Safer and reliable infrastructure in cities is a necessity for urban dwellers. The question is whether conventional planning practices would provide solutions before urban roads are labelled as unmanageable sources of fatalities, especially in developing economies. This paper presents how smart mobility can be achieved. Using Bloemfontein in South Africa, a case study was performed to examine the causal feedback relations among the factors prompting mobility. The study revealed that: (a) the use of information and communication technology in everyday functions, instead of large-scale physical movement is crucial; and (b) efficient public transportation systems would assist in developing smart mobility in urban areas. In effect, regenerative ideas that are based on prioritised causal feedback relations should bring about smart mobility, which engenders traffic safety in urban areas.
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May 01 2015
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Fidelis A. Emuze, MSc(Built Env–CM), PhD(CM), Pr(CM), ICIOB, GMICE, MSAICE;
Fidelis A. Emuze, MSc(Built Env–CM), PhD(CM), Pr(CM), ICIOB, GMICE, MSAICE
Senior Lecturer and Department Head
Department of Built Environment, Faculty of Engineering & Information Technology, Central University of Technology, Free State (CUT), Bloemfontein, South Africa
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Dillip Kumar Das, BSc(Eng)(Civil), PhD, MCP, AITP
Dillip Kumar Das, BSc(Eng)(Civil), PhD, MCP, AITP
Senior Lecturer
Department of Civil Engineering, Central University of Technology, Free State (CUT), Bloemfontein, South Africa
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Received:
October 29 2014
Accepted:
February 26 2015
Online ISSN: 1751-7699
Print ISSN: 0965-0903
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2015
Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Municipal Engineer (2015) 168 (4): 209–219.
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Received:
October 29 2014
Accepted:
February 26 2015
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Emuze FA, Das DK (2015), "Regenerative ideas for urban roads in South Africa". Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Municipal Engineer, Vol. 168 No. 4 pp. 209–219, doi: https://doi.org/10.1680/muen.14.00041
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