In the past decade, South Africa’s roads have come to dominate the land transport sector. However, if the government’s plans come to fruition, the country is set for a rail revival in the next two decades. Government entities concerned with rail travel, including the freight logistics company Transnet Freight Rail and the Passenger Rail Agency...
Home to the most developed transport network and logistics industry on the continent, South Africa ranks highest in Africa and among the best in its income group globally on a number of indices. Nevertheless, in the coming years, the government will have to deal with a host of major issues, including trade barriers, congestion and the resulting...
The aviation sector remains a crucial driver of growth, contributing R50.9bn ($6.2bn) or 2.1% to GDP. When catalytic benefits, such as tourism spending, are included, this rises to R74.3bn ($9.1bn) or 3.1% of GDP, according to a 2011 report by Oxford Economics. This comes on the back of solid performance by local airports, which saw total...
Growth in Colombia’s transportation sector has traditionally been driven by the nation’s sizeable population and the various industrial centres spread over numerous large and medium-sized cities. In recent times, economic growth and trade liberalisation have added demand for international traffic, providing domestic transporters with an opportunity...
Bogotá’s revolutionary bus rapid transit system (BRT), known as Transmilenio, has been copied throughout the region, significantly reducing commuting times, city traffic and carbon dioxide levels in congested cities such as Mexico City, Lima and Sao Paulo. Medellín, Colombia’s second-largest city, has gained international recognition for its...
Growth in domestic and international air travel has exceeded that of the national economy in recent years. In 2012, when Colombia’s GDP grew by 4%, the number of airline passengers (measured at the level of airport traffic) grew by 14.5%, reaching 24.7m, according to the Colombian Air Transport Association (Asociación del Transporte Aéreo, ATAC)....
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