Title: The role of the Road Traffic Management Corporation in research
Abstract: One of South Africa's greatest challenges is to significantly reduce the carnage on our roads. On a continuous daily basis there are a great variety of role-players and stakeholders from many functional areas involved in efforts to achieve the desired reduction. The coordination of all these efforts; as well as to provide overall leadership in this regard, is the legislated responsibility and function of the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC). Through its Research and Development support unit the Corporation is, amongst others, responsible for monitoring and evaluating quality and safety in road traffic. In this regard consideration is given to the contents and findings of regular road traffic reports; as well as input from stakeholders, role players and the public in general. The cost effectiveness and potential impact of alternative measures are researched and evaluated and recommendations are formulated on improvements to be made within the broader field of road traffic management. This paper describes the structures and procedures that the Corporation put in place in order to obtain the support, cooperation and participation of role players in addressing road traffic matters; as well as a brief summary of some relevant informal and formal research programmes.
Publication Year: 2008
Publication Date: 2008-07-01
Language: en
Type: article
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