There is no doubt that COVID-19 has impacted everyone in South Africa, how we go about our day to day lives and how we travel. Some of these realities will have a lasting impact on transport patterns, travel behaviour and general movement of both people and goods as well as the provision of services that may provide opportunities for creating more resilient and sustainable transport systems. Although significant insight from international experience of COVID-19 have been gained, South Africa has a unique transport context requiring solutions that respond to current circumstances.
Each panelist will present their specific local or regional observations and considerations where after being part of a panel, discuss this subject matter. The objective of the discussion will be to share approaches and observations and experiences of different transport authorities as context to the following sessions in the series.
Items discussed include:
1. Base traffic count information for preparing traffic assessments.
2. Approaches to assessing traffic impact and site traffic assessments.
3. Public transport plans for traffic impact assessments.
Panelists:
- 1. Robin Chetty, eThekwini Transport Authority
- 2. Lourens Swanepoel, City of Tshwane
- 3. Dr Mathetha Mokonyama, CSIR
- 4. Al Soko, Eastern Cape Provincial Government.
Facilitator:
Friedrich Slabbert, SAICE Transport Division Committee