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- W1379976 abstract "“...if high-density is high-calorie, then Jozi is a couch potato who shuns exercise yet can’t stop gorging on rapid-growth koeksisters.” (‘Gridlock’ – Sunday Times Lifestyle 22 April 2007) The above, perhaps humorous, quotation, vividly captures the setting in Johannesburg, and in fact, in Gauteng province as a whole. As one of the continent’s fastest growing economies, development in Gauteng has far out-run the available road infrastructure. The traffic conditions in many parts of Gauteng are long past critical, and ironically, the very growth that has resulted in the voracious demand for road infrastructure is threatened by the conditions resulting from that demand. For example, it is estimated that over R 930million every year is lost through wasted work hours of commuters held up in congestion on the Ben Schoeman highway between Johannesburg and Pretoria. (Engineering News) The intricacy of any transportation problem cannot be over-stated. As such, the issue of congestion is a complex one. Congestion, as experienced in Gauteng, is the result of many factors. Some technical factors such as poor infrastructure design may be held responsible for the congestion experienced in some places. If identified, these technical faults can be easily remedied, the only constraint being financial. The more complex factors responsible for congestion are socio-economic. These relate to economic development trends, societal perceptions and values, and transportation policies across all levels of government. The complexity of the issue is exacerbated by the fact that as there are different aspects contributing to the problem there are varying opinions on how best to deal with the problem. Before discussing a specific case study of the congestion problem in Johannesburg, it is necessary to describe the policy context in which the issue of road traffic congestion exists. 1. SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION It is impossible to address any transportation issue today without being confronted by the term ‘Sustainable Transport’. The notion of ‘sustainability’ forms the core of transportation policy, practice and implementation the world over. In the past, the focus of transportation planning was on the supply of transportation infrastructure to meet the demand arising from economic and population growth. Critics of this approach to transportation planning cited environmental degradation and wastage of resources as reasons to campaign for a shift of focus by transportation planners and transportation policy makers. As a result, over the past decade, the emphasis in public spending has been shifted away from building and supply, to travel demand management." @default.
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- W1379976 title "Transportation policy, planning and implementation case study" @default.
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