Transport Conference

The 34th Southern African Transport Conference supported by the South African Department of Transport and the Transportation Research Board of the United States, kicks off this morning until Thursday at the CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, South Africa. The theme of the conference is “Transport: Working together to Deliver”. It’s said to be reflecting the importance of transport in fostering employment and economic growth. The conference will focus on how to optimally engage all stakeholders involved in the transport sector to provide effective and efficient transportation solutions and to improve service delivery in order to better respond as a sector to the needs of all users of our transport systems. To help us unpack some of the key issues to be discussed in the next 4 days, we are joined by: Professor Wynand Steyn: Southern African Transport Conference ChairpersonDr Peter Sweatman – Professor at the Transport Research Institute, University of Michigan