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Purpose - Transport is a common constant variable found in just about every aspect of our lives as well as commercial activities; this is so because transport enables accessibility to people, places and goods. The effective management of public passenger transport operations is a more complex and all-embracing concept than what it may appear at first glance. Wider dispersed work place locations and urban sprawl is on the rise driven by among other factors the increased rate of globalisation. A unique opportunity is then presented in a developing country like South Africa for effective planning and management of public passenger bus operations. In the main, the purpose of this case study research was to develop a more sustainable public passenger transport bus operation to better connect people, places and goods. The organisation that will be studied is Blunden Coach Tours a luxury and semi-lux coach Tour operator, operating from the Nelson Mandela Bay. Design / Methodology / Approach – This study employed the case study research approach which was based on the qualitative research paradigm as such allowed for in-depth description and analysis of the case as well as related phenomena in real world context. The researcher focused only on the public passenger bus transport operations in Nelson Mandela Bay thus assuming a single context focus with a single case namely the development of a more sustainable public passenger transport operations in Nelson Mandela Bay. An embedded multiple unit of analysis strategy was employed selecting a sample of key persons responsible for strategic operational areas at Blunden Coach tours, sub-contractors and suppliers. The case study employed an in-depth probing interview process in an effort to better comprehend occurrences within the actual context of the events observed. The secondary sources of information gathered were used to structure and backup the interview questions. Practical implications – The case study enabled thought provoking insight which by virtue of South Africa’s historical socio-economic landscape offered an unusual perspective of the South African bus transport scene with a particular focus on environmental, regulatory and socio-economic sustainability considerations. A limitation to the study – The lack of responses to the interview questions from some of the key role players in the bus industry who were contacted as well as some of the respondents interviewed. The lack of responses to some of the interview questions could be perceived as a limitation to validating the Summary drawn from the study.

Bibliography: pages 196-213. / This thesis treats the role of the jitney in urban transportation from an economic perspective. The method of enquiry begins with a theory review including a description of the jitney, the distinction between passenger and operator costs, economies of scale and scope, market structure, and an allocatively efficient pricing rule for the jitney industry. It is asserted that in an unregulated urban transportation market a socially efficient pricing structure arises, which reconciles both user and producer costs. A discussion of the rise and decline of the jitney industry in Cape Town from 1924 to 1931 and industry developments in the 1970's and 1980's places this exposition within an historic context. Policy implications of the aforegoing analysis are suggested with respect to the potential role to be played by the jitney in urban public transport. Based on this approach, an alternative consideration of the competition between the jitney and conventional transport methods is proposed.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:33:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2013-10-12Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:44:43Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 000735236.pdf: 18914006 bytes, checksum: 1f0aaabbff4fe1ff57f65641879c8010 (MD5) / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) / Após a década de 1950, com o advento das rodovias e o declínio das atividades ferroviárias no estado de São Paulo, muitas indústrias fecharam suas portas ou mudaram-se da capital para a região metropolitana ou para o interior do estado, acompanhando as rodovias. Os galpões, imóveis e adjacências da ferrovia, antes movimentada pela economia cafeeira, e depois pela economia industrial, não mais serviam, e o entorno ferroviário começou a ser tomado por um conjunto de áreas ociosas, hoje em estado de subutilização e degradação. Este processo pode ser identificado nos bairros de passado fabril na cidade de São Paulo, como por exemplo, os bairros Mooca, Vila Prudente e Ipiranga, onde grande parte de suas áreas estão nas adjacências da linha férrea, formando áreas aqui denominadas brownfields ferroviários. Este trabalho analisou estas áreas com o uso de geotecnologias a fim de subsidiar diretrizes inseridas nas políticas públicas de grandes cidades como São Paulo. A identificação espacial dos brownfields ferroviários, atualmente, e o entendimento do seu papel atual na cidade mostrou-se muito importante para a implantação de projetos de refuncionalização. Para tanto, foram utilizados métodos envolvendo geoprocessamento com banco de dados espacial para a identificação dos brownfields ferroviários no decorrer das últimas décadas. A comparação das fotografias aéreas da década de 1970 com imagens orbitais mais recentes, de 2009, possibilitaram visualizar a transformação da paisagem ferroviária. Assim como, as imagens orbitais de alta resolução possibilitaram a identificação dos brownfields ferroviários à medida que foram atribuídas os procedimentos adequados, incluindo coleta de dados, técnicas de classificação digital automática e trabalhos de campo. O uso das geotecnologias direcionadas a projetos de refuncionalização dos brownfields ferroviários apresentou-se como um importante aliado na... / After 1950 decade, with the advent of the highways and the decline of the railways in the State of São Paulo, many industries closed its doors or moved from the capital to the metropolitan region or to the inner region of the State, following the highways. The warehouses, real estate and adjacencies of the railroad, formerly busy due to the coffee economy and later because of the industrial economy, were no longer useful, and the vicinities of the railroad started to be taken by a set of idle areas, today in degradation or underused state. This process can be identified in the districts with an industrial past in the city of São Paulo as, for example, the districts of Mooca, Vila Prudente and Ipiranga, where there are large regions in the vicinity of the railroad, forming areas here denominated railway brownfields. This work analyzed these areas using geotechnology, aiming to subsidize guidelines inserted in public policies of big cities as São Paulo. The spatial identification of the railway brownfields and the understanding of its actual role in the city revealed itself very important to the implementation of refunctionalization projects. To fulfill this, methods involving geoprocessing with spatial data bank of the railway brownfields throughout last decades were used. The comparison between the aerial photographs of the 1970 decade with more recent ones of 2009, turned possible to visualize the transformation of the railway landscape. The high resolution orbital images allowed the identification of the railway brownfields to the extent that the proper procedures were applied, including data gathering, automated technical classification techniques and field work. The use of geotechnologies applied to projects of railway brownfields refunctionalization presented as an important ally to the implementations plans in actual degraded railway areas, showing that obscure points from the railway borders may have basis to become dynamic...

Orientador: Magda Adelaide Lombardo / Banca: Andréia Medinilha Pancher / Banca: Maria Isabel C. de Freitas / Banca: Amanda Ramalho Vasques / Banca: Ailton Luchiari / Resumo: Após a década de 1950, com o advento das rodovias e o declínio das atividades ferroviárias no estado de São Paulo, muitas indústrias fecharam suas portas ou mudaram-se da capital para a região metropolitana ou para o interior do estado, acompanhando as rodovias. Os galpões, imóveis e adjacências da ferrovia, antes movimentada pela economia cafeeira, e depois pela economia industrial, não mais serviam, e o entorno ferroviário começou a ser tomado por um conjunto de áreas ociosas, hoje em estado de subutilização e degradação. Este processo pode ser identificado nos bairros de passado fabril na cidade de São Paulo, como por exemplo, os bairros Mooca, Vila Prudente e Ipiranga, onde grande parte de suas áreas estão nas adjacências da linha férrea, formando áreas aqui denominadas brownfields ferroviários. Este trabalho analisou estas áreas com o uso de geotecnologias a fim de subsidiar diretrizes inseridas nas políticas públicas de grandes cidades como São Paulo. A identificação espacial dos brownfields ferroviários, atualmente, e o entendimento do seu papel atual na cidade mostrou-se muito importante para a implantação de projetos de refuncionalização. Para tanto, foram utilizados métodos envolvendo geoprocessamento com banco de dados espacial para a identificação dos brownfields ferroviários no decorrer das últimas décadas. A comparação das fotografias aéreas da década de 1970 com imagens orbitais mais recentes, de 2009, possibilitaram visualizar a transformação da paisagem ferroviária. Assim como, as imagens orbitais de alta resolução possibilitaram a identificação dos brownfields ferroviários à medida que foram atribuídas os procedimentos adequados, incluindo coleta de dados, técnicas de classificação digital automática e trabalhos de campo. O uso das geotecnologias direcionadas a projetos de refuncionalização dos brownfields ferroviários apresentou-se como um importante aliado na... / Abstract: After 1950 decade, with the advent of the highways and the decline of the railways in the State of São Paulo, many industries closed its doors or moved from the capital to the metropolitan region or to the inner region of the State, following the highways. The warehouses, real estate and adjacencies of the railroad, formerly busy due to the coffee economy and later because of the industrial economy, were no longer useful, and the vicinities of the railroad started to be taken by a set of idle areas, today in degradation or underused state. This process can be identified in the districts with an industrial past in the city of São Paulo as, for example, the districts of Mooca, Vila Prudente and Ipiranga, where there are large regions in the vicinity of the railroad, forming areas here denominated railway brownfields. This work analyzed these areas using geotechnology, aiming to subsidize guidelines inserted in public policies of big cities as São Paulo. The spatial identification of the railway brownfields and the understanding of its actual role in the city revealed itself very important to the implementation of refunctionalization projects. To fulfill this, methods involving geoprocessing with spatial data bank of the railway brownfields throughout last decades were used. The comparison between the aerial photographs of the 1970 decade with more recent ones of 2009, turned possible to visualize the transformation of the railway landscape. The high resolution orbital images allowed the identification of the railway brownfields to the extent that the proper procedures were applied, including data gathering, automated technical classification techniques and field work. The use of geotechnologies applied to projects of railway brownfields refunctionalization presented as an important ally to the implementations plans in actual degraded railway areas, showing that obscure points from the railway borders may have basis to become dynamic... / Doutor

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:27:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2014-01-17Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:57:08Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 000758803.pdf: 3117945 bytes, checksum: 6ad87c6fdc67ce689984fe77096075d3 (MD5) / Várias são as naturezas dos fluxos que conectam diariamente cidades, sejam elas territorialmente vizinhas ou não. As ampliações nas intensidades e nos destinos desses fluxos são características cada vez mais relevantes para a maioria dos núcleos urbanos nacionais. Aliado às especificações produtivas dos lugares, esses acréscimos de sentidos e intensidade dos fluxos contribuem para que, cada vez mais, cidades próximas tenham perfis econômicos complementares entre si. A singularidade produtiva dos lugares é influenciada tanto pela superestrutura quanto pela infraestrutura, ambas exercendo influência na escala global e local. A singularidade produtiva dos lugares constitui-se de maneira externa balizada em fatores atuantes na macro escala que verticalizam a relação entre os lugares, como por exemplo o sistema de produção global e outros agentes e processos decisórios tomados na relação constituída de subordinação política e econômica. A singularidade produtiva também é viabilizada pela integração decorrente dos avanços nos meios de comunicação e pela flexibilização dos meios de transporte que operam na escala local, permitindo que conhecimentos, bens, serviços e pessoas se desloquem pelo espaço com maior fluidez. O intuito desta pesquisa é o de analisar o transporte coletivo rodoviário suburbano em Araraquara e cidades vizinhas, observando-o como um fator capaz de proporcionar fluidez aos fluxos, neste caso especificamente, aos de natureza populacionais, influenciando no arranjo regional. Através da interpretação de dados e reflexões bibliográficas será possível uma comparação com as propostas de regiões oficiais de governança do Estado de São Paulo, permitindo-nos interpretar de que maneira se dá a organização do espaço referido pelo Estado e sua efetividade / There are various natures of flows that connect cities daily, whether or not neighboring territorial. The enhancements in the intensities and the destinations of these flows are increasingly relevant features for most national urban centers. Allied to the production specifications of places, these additions senses and intensity of flows contribute to that, increasingly, nearby cities have complementary economic profiles together. The uniqueness of productive places is influenced by the superstructure as the infrastructure, both influencing the global and local scale. The uniqueness of productive places constitutes manner guided by external factors acting on the macro scale verticalizam the relationship between places, such as the system of global production and other stakeholders and decision processes taken in relation consists of political and economic subordination. The productive uniqueness is also made possible by the integration resulting from the advancements in media and the easing of the means of transport that operate on a local scale, allowing knowledge, goods, services and people moving through space with greater fluidity. The purpose of this research is to analyze road public transport in Araraquara and neighboring suburban cities, observing it as a factor capable of providing fluid flows, in this case specifically, the nature of population, influencing the regional arrangement. Through the interpretation of data and bibliographic reflections will be possible to compare with the proposed Official regions governance of the state of São Paulo, allowing us to interpret that way it gives the organization of the space described by the state and its effectiveness

Orientador: Enéas Rente Ferreira / Banca: Fadel David Antonio Filho / Banca: Flamarion Dutra Alves / Resumo: Várias são as naturezas dos fluxos que conectam diariamente cidades, sejam elas territorialmente vizinhas ou não. As ampliações nas intensidades e nos destinos desses fluxos são características cada vez mais relevantes para a maioria dos núcleos urbanos nacionais. Aliado às especificações produtivas dos lugares, esses acréscimos de sentidos e intensidade dos fluxos contribuem para que, cada vez mais, cidades próximas tenham perfis econômicos complementares entre si. A singularidade produtiva dos lugares é influenciada tanto pela superestrutura quanto pela infraestrutura, ambas exercendo influência na escala global e local. A singularidade produtiva dos lugares constitui-se de maneira externa balizada em fatores atuantes na macro escala que verticalizam a relação entre os lugares, como por exemplo o sistema de produção global e outros agentes e processos decisórios tomados na relação constituída de subordinação política e econômica. A singularidade produtiva também é viabilizada pela integração decorrente dos avanços nos meios de comunicação e pela flexibilização dos meios de transporte que operam na escala local, permitindo que conhecimentos, bens, serviços e pessoas se desloquem pelo espaço com maior fluidez. O intuito desta pesquisa é o de analisar o transporte coletivo rodoviário suburbano em Araraquara e cidades vizinhas, observando-o como um fator capaz de proporcionar fluidez aos fluxos, neste caso especificamente, aos de natureza populacionais, influenciando no arranjo regional. Através da interpretação de dados e reflexões bibliográficas será possível uma comparação com as propostas de regiões oficiais de governança do Estado de São Paulo, permitindo-nos interpretar de que maneira se dá a organização do espaço referido pelo Estado e sua efetividade / Abstract: There are various natures of flows that connect cities daily, whether or not neighboring territorial. The enhancements in the intensities and the destinations of these flows are increasingly relevant features for most national urban centers. Allied to the production specifications of places, these additions senses and intensity of flows contribute to that, increasingly, nearby cities have complementary economic profiles together. The uniqueness of productive places is influenced by the superstructure as the infrastructure, both influencing the global and local scale. The uniqueness of productive places constitutes manner guided by external factors acting on the macro scale verticalizam the relationship between places, such as the system of global production and other stakeholders and decision processes taken in relation consists of political and economic subordination. The productive uniqueness is also made possible by the integration resulting from the advancements in media and the easing of the means of transport that operate on a local scale, allowing knowledge, goods, services and people moving through space with greater fluidity. The purpose of this research is to analyze road public transport in Araraquara and neighboring suburban cities, observing it as a factor capable of providing fluid flows, in this case specifically, the nature of population, influencing the regional arrangement. Through the interpretation of data and bibliographic reflections will be possible to compare with the proposed Official regions governance of the state of São Paulo, allowing us to interpret that way it gives the organization of the space described by the state and its effectiveness / Mestre

Dissertation (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2003. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The dissertation firstly outlines the findings of recent studies that have recorded the relationship between transport and economic development. This includes the assessment of a number of economic evaluation techniques that are available to predict the impact of improvements in transport on economic development. An historic overview is provided of the role that transport has played in the development of Cape Town. Due to the fact that the phases of development followed international development trends, it is concluded that development in Cape Town will follow the global trend. A number of economic growth scenarios are developed for Cape Town to assess how the City will be able to cope with the socio-demographic challenges facing it in the next century. The relationship between land price and the economic development potential of land is outlined, as are the factors that determine industrial land price, namely the demand and supply of industrial land. The process of determining the economic value of industrial land is described. This includes the collection and analysis of occupation rent of industrial townships in Cape Town, the calculation of property values and the calculation of the shadow price of land. A procedure of determining accessibility to industrial townships in Cape Town was developed. Firstly, accessibility was defined in broad terms. This was followed by a discussion of each of the elements of accessibility namely proximity, access and mobility in order to understand the factors that may impact on the level of accessibility. Finally, the level of accessibility is quantified in terms of generalised cost. A regression analysis was undertaken to establish a statistical relationship between the economic value of industrial land and accessibility to the industrial townships. The development of a numerical model was based on the regression analyses to forecast changes in industrial land price given a change in accessibility. The model was then tested on a case study. The main conclusions of the study are as follows: (a) The accessibility of industrial land in Cape Town is linked closely to its CSD I Port (it was not possible to separate the CSD and the port), which is typical of a monocentric city structure. (b) There is a positive, significant, quantifiable relationship between accessibility as quantified by means of generalised cost and the economic value of industrial land, which was calculated by means of the shadow price technique. (c) There are a number of conditions that should be met for an increase in local industrial production potential to be translated into an equal amount of economic output. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die proefskrif som eerstens die bevindings van onlangse studies op wat die verwantskap tussen vervoer en ekonomiese ontwikkeling dokumenteer. Dit sluit die taksering van 'n aantal ekonomiese evaluasietegnieke in wat beskikbaar is om die impak van vervoer op ekonomiese ontwikkeling te voorspel. 'n Historiese oorsig word verskaf van die rol wat vervoer gespeel het in die ontwikkeling van Kaapstad. As gevolg van die feit dat die fases van ontwikkeling in die verlede internasionale ontwikkelingstendense gevolg het, word tot die gevolgtrekking gekom dat Kaapstad die globalisasie markera, wat tans internasionaal gestalte kry, sal navolg. 'n Aantal ekonomiese groeiscenarios word vir Kaapstad ontwikkel ten einde te bepaal hoe die stad die sosiodemografiese uitdagings van die volgende eeu sal hanteer. Die verwantskap tussen grondprys en die ekonomiese ontwikkelingspotensiaal van grond word omskryf, asook die faktore wat industriële grondprys bepaal. Die proses van die bepaling van die ekonomiese waarde van industriële grond word beskryf. Dit sluit die insamel en analise van besettingshuurdata van industriële dorpsgebiede, die berekening van eiendomswaarde en die berekening van die skaduprys van grond in. 'n Prosedure is ontwikkel vir die berekening van die toeganklikheid van industriële dorpsgebiede in Kaapstad. Eerstens is toeganklikheid in breë trekke gedefinieër. Dit is gevolg deur 'n bespreking van elk van die elemente van toeganklikheid, naamlik nabyheid, aansluiting en mobiliteit ten einde die faktore wat op die vlak van toeganklikheid mag impakteer te verstaan. Laastens is die vlak van toeganklikheid gekwantifiseer in terme van veralgemeende vervoerkoste. 'n Regressie-analise is onderneem ten einde die statistiese verwantskap tussen die ekonomiese waarde van industriële grond en toeganklikheid na industriële dorpsgebiede te bepaal. Die ontwikkeling van 'n numeriese model is op die regressie-analise gebaseer ten einde veranderinge in industriële grondpryse te voorspel, gegewe 'n verandering in toeganklikheid. Die model is op 'n gevallestudie toegepas. Die vernaamste gevolgtrekkings van die studie is : (a) Die toeganklikheid van industriële grond in Kaapstad is nou gekoppel aan die sentrale sakekern I hawe (dit was nie moontlik om die sentrale sakekern en hawe te skei nie), wat tipies is van n monosentriese staduitleg. (b) Daar is n noemenswaardige positiewe kwantifiseerbare verwantskap tussen toeganklikheid, soos gekwantifiseer in terme van veralgemeende koste, en die ekonomiese waarde van industriële grond wat deur middel van die skaduprystegniek bereken is. (c) Daar is 'n aantal voorwaardes waaraan voldoen moet word alvorens 'n toename in plaaslike industriële produksiepotensiaal tot 'n soortgelyke toename in ekonomiese ontwikelingspotensiaal sal lei.