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Post lockdown travel demand in South Africa – three plausible futures to prepare for
April 22, 2020 / by Nico McLachlan / Public Transport
Background Public Transport Operators (including paratransit operators in the cities of the global south) have been severely impacted by COVID – 19 related lockdown measures that saw economic activity (and therefore travel demand) been reduced to variations on the definition of ‘’essential service workers’’. Anecdotal evidence put forward by formal bus and paratransit / minibus […]
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