1939, no. 1 (January 2005): 166–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0361198105193900119.

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As a middle-income country, South Africa realizes that it cannot build its way out of every transportation challenge that it faces. Alternative interventions have a role to play in optimizing the efficiency of the present transportation network while ensuring that the benefits from this optimization are distributed equitably. The implementation of the proposed Guidelines on Road Access Management in South Africa is one such intervention that may equitably improve the transportation environment. This paper describes the evolution and status quo of access management in South Africa, assesses the concept and purpose of access management from an equity perspective, considers the efficacy of implementing national access management guidelines while honoring the equity principles contained in the South African constitution and other civil laws and regulations, and assesses a selection of access management techniques with respect to their potential equity impacts. The paper identifies a selection of obstacles that have frustrated the adoption and implementation of access management principles on a national scale. Inconsistency in the implementation of access management principles, which is inevitable when there is no mandated national guideline, compounds the level of inequity manifested by ad hoc highway access permitting and management. Thus, it is concluded that the adoption and implementation of a national access management guideline will measurably enhance the potential of equitably improving the transportation environment in South Africa.

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Glickenstein, Harvey. "New Rail Line for South Africa [Transportation Systems]." IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine 2, no. 1 (March 2007): 43–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/mvt.2007.903770.

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Glickenstein, Harvey. "New Rail Line for South Africa [Transportation Systems]." IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine 2, no. 2 (2007): 49–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/mvt.2007.913289.

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Cirella, Giuseppe T., Carole Mtizi, and Felix O. Iyalomhe. "Public transportation solutions in Southern Africa: case study Zimbabwe and South Africa." Transport Economics and Logistics 79 (October 23, 2018): 77–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.26881/etil.2018.79.06.

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Our research investigates current challenges faced in southern Africa’s public transport sector and proposes a possible solution to overcome these challenges. Using South Africa and Zimbabwe as case studies, we identify shared challenges experienced in both countries for which a universal solution may be adopted. It was found that these challenges could mostly be attributed to government actions. We propose a need for better integration of social outcomes within public transport policy at the strategic, tactical and operational levels throughout the region. Moreover, we suggest that technology-driven solutions can be introduced in the public transport realm, amongst other solutions, entailing a universal cashless payment system coupled with GPS technology.

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Munro, J. Forbes. "African Shipping: Reflections on the Maritime History of Africa South of the Sahara, 1800–1914." International Journal of Maritime History 2, no. 2 (December 1990): 163–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/084387149000200209.

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Khosa, Meshack M. "‘The travail of travelling’: urban transport in South Africa, 1930–1996." Transport Reviews 18, no. 1 (January 1998): 17–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01441649808716998.

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Boutueil, Virginie, Gaele Lesteven, and Luc Nemett. "Toward the Integration of Paratransit in Transportation Planning in African Cities." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2674, no. 9 (July 3, 2020): 995–1004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0361198120933270.

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This research examines the history of transportation planning in African cities and how paratransit has been taken into account in the production of planning documents. On the rise since the 1980s, paratransit today is the most common motorized transportation mode in many African cities. The dominant approach among policymakers has been to limit paratransit, in some cases even to ban it. The question this research explores is how distrust of paratransit, and underappreciation of its intrinsic qualities, have been reflected in urban transportation plans. Having selected two cities—Cape Town, South Africa and Nairobi, Kenya—we conducted an in-depth analysis of planning documents at national and local levels. South Africa has a long tradition of transportation planning, with documentation available at the national, provincial, and municipal levels. In the 1990s, paratransit was a national-level concern. It gradually became a municipal issue with the implementation of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT). In Kenya, planning has a shorter history. Development agencies (e.g., Japanese International Cooperation Agency [JICA]) have played a key role in recent planning processes and encourage the formalization of paratransit. However, planning documents contain no explicit references to “matatus.” In both cities, the focus in the documents is still mainly on developing infrastructure rather than improving mobility. While the role of paratransit is increasingly recognized, this trend is still more apparent in regulation than in planning.

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Pirie, Gordon. "Transport Geography in South Africa." Journal of Transport Geography 31 (July 2013): 312–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2013.06.002.

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Rust, F. C., and R. M. Vos. "Proposed Holistic Framework for Managing Development of Road Infrastructure Technology in South Africa." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1637, no. 1 (January 1998): 18–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/1637-04.

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The technology development process for the public sector in the transportation industry in South Africa became fragmented as a result of a short-term view with a lack of strategic focus. The subsequent perceived poor performance of the technology development program and inadequate implementation of results motivated the development of a new model for technology development—utilizing a holistic, systems approach at the strategic level with supporting techniques and basic information. The conceptual development of the new technology development model implemented in South Africa is discussed and the use of some of the concepts in the planning and execution of technology development programs for the Southern African Bitumen Association (Sabita) and the South African Department of Transport (SADoT) are illustrated. It is concluded that technology transfer and implementation would be much more effective if it were conducted as part of the technology development system.

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Moyo, Thembani, Alain Y. Kibangou, and Walter Musakwa. "Societal context-dependent multi-modal transportation network augmentation in Johannesburg, South Africa." PLOS ONE 16, no. 4 (April 8, 2021): e0249014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249014.

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In most developing countries, formal and informal transportation schemes coexist without effective and smart integration. In this paper, the authors show how to leverage opportunities offered by formal and informal transportation schemes to build an integrated multi-modal network. Precisely, the authors consider integration of rickshaws to a bus-train network, by taking into account accessibility and societal constraints. By modelling the respective networks with weighted graphs, a graph augmentation problem is solved with respect to a composite cost taking into account constraints on the use of rickshaws. The solution, is based on finding a minimum cost spanning tree of a merged graph. The method is applied in the South African context, in the city of Johannesburg where rickshaws are not yet a significant part of the transportation system. The implications of the study reveal that using non-motorised transportation services is a viable option of improving mobility in the city. The composite cost introduced herein could be used for new routing algorithm including societal, environmental, architectural contexts and commuter experiences through rating.

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Abu-Aisha, Hasan, and Sarra Elamin. "Peritoneal Dialysis in Africa." Peritoneal Dialysis International: Journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis 30, no. 1 (January 2010): 23–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.3747/pdi.2008.00226.

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BackgroundAfrica is the world's second-largest and second most populous continent. It is also the poorest and most underdeveloped continent. Struggling to provide the essential health interventions for its occupants, the majority of African countries cannot regard renal replacement therapy a health priority.ReviewIn 2007, Africa's dialysis population constituted only 4.5% of the world's dialysis population, with a prevalence of 74 per million population (pmp), compared to a global average of 250 pmp. In almost half the African countries, no dialysis patients are reported. The prevalence of peritoneal dialysis (PD) was 2.2 pmp, compared to a global prevalence of 27 pmp, with the bulk of African PD patients (85%) residing in South Africa. In North African countries, which serve 93% of the African dialysis population, the contribution of PD to dialysis is only 0% – 3%. Cost is a major factor affecting the provision of dialysis treatment and many countries are forced to ration dialysis therapy. Rural setting, difficult transportation, low electrification rates, limited access to improved sanitation and improved water sources, unsuitable living circumstances, and the limited number of nephrologists are obstacles to the provision of PD in many countries.ConclusionThe potential for successful regular PD programs in tropical countries has now been well established. Cost is a major prohibitive factor but the role of domestic manufacture in facilitating widespread use of PD is evidenced by the South African example. Education and training are direly needed and these are areas where international societies can be of great help.

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FATOKI, Olawale. "Predicting the Intention to Purchase Electric Vehicles in South Africa." Journal of Environmental Management and Tourism 12, no. 1 (February 21, 2021): 81. http://dx.doi.org/10.14505/jemt.v12.1(49).07.

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One of the major contributors to the relatively high levels of Greenhouse gas emissions in South Africa is road transportation. Electric vehicles (EVs) have been proposed as one of the solutions to this problem. However, the use of EVs is very limited in South Africa. Drawing on the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB), the study investigated the predictors of the intention to purchase EVs in South Africa. The study extended the TPB by adding three individual constructs (environmental consciousness, anticipated guilt and response efficacy) and two situational constructs (perceived benefits and perceived barriers). The cross-sectional survey method was used for data collection in a quantitative study. Descriptive statistics and structural equation modelling were used for data analysis. The results showed significant positive relationships between two TPB constructs (attitude and perceived behavioral control) and EV purchase intention. In addition, the effects of the environmental consciousness, response efficacy, perceived benefits and barriers are significant. Theoretically, the study extended the TPB to develop a model of EV purchase intention from the South African perspective. Empirically, the study added to the body of literature on the determinants of EV purchase intention. Practically, recommendations to improve the purchase of EVs are suggested.

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Cherono, K., and T. S. Workneh. "Transportation planning model for the supply of fresh tomatoes in South Africa." Acta Horticulturae, no. 1258 (October 2019): 63–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.17660/actahortic.2019.1258.9.

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BEHRENS, ROGER, and Roger Behrens. "Understanding Travel Needs of the Poor: Towards Improved Travel Analysis Practices in South Africa." Transport Reviews 24, no. 3 (May 2004): 317–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0144164032000138779.

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Vanderschuren, M., R. Jobanputra, and T. Lane. "Potential transportation measures to reduce South Africa’s dependency on crude oil." Journal of Energy in Southern Africa 19, no. 3 (August 1, 2008): 20–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2413-3051/2008/v19i3a3330.

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Transportation, including the movement of people and freight, accounts for over 60% of all oil con-sumed globally, and the world’s transportation sys-tems are over 90% dependent on oil and oil by-products. Oil represents the single largest item on South Africa’s import account. Gasoline and diesel fuels, which are almost exclusively used for trans-portation services, form a significant proportion of these imports.Globally, transport systems have been built on an over-reliance on cheap oil, allowing towns, cities and the movement of people and goods to be designed around the automobile. People in most South African cities require the use of motorised transport in order to travel efficiently, as public transport systems either do not exist, are too sparse or are difficult to use in many areas. The predicted depletion of oil and thus rising prices will significantly affect the choice of trans-portation systems and their use, as well as increase South Africa’s vulnerability to ‘oil shocks’. Transport planning policies must, therefore, prepare for the likelihood of such shocks and ameliorate them via policy options. A precautionary approach needs to be adopted to reduce our dependency on oil. This paper addresses the global shift towards the reduction of transport’s dependency on, or reduc-tion in, oil consumption and describes potential ways in which South Africa can reduce its oil dependency along with an indication of a timeframe for implementation.

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Adedolapo Ola, Adegboyega. "The Impact of COVID-19 on African Migrants and Mobility in South Africa." African Journal of Development Studies (formerly AFFRIKA Journal of Politics, Economics and Society) 11, no. 1 (March 1, 2021): 273–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.31920/2634-3649/2021/v11n1a13.

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he coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which started in December 2019, is one of the greatest challenges currently facing the world. It has adversely affected various sectors of the world, including the transportation system and the movement of individuals. To curb the spread of the disease, governments of various nations, including South Africans state, have taken various steps and measures that include movement restrictions, border closure, massive testing, contact tracing and quarantines. In the absence of a face-to-face interview or data collection measures due to COVID-19 safety measures, the study took its data from social media observations and online secondary sources (official gazette), while the analysis is descriptive. The study analysed the various effects of COVID-19 on African migrants and their mobility in South Africa, along with the various income sources and remittance challenges. Finally, the study avers that the wellbeing and welfare of migrants should be taken into consideration during the pandemic.

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Ficek, Rosa E., Shanshan Lan, Walter Gam Nkwi, Sarah Walker, and Paula Soto Villagrán. "Book Reviews." Transfers 8, no. 3 (December 1, 2018): 135–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/trans.2018.080311.

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Decentering the State in Automobility RegimesKurt Beck, Gabriel Klaeger, and Michael Stasik, eds., The Making of an African Road (Leiden: Brill, 2017), 278 pp., 34 illustrations, $78 (paperback) Understanding Globalization from Below in ChinaGordon Mathews, with Linessa Dan Lin and Yang Yang, The World in Guangzhou: Africans and Other Foreigners in South China’s Global Marketplace (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2017), 256 pp., $27.50 (paperback) Rethinking Mobility and Innovation: African PerspectivesClapperton Chakanetsa Mavhunga, ed., What Do Science, Technology, and Innovation Mean from Africa? (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2017), 256 pp., 25 black-and-white illustrations, $36 (paperback) When Is a Crisis Not a Crisis? The Illegalization of Mobility in EuropeNicholas De Genova, ed., The Borders of “Europe”: Autonomy of Migration, Tactics of Bordering (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2017), 376 pp., $27.95 (paperback) City, Mobility, and Insecurity: A Mobile Ethnography of BeirutKristin V. Monroe, The Insecure City: Space, Power, and Mobility in Beirut (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2016), 204 pp., 7 photographs, $27.95 (paperback)

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Early, Regan, Pablo González-Moreno, Sean T. Murphy, and Roger Day. "Forecasting the global extent of invasion of the cereal pest Spodoptera frugiperda, the fall armyworm." NeoBiota 40 (November 9, 2018): 25–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.40.28165.

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Fall armyworm, Spodopterafrugiperda, is a crop pest native to the Americas, which has invaded and spread throughout sub-Saharan Africa within two years. Recent estimates of 20–50% maize yield loss in Africa suggest severe impact on livelihoods. Fall armyworm is still infilling its potential range in Africa and could spread to other continents. In order to understand fall armyworm’s year-round, global, potential distribution, we used evidence of the effects of temperature and precipitation on fall armyworm life-history, combined with data on native and African distributions to construct Species Distribution Models (SDMs). We also investigated the strength of trade and transportation pathways that could carry fall armyworm beyond Africa. Up till now, fall armyworm has only invaded areas that have a climate similar to the native distribution, validating the use of climatic SDMs. The strongest climatic limits on fall armyworm’s year-round distribution are the coldest annual temperature and the amount of rain in the wet season. Much of sub-Saharan Africa can host year-round fall armyworm populations, but the likelihoods of colonising North Africa and seasonal migrations into Europe are hard to predict. South and Southeast Asia and Australia have climate conditions that would permit fall armyworm to invade. Current trade and transportation routes reveal Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand face high threat of fall armyworm invasions originating from Africa.

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Madzimure, Jeremiah, and Lebereko Phillip Tau. "CHALLENGES FACING SMALL TO MEDIUM ENTERPRISES IN METSIMAHOLO MUNICIPALITY, SOUTH AFRICA." EURASIAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES 9, no. 1 (2021): 14–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.15604/ejss.2021.09.01.002.

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In South Africa, the failure rate of Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) amounts to 75% in an estimated interval of 42 months of operation. The purpose of this study is to determine the challenges facing SMEs in Metsimaholo municipality, Free State province of South Africa. Quantitative data was acquired from 102 Metsimaholo SME owners or their representatives, utilizing questionnaires which were completed, returned, and analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 26.0 software. It was then established that economic factors have realistic control on the sustainability of SMEs. In addition, further development of SMEs is restrained by competition from immigrant businesses, transportation of inventory, inadequate management skills, substandard marketing, miserable manipulation of financial activities and business, unreachable loans. Notwithstanding the afore-said outcome, SMEs must carefully look at obtaining business skills coaching and support, enlarge or vary the range of products, put back any profits made by a business into it in order to make it more successful. Cooperation amongst SMEs would be a strategy for them to challenge rivalry. Therefore, SMEs will bargain from transportation of goods bought in large quantities for a unit price that is lower than usual.

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Borstlap, Hanneri, and Alicia Fourie. "Who is Riding to the South African Bike Festival?" Event Management 24, no. 1 (February 19, 2020): 97–112. http://dx.doi.org/10.3727/152599518x15403853721303.

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Events play an integrated part in tourism industry. South Africa events have grown over the past years, especially when it comes to promotion and hosting of events. One such event is South African Bike Festival. The event's organizers host these events for special causes, such as riding for a purpose, social implications, and social responsibility. Motorcycles have been around since the early 1900s for the dual purpose of transportation and recreational or pleasure riding, but little is known about motorcyclists' sociodemographic profile and behavior. From an international perfective, the sociodemographic and behavior aspects of motorcyclists are well documented; what is lacking is literature within the South African perceptive. The purpose of this research is to characterize those who attended the first South African Bike Festival. The research attempts to segment the motorcycle market and identify bikers' motivations, needs, and behavior. A structured self-completion questionnaire was developed and handed out to willing participants. Trained fieldworkers distributed the questionnaire over a 3-day period and received a total of 484 usable questionnaires. A multiple regression based on sociodemographic variables and spending habits was done to determine any significant differences. Respondents were segmented based on their motives for attending the event. In this way three markets were identified, namely hardcore biker, feisty biker, and fortuitous biker. The results showed that there are indeed significant differences between the three markets identified. This research not only contributes to the motorcycling literature, but also to motorcycling behavior of bikers in South Africa.

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McKay, Tracey, Zach Simpson, and Naeem Patel. "Spatial politics and infrastructure development: Analysis of historical transportation data in Gauteng - South Africa (1975–2003)." Miscellanea Geographica 21, no. 1 (March 1, 2017): 35–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/mgrsd-2017-0003.

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Abstract If South Africa’s Gauteng Province is to become a more ‘sustainable’, urbanised region, attention needs to be paid to building a transportation network that aligns with sustainable development principles. Currently, public transport passenger levels are low, whilst the geographical area it serves is large and becoming larger. This study analysed the long term, historical transportation trends of Gauteng by comparing four transport studies undertaken between 1975 and 2003. It reveals that an adherence to the ‘predict and provide’ transportation planning model has systematically enhanced road infrastructure over rail, and private over public transport. Effective, efficient and low cost public transport has been systematically under-provisioned; while a reliance on private vehicles is now entrenched and systemic. Racial segregation, spatial apartheid and weak urban land use planning, has resulted in an entrenched, low-density urban sprawl. Lastly, there is the need to collect comparable, longitudinal transportation data, if the successes and failures of policies are to be monitored.

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Waldeck, Louis, Jenny Holloway, and Quintin Van Heerden. "Integrated land use and transportation modelling and planning: A South African journey." Journal of Transport and Land Use 13, no. 1 (October 4, 2020): 227–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.5198/jtlu.2020.1635.

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Confronted by poverty, income disparities and mounting demands for basic services such as clean water, sanitation and health care, urban planners in developing countries like South Africa, face daunting challenges. This paper explores the role of Integrated land use and transportation modelling in metropolitan planning processes aimed at improving the spatial efficiency of urban form and ensuring that public sector investments in social and economic infrastructure contribute to economic growth and the reduction of persistent poverty and inequality. The value of such models is not in accurately predicting the future but in providing participants in the (often adversarial) planning process with a better understanding of cause and effect between different components of the urban system and in discovering common ground that could lead to compromise. This paper describes how an Urban Simulation Model was developed by adapting one of the leading microsimulation models (UrbanSim) originating from the developed world to South African conditions and how the requirements for microscopic data about the base year of a simulation were satisfied in a sparse data environment by introducing various typologies. A sample of results from three case studies in the cities of Tshwane, Ekurhuleni and Nelson Mandela Bay between 2013 and 2017 are then presented to illustrate how modelling supports the planning process by adding elements of rational analysis and hypothesis testing to the evaluation of proposed policies.

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Andrews, Jason R., Carl Morrow, and Robin Wood. "Modeling the Role of Public Transportation in Sustaining Tuberculosis Transmission in South Africa." American Journal of Epidemiology 177, no. 6 (February 18, 2013): 556–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aje/kws331.

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CZEGLEDY, ANDRE P. "Getting Around Town: transportation and the built environment in post-apartheid South Africa." City Society 16, no. 2 (December 2004): 63–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/city.2004.16.2.63.

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Walters, Jackie. "Overview of public transport policy developments in South Africa." Research in Transportation Economics 22, no. 1 (January 2008): 98–108. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.retrec.2008.05.023.

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Venter, Christoffel, Vera Vokolkova, and Jaroslav Michalek. "Gender, Residential Location, and Household Travel: Empirical Findings from Low‐income Urban Settlements in Durban, South Africa." Transport Reviews 27, no. 6 (November 2007): 653–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01441640701450627.

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Nokes, W. A., P. J. Stolarski, C. L. Monismith, J. T. Harvey, N. Coetzee, and F. C. Rust. "Establishing the California Department of Transportation Accelerated Pavement Testing Program." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1540, no. 1 (January 1996): 91–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0361198196154000113.

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How the California Department of Transportation Accelerated Pavement Testing (CAL/APT) Program was established is described. Discussion includes history of the program, search for full-scale pavement testing technology suitable to California, results of a pilot project conducted on test pavements built in South Africa, laboratory tests included in the CAL/APT program, and development of an organization to manage CAL/APT and implement its products. A status report on testing and planning is included.

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Hanrahan, Kelsey, Sarah Kunz, Milla Mineva, Kara Moskowitz, Till Mostowlansky, Cosmin Popan, and Vera Radeva Hadjiev. "Book Reviews." Transfers 9, no. 3 (December 1, 2019): 116–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/trans.2019.090309.

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Seeing Women Migrants in Africa Kalpana Hiralal and Zaheera Jinnah, eds., Gender and Mobility in Africa: Borders, Bodies and Boundaries (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018), xi + 259 pp., 10 illus., $119Indigenous Mobilities: Thinking Mobility from the South and beyond the Nation-State Rachel Standfield, ed., Indigenous Mobilities: Across and Beyond the Antipodes (Canberra: ANU Press), 279 pp., $50Mobile Dwellings, Standing Still: An Ethnography of Possible Mobility Hege Høyer Leivestad, Caravans: Lives on Wheels in Contemporary Europe (London: Bloomsbury Academic), 192 pp., 20 illus., $102.60Rethinking Exile in and Out of Africa Nathan Riley Carpenter and Benjamin N. Lawrance, eds., Africans in Exile: Mobility, Law, and Identity (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2018), 337 pp., $35How to Study Roads Anthropologically Dimitris Dalakoglou, The Road: An Ethnography of (Im)mobility, Space, and Cross-Border Infrastructures in the Balkans (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2017), 203 pp., 34 illus., £19.99Invisible Cycle Histories for Brighter Mobility Futures Tiina Männistö-Funk and Timo Myllyntaus, eds., Invisible Bicycle: Parallel Histories and Different Timelines (Leiden: Brill, 2018), xii + 282 pp., $133Someone Needs to Care: Caregiving Practices beyond the Family and the State Azra Hromadzic and Monika Palmberger, eds., Care across Distance: Ethnographic Explorations of Aging and Migration (New York: Berghahn Books, 2018), 183 pp., 15 illus., $110

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Bossert, Andreas, Moritz Kersting, Marc Timme, Malte Schröder, Azza Feki, Justin Coetzee, and Jan Schlüter. "Limited containment options of COVID-19 outbreak revealed by regional agent-based simulations for South Africa." F1000Research 10 (February 11, 2021): 98. http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.28250.1.

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Background: COVID-19 has spread from China across Europe and the United States and has become a global pandemic. In countries of the Global South, due to often weaker socioeconomic options and health care systems, effective local countermeasures remain debated. Methods: We combine large-scale socioeconomic and traffic survey data with detailed agent-based simulations of local transportation to analyze COVID-19 spreading in a regional model for the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality in South Africa under a range of countermeasure scenarios. Results: The simulations indicate that any realistic containment strategy, including those similar to the one ongoing in South Africa, may yield a manifold overload of available intensive care units. Only immediate and the most severe countermeasures, up to a complete lock-down that essentially inhibits all joint human activities, can contain the epidemic effectively. Conclusions: As South Africa exhibits rather favorable conditions compared to many other countries of the Global South, our findings constitute rough conservative estimates and may support identifying strategies towards containing COVID-19 as well as any major future pandemics in these countries.

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Cant, Michael Colin, Melanie Gopaul, and Leanne Manley. "Brand loyalty: are black urban area consumers’ more loyal?" Corporate Ownership and Control 11, no. 1 (2013): 548–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/cocv11i1c6art2.

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Black urban area consumers’ are a major economic force in the South African economy and represent a considerable portion of the economic and social setting of South Africa (Hummel, M, In: McCann World group, 2008). However this segment has long been neglected by marketers due to the segregation that was experienced within the country pre-1994. Prior to independence, black urban area communities were mostly catered for by ‘spaza’ shops, or informal retailers run from inside a home that presented residents with a limited variety of products. Residents in traditional black urban areas mostly purchased at these retailers due to financial constraints and limited accessibility to other larger retail outlets as well as due to security fears, and in so doing formed a loyalty towards brands offered by spaza shops. Post-1994 however has seen a dramatic increase in black urban area income, enhanced public transportation and greater retail development within these areas, which has allowed for many residents to become more exposed to alternative brands. The primary aim of this study therefore was to examine the degree of brand loyalty consumers’ of black urban areas of Tshwane, South Africa hold today in relation to retail brands. In order to satisfy the research objective of the study, a self-administered location based survey was distributed to the residents of Shoshanguve, Mamelodi and Attridgeville; black urban areas within the Tshwane region of South Africa.

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Makhitha, Khathutshelo. "Supply Chain Practices And Challenges In The Craft Industry In Gauteng, South Africa." Journal of Applied Business Research (JABR) 31, no. 6 (October 28, 2015): 2197. http://dx.doi.org/10.19030/jabr.v31i6.9477.

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Craft producers in South Africa (SA) face many challenges including supply chain challenges. There is no existing study that has investigated the supply chain management of the craft industry in SA. There is also dearth of literature on supply chain management of small businesses. The purpose of this study was to investigate the supply chain practices and challenges of craft producers in South Africa. A survey was conducted among 199 craft producers in Gauteng, South Africa. A convenience sampling method was adopted owing to the difficulty of accessing a reliable database of craft producers. Craft producers rely mainly on phones for customers to place orders. However, they use variety of methods for order placement. Customers are allowed to also visit the factory to buy products and they can buy at the exhibition. They use a variety of production methods. Due to transportation challenges, craft producers also make use of public transport to deliver goods and keep some products at the warehouse.

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Lacey, Forrest G., Eloise A. Marais, Daven K. Henze, Colin J. Lee, Aaron van Donkelaar, Randall V. Martin, Michael P. Hannigan, and Christine Wiedinmyer. "Improving present day and future estimates of anthropogenic sectoral emissions and the resulting air quality impacts in Africa." Faraday Discussions 200 (2017): 397–412. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c7fd00011a.

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The African continent is undergoing immense social and economic change, particularly regarding population growth and urbanization, where the urban population in Africa is anticipated to increase by a factor of 3 over the next 40 years. To understand the potential health impacts from this demographical shift and design efficient emission mitigation strategies, we used improved Africa-specific emissions that account for inefficient combustion sources for a number of sectors such as transportation, household energy generation, waste burning, and home heating and cooking. When these underrepresented emissions sources are combined with the current estimates of emissions in Africa, ambient particulate matter concentrations from present-day anthropogenic activity contribute to 13 210 annual premature deaths, with the largest contributions (38%) coming from residential emissions. By scaling both the population and the emissions for projected national-scale levels of growth, the predicted health impact grows to approximately 78 986 annual premature deaths by 2030 with 45% now resulting from emissions related to energy combustion. In order to mitigate this resulting increase in premature deaths, three scenarios have been developed which reduce sector-specific future emissions based on prior targets for technological improvements and emission controls in transportation, energy production and residential activities. These targeted potential mitigation strategies can avoid up to 37% of the estimated annual premature deaths by 2030 with the largest opportunity being a reduction of 10 868 annual deaths from switching half of the energy generation in South Africa to renewable technologies.

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Davitashvili, Teimuraz. "Modelling transportation of desert dust to the South Caucasus using WRF Chem model." E3S Web of Conferences 99 (2019): 03011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20199903011.

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The problem of the ongoing climate change resulting from natural and growing anthropogenic factors acquires a particular importance for the territory of the Caucasus. Dust aerosol represent one of the main pollutants on the territory of Georgia and impact on regional climate. In this study, the WRF Chemistry model with dust module is used to study transportation of dust to the territory of the South Caucasus from the Sahara and Sahel in Africa, Arabian and ar-Rub’ al-Khali deserts located in the Middle East, Kyzylkum, Karakum in the Central Asia. The results of calculations have shown the WRF model was able to simulate dust aerosols transportation to the Caucasus reliably in conditions of the complex topography and that dust aerosol is an important factor in the climate system of the South Caucasus.

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Moodley, Nerave, Graham Moore, and David Wylie. "A Case Study of the Retrofitting of the Great Fish River Bridge." MATEC Web of Conferences 199 (2018): 10006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201819910006.

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In developing countries and economies such as South Africa, retrofitting is a vital tool to maximise and extend the service life of existing infrastructure. The transportation sector plays a pivotal role in stimulating economic growth, and retrofitting existing bridges to meet the growing capacity needs of South Africa’s roads supports continued economic growth and development. This paper outlines the technical and practical challenges encountered and the solutions developed by the design team to retrofit the existing 215 m long, 9-span, Great Fish River Bridge in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. These challenges included jacking up the existing bridge under traffic loading to replace 108 existing bearings and erecting 32.5t precast beams at heights of 10.5m above a major river whilst accommodating high volumes of traffic on a busy National road.

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Mulhearn, Rachel. "Book Review: Sugar Girls and Seamen: A Journey into the World of Dockside Prostitution in South Africa." International Journal of Maritime History 24, no. 1 (June 2012): 476–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/084387141202400164.

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Varley, Joe. "Book Review: Last Voyage to Wewak: A Tale of the Sea: West Africa to the South Pacific." International Journal of Maritime History 32, no. 1 (February 2020): 239–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0843871419900616e.

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Hale, L. A., C. J. Eales, A. Steward, and V. U. Fritz. "The Problems Experienced By Black Stroke Patients in Soweto, South Africa." South African Journal of Physiotherapy 55, no. 2 (May 31, 1999): 12–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajp.v55i2.561.

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A purposeful sample of Black Sowetan residents who had sustained a stroke were studied to identify the problems they were encountering after discharge back to their homes. A descriptive qualitative approach was used comprising semi-structured interviews in the subjects’ homes. Audio recorded data was transcribed in extenso, and coded into themes. The data revealed that the subjects’ lacked knowledge of their disease processes. However, medication non-complianc was largely due to financial and transportation difficulties in attending clinics. Although most of the sample was able to walk, they felt the need for improved walking ability, as they were scared of falling. Most were independent in ADL, yet they, and their families perceived them to be otherwise, leaving the subjects with a sense of worthlessness. Pain in the shoulder and stiffness were the common secondary problems encountered. There is a need to educate stroke victims with regards to their disease, it’s secondary complications and their capabilities following stroke. Safe walking must be ensured before discharge.

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Ashworth, G. J. "Commemorating and Forgetting: Challenges for the New South Africa." Tourism Management 41 (April 2014): 43–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2013.08.012.

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James, I., T. Hoffman, A. Munro, P. O'Farell, and R. Smart. "The economic value of flower tourism at the Namaqua National Park, South Africa." South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences 10, no. 4 (May 22, 2014): 442–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajems.v10i4.1058.

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The travel cost method was used to estimate the economic recreational value of flower viewing at the Namaqua National Park. Demographic, time, expenditure, preference and route information was collected from interviews with 160 SA nationals who visited the park in their own car. Visitors spent an average of $US108 on transportation and $US84 on accommodation in the region. A zonal travel cost model was developed which suggests that the economic recreational value of flower viewing at the park makes to the region is far larger than the annual net loss of $US50 000 which the park makes when only the expenses and revenue of the park are considered.

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Tshitangano, Takalani G., and Foluke C. Olaniyi. "Sustaining the National Health Insurance Scheme in South Africa: The Roles and Challenges of Community Health Workers." Open Public Health Journal 11, no. 1 (November 26, 2018): 494–506. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874944501811010494.

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Background:The provision of universal health coverage is acknowledged as a priority goal for healthcare systems globally. In South Africa, the National Health Insurance system has been endorsed as a funding model for the provision of universal health coverage for South Africans. Community Health Workers have contributed to better universal health coverage outcomes in many countries. A study in India revealed that coverage of health care practices is positively correlated with the knowledge level of Community Health Workers. In South Africa, there is a difference in the duration of training of Community Health Workers in different provinces, especially in Vhembe District.Objective:This study aimed to assess Community Health Workers’ knowledge regarding their roles and describe their challenges within the context of National Health Insurance.Methods:Qualitative design was used to collect data from 33 participants who formed five focus groups comprising six to eight members each. Ethical principles of research such as permission, informed consent, voluntary participation and anonymity were observed. Data was analysed using thematic data analysis technique guided by Tesch open coding method.Results:The findings revealed that Community Health Workers lack adequate knowledge regarding the roles they are expected to play within Ward Based Outreach teams. Some of the challenges they face include transportation to clients’ homes and poor reception in households.Conclusion:A review of the South African Qualification Authority health promoter unit standards is recommended coupled with the mentorship of Community Health Workers by retired nurses to help them understand their roles better.

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Saponara, Sergio, and Lucian Mihet-Popa. "Energy Storage Systems and Power Conversion Electronics for E-Transportation and Smart Grid." Energies 12, no. 4 (February 19, 2019): 663. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en12040663.

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The special issue “Energy Storage Systems and Power Conversion Electronics for E-Transportation and Smart Grid” on MDPI Energies presents 20 accepted papers, with authors from North and South America, Asia, Europe and Africa, related to the emerging trends in energy storage and power conversion electronic circuits and systems, with a specific focus on transportation electrification and on the evolution of the electric grid to a smart grid. An extensive exploitation of renewable energy sources is foreseen for smart grid as well as a close integration with the energy storage and recharging systems of the electrified transportation era. Innovations at both algorithmic and hardware (i.e., power converters, electric drives, electronic control units (ECU), energy storage modules and charging stations) levels are proposed.

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Jonker, Willem, Alan Colin Brent, Josephine Kaviti Musango, and Imke De Kock. "Implications of biofuel production in the Western Cape province, South Africa: A system dynamics modelling approach of South Africa: A system dynamics modelling approach." Journal of Energy in Southern Africa 28, no. 1 (March 23, 2017): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2413-3051/2017/v28i1a1457.

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The national government instated a mandatory blending policy to facilitate the uptake and establishment of a biofuels sector in South Africa. Uncertainty exists, however, regarding the implications and effects of producing biofuels within the Western Cape province, as part of a strategy of the province to transition to a green economy. This investigation was carried out as an effort to simulate the biofuel production within the Western Cape under certain project and policy considerations. A system dynamics model was developed to identify key strategic intervention points that could strengthen the business case of biofuel production. The model showed a feasible business case for bioethanol production, with the best case showing an internal rate of return of 23% (without government subsidy), and an emissions reduction of 63% when compared with coal. It is recommended that special consideration be given to the location of bioethanol production facilities, as operational costs can be minimised by incorporating invasive alien land-clearing schemes as part of the bioethanol production. The model further showed that medium-to-large-scale biodiesel production in the province is not feasible under the given model assumptions, as the positive effects of local biodiesel production do not justify the required government subsidy of ZAR 4.30 per litre. It is recommended that a different approach be investigated, where multiple on-site small-scale biodiesel production facilities are used, thus utilising multiple feedstock options and minimising capital expenditure.Keywords: green economy; transportation; blending; uncertainty; complexity

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Booyens, Irma, and Christian M. Rogerson. "Tourism Innovation in the Global South: Evidence from the Western Cape, South Africa." International Journal of Tourism Research 18, no. 5 (February 11, 2016): 515–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jtr.2071.

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Pirie, Gordon. "First International African Conference on Gender, Transport and Development, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 27–30 August 2006." Journal of Transport Geography 15, no. 1 (January 2007): 73–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2006.09.004.

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Evelyn Chiloane-Tsoka, Germinah. "Factors affecting the implementation of the taxi Recapitalisation Project: the Department of Transport." Problems and Perspectives in Management 14, no. 4 (December 14, 2016): 25–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ppm.14(4).2016.03.

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The advent of democracy in 1994 presented the South African government with twin challenges, of significance was institutional transformation while simultaneously introducing new policies in line with the democratic Constitution. In effecting the Constitution, new policies and programs were put in place that would attempt to improve the lives of all citizens. The Taxi Recapitalization Program was amongst challenges facing South African government. The taxi industry plays a crucial role in the economy and contributes 65% of public commuters taking into consideration that the majority of South Africans are poor and dependent on public transport. Thus, access to public transport is seen as a basic right of all citizens, as enshrined in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa (108 of 1996, p. 1251). The right of access to public transport has to be complemented with availability, affordability, appropriateness and timelines of a service within a safe and comfortable environment to the satisfaction of those who use public transportation. This paper is based on literature review. Content analysis method was used. The objective of the paper was (i) to investigate factors affecting the implementation of government’s TRP by the Department of Transport, (ii) investigate the pillars informing the implementation of the TRP, (iii) establish the role of the South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO) in the implementation of the Taxi Recapitalization Project. Keywords: TRP, SANTACO, SA, DT, taxi associations and policy. JEL Classification: R41, R42

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Remmel, Ulf M. "Integration of Marketing and Logistics: A Way to Competitive Advantage in South Africa." International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management 21, no. 5 (May 1991): 27–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/eum0000000000386.

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Schoeman, Ilse. "The national land transport strategic framework for south africa (2015) and related transportation instruments: The application of transportation modelling for improved decision making?" International Journal of Transport Development and Integration 1, no. 2 (January 15, 2017): 277–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.2495/tdi-v1-n2-277-289.

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Schoeman, Ilse. "The national land transport strategic framework for south africa (2015) and related transportation instruments: The application of transportation modelling for improved decision making?" International Journal of Transport Development and Integration 1, no. 2 (January 15, 2017): 287–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.2495/tdi-v1-n2-287-299.

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Gumbo, Trynos, and Thembani Moyo. "Exploring the Interoperability of Public Transport Systems for Sustainable Mobility in Developing Cities: Lessons from Johannesburg Metropolitan City, South Africa." Sustainability 12, no. 15 (July 22, 2020): 5875. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12155875.

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There have been growing concerns with regards to the state public transportation systems, particularly in the cities of developing countries. Chief among these concerns has been the lack of well-coordinated, efficient, and reliable transportation systems. The city of Johannesburg, just like any other fast-growing municipality in developing and emerging economies, has not been spared with regards to incessant public transport challenges. Consequently, there have been collective efforts from both public and private stakeholders to invest immensely in both innovative rail and road transport systems in the past decade. This article sought to achieve twin objectives. First, the work identified the state of connectivity between the rapid rail transportation and rapid bus transit systems based on Geoweb 2.0 data. Second, the work visualized the level of connectivity between these two modes to develop and formulate policy frameworks in integrating public transit systems in cities of the developing world, learning from the metropolitan city of Johannesburg. A mixed-method approach consisting of spatial and quantitative aspects was used to examine the state of connectedness and the promotion of access and mobility between the two modes. The local Moran’s I index was used to compute node clusters within the public transport system. Results from the analysis demonstrated that both high-clusters and low-clusters exist in the public transportation network, which have a high degree of centrality. It was revealed that commuters navigate from these nodes/stops with relative ease due to the short walking radius. However, the work revealed that most rail networks and bus routes, as well as the stations and bus stops, are not connected and are not significant in the local Moran’s I index, thus, making it difficult for commuters to conveniently move from the Gautrain to the Rea Vaya bus. There are, therefore, gaps with regards to the sharing of infrastructure between the two public transport modes and systems.

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