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TACKLING TRUCKS CONGESTION * South Africa: Plan for night-time trucking
* Cape Town - Plus: Sensors to prevent road damage from overloaded vehicles, and air pollution control
According to the city’s Transport Development Index (TDI):
° The direct transport cost (fuel‚ salaries‚ maintenance and repairs‚ toll fees) for freight operators is R1‚755 billion per annum;
° The cost of congestion for freight operators is R121 million per annum
° The impact of freight transporters on Cape Town’s residents in terms of accidents is R930 million per annum
° The impact of freight transporters on the city’s road network (capital expenditure and maintenance) is R713 million per annum.
... The Port of Cape Town‚ the major generator of freight‚ has expansion plans to roughly triple its current container handling services in the next 20 years‚ which requires the city to address its capacity to accommodate this future growth... Globally ranked at 55 by GPS service provider Tom Tom‚ Cape Town is the most congested city in South Africa with morning commutes adding up to 72 percent of commuting time...
(Image by: Mark Skinner / Gallo Images - The new draft Freight Management Strategy aims to improve the efficiency and future growth of road-based transport of cargo‚ including to and from the port as well as the airport) -- Cape Town, CT, SA - TMG Digital - 15 febrero, 2016
Labels: traffic congestion, trucking industry news worldwide
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