efficient, equitable, low-carbon mobility in .za and beyond
As we face significant challenges issues such as climate change and global warning, it is clear that the engineering profession has a significant part to play in influencing the future of our planet. Whatever we may think about environmental responsibility, we can be sure of this: that we all need, and will continue to need, […]
Public transport can only be fully unlocked by combining all excellent elements into one public transport experience. It requires more than a technical solution, and only a full package of interventions can provide the optimal environment in which a public transport-orientated lifestyle is the norm rather than the exception. By Erwin van Dijk and Gerhard Hitge […]
There’s something of the ‘prodigal son’ in Cape Town’s planning for utility cycling: the impacts of climate change, declining urban quality, and a high regard for international best practice, have seen the city begin to beckon drivers from their vehicles with alternative infrastructure. But the cyclist who has kept the pedals turning all along is […]
In the rest of the world, cargo bicycles, freight bicycles, bicycle attachments for towing children, etc, are a growing – and welcome trend. Not so in South Africa – where policy on the one hand purports to promote non-motorised transport (practice being an entirely different matter), and on the other seeks to further illegimitise NMT… […]
Speakers from Singapore, the Netherlands, the United States and Nigeria as well as local transport professionals will be providing insight into how to improve transport in Southern Africa at the 31st Southern African Transport Conference (SATC) taking place from 9th to 12th July 2012 in Pretoria at CSIR International Convention Centre. The annual conference is […]
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