TRL3701
Assignment number: 02
SEMESTER 2
Year: 2022
DOCUMENT PREVIEW:
QUESTION 1
The concept of transport mode development in South Africa and possible
improvements to grow the economy.
Development objectives include the development of the national transport
system and assistance to enterprises to enable them to keep abreast of
technological development….
, TRL 3701 ASSIGNMENT 2 SEPTEMBER 2022
QUESTION 1
The concept of transport mode development in South Africa and possible
improvements to grow the economy.
Development objectives include the development of the national transport
system and assistance to enterprises to enable them to keep abreast of
technological development. The time factor is implicit in the development. It is
sometimes argued that if the community would contain their impatience,
facilities would eventually be provided without a need for public
assistance.
Governemnt’s development objectives may hamper transport management in
its expansion efforts if public aid is not allocated in accordance with
management’s priorities. For example the former decentralisation policy of
the South African government which encouraged development in regions far
removed from locations that would be profitable to transport enterprises.
The most important form of public support in transport mode development is
financing of the way that is road or railway. The public is expected to make
some kind of “investment” in the way or ways of virtually all modes of
transport. These investments are obtained from the public in various ways, for
instance through taxation, fuel levies, toll fees, and so forth.
Operation of the way is another form transport mode development. While
provision of the way constitutes the most important form of public support, the
physical operation and maintenance of the way represent a considerable
contribution. Once again, disparity exists in as much as one mode is expected
to operate and maintain its own way (eg railways – generally with government
assistance), whereas the way of a competitor is operated by government (for
example in the case of professional road carriers, who are not directly
responsible for operating and maintaining their way). There are also sea and
Assignment number: 02
SEMESTER 2
Year: 2022
DOCUMENT PREVIEW:
QUESTION 1
The concept of transport mode development in South Africa and possible
improvements to grow the economy.
Development objectives include the development of the national transport
system and assistance to enterprises to enable them to keep abreast of
technological development….
, TRL 3701 ASSIGNMENT 2 SEPTEMBER 2022
QUESTION 1
The concept of transport mode development in South Africa and possible
improvements to grow the economy.
Development objectives include the development of the national transport
system and assistance to enterprises to enable them to keep abreast of
technological development. The time factor is implicit in the development. It is
sometimes argued that if the community would contain their impatience,
facilities would eventually be provided without a need for public
assistance.
Governemnt’s development objectives may hamper transport management in
its expansion efforts if public aid is not allocated in accordance with
management’s priorities. For example the former decentralisation policy of
the South African government which encouraged development in regions far
removed from locations that would be profitable to transport enterprises.
The most important form of public support in transport mode development is
financing of the way that is road or railway. The public is expected to make
some kind of “investment” in the way or ways of virtually all modes of
transport. These investments are obtained from the public in various ways, for
instance through taxation, fuel levies, toll fees, and so forth.
Operation of the way is another form transport mode development. While
provision of the way constitutes the most important form of public support, the
physical operation and maintenance of the way represent a considerable
contribution. Once again, disparity exists in as much as one mode is expected
to operate and maintain its own way (eg railways – generally with government
assistance), whereas the way of a competitor is operated by government (for
example in the case of professional road carriers, who are not directly
responsible for operating and maintaining their way). There are also sea and
