TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - Road Safety in Informal Settlements: A Case Study in the City of Tshwane (South Africa)
JO  - Proceedings of the Road Safety on Four Continents Conference
A1  - Dikobe, Albert
A1  - Vorster, Hilton
SP  - 12p
EP  - 12p
VL  - 13
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N2  - The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality is a newly established metropolitan municipality in South Africa which comprises a mixture of well developed areas as well as areas that are severely disadvantaged in terms of infrastructure provision due to the previous political dispensation. It is a city in transition - a city being transformed into one that will provide for the needs of its entire people. The legacy of the past has resulted in a huge backlog in service provision in the disadvantage areas, including measures to improve traffic safety, particularly pedestrian safety. A major challenge to improve traffic and pedestrian safety is to identify hazardous locations in the disadvantaged areas where very limited information, such as accident and traffic statistics, are available (due to various reasons). Studies, however, identified the safety of pedestrians along major routes as a specific and major problem, particularly adjacent to informal settlements.<p /> 
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UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
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