An Evaluation of the Inclusion of Principles of Corridor Development, Transit-Oriented Development and Non-Motorised Transportation within Johannesburg’s Corridors of Freedom: The Case of Turffontein Corridor

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dc.contributor.authorSimões, Vanessa
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-14T11:30:55Z
dc.date.available2016-06-14T11:30:55Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.descriptionPlanning Honours Research Report 2014, Wits Universityen_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe City of Johannesburg, has in recent years, been addressing the need to transform the spatial inequalities still present in the City through the provision of efficient mass public transportation. Unfortunately many resident of the city still reside far from their place of work and struggle to get to their destinations. This was one of the driving factors of the Corridors of Freedom spatial policy. This policy is focused on providing the City of Johannesburg with corridor transit-oriented development in an attempt to increase densities around transport stations and bring people closer to education, leisure and their place of work. The Corridors of Freedom identified a number of corridors that will transform that part of the city and the Turffontein Development Corridor was the case study for this research report. Essentially this research report discussed the theories of corridor development, transit-oriented development and non-motorised transportation. In addition, the report also discussed the spatial policies of the City of Johannesburg in relation to these theories. These discussions were necessary in order to evaluate if the Turffontein Development Corridor was influenced by the objectives for future development provided by the spatial policies. Along with the evaluation of if the principles of these theories were used in the proposed conceptual framework for the study area. Essentially the main findings of this research was that the theories of corridor development, transit-oriented development and non-motorised transportation from the spatial policies where not adequately integrated into the Strategic Area Framework for the Turffontein Development Corridor. This shortfall hindered the final conceptual framework and implementation plan as many of the principles omitted did not appear in these plans. The biggest shortfall of the Turffontein Development Corridor was the proposed Rea Vaya BRT trunk route that will not provide the accessibility required to all forces of attraction nor will the chosen route be able to accommodate the trunk route as the road reserves in some section are too narrow.en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSimões, V (2014). An Evaluation of the Inclusion of Principles of Corridor Development, Transit-Oriented Development and Non-Motorised Transportation within Johannesburg’s Corridors of Freedom: The Case of Turffontein Corridor, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburgen_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/20470
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.subjectcorridor development, transit-oriented development, non-motorised transportation.en_ZA
dc.titleAn Evaluation of the Inclusion of Principles of Corridor Development, Transit-Oriented Development and Non-Motorised Transportation within Johannesburg’s Corridors of Freedom: The Case of Turffontein Corridoren_ZA
dc.typeReporten_ZA
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