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POSSIBLE CHALLENGES OF INTEGRATING ICTS INTO THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IN THE FREE STATE
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| dc.contributor.author | Bashingi, N | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hassan, M Mostafa | |
| dc.contributor.author | Masinde, M. | |
| dc.contributor.other | SURT Research group: Department of Civil Engineering1,2,Department of Information Technology, Central University of Technology, Free State, South Africa | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-09-05T07:46:50Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-09-05T07:46:50Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11462/824 | |
| dc.description | Article | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | InformationCommunicationTechnologies(ICTs)arebecomingahugepartofthepublictransportationsystemsallovertheworld.ICTsinpublictransportation,alsoknownasIntelligentTransportationSystemsarerelativelynewinSouthAfricaandevenunheardofinsomepartsoftheFreeStateprovinceofSouthAfrica.Thesetechnologies,whichincludeelectronicfarepayments,VariableMessageSigns,AutomaticVehicleLocation,CCTVsurveillance,mobileapplicationsandtheinternetareyettobeimplementedintheFreeStateprovince.TheuptakeofICTsolutionsinpublictransportationinothercountrieswasbasedonassumptionsthatitwillimprovepublictransportationthroughthesetechnologicaldevelopments.Itwasthoughtthattechnologywillimproveservicedelivery,thereforereducingtheexistingbarrierstowardspublictransportationandresultinginthepublicbeingmorepatriotictopublictransportationsystems(NelsonandMulley,2013).ChallengesarelikelytobeencounteredwhenintegratingICTsintothepublictransportationatallstagesoftheprocess,fromplanninghowtousethesolutionstothefunctionalstageofthefullyintegratedpublictransportationsystem.Therefore,beforedeployingthesetechnologies,thesepossiblechallengesshouldbeconsidered,takingintoconsiderationthecurrentstateofpublictransportation,itsmanagement,commuters,operatorsanddrivers. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 908 554 bytes, 1 file | |
| dc.format.mimetype | Application/PDF | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | SURT Research group: Department of Civil Engineering1,2,Department of Information Technology, Central University of Technology, Free State, South Africa | |
| dc.title | POSSIBLE CHALLENGES OF INTEGRATING ICTS INTO THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IN THE FREE STATE | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dc.rights.holder | Central University of Technology, Free State, South Africa |
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