ATRC-2024: African Transport Research Conference 2024 UCT Graduate School of Business Cape Town, South Africa, March 5-7, 2024

Africa is urbanising rapidly, raising enormous infrastructural and transport challenges that jeopardise the social and economic potential of the continent. Already, its countries contend with the immense challenge of providing sustainable and affordable connectivity and accessibility within and between cities, between countries and with the rest of the world. Both in terms of passenger transport as well as in terms of freight transport and logistics. These challenging conditions, however, also provide transport professionals with a wealth of interesting and relevant opportunities to advance transport research and solutions for Africa and beyond.

The first ever African Transport Research conference (ATR2024) in the South Africa's mother city Cape Town will bring a wealth of interesting and relevant opportunities to advance transport research and solutions in Africa and for Africa.

The conference is open to all researchers from all over the world who work on African transport in their scholarly activities. 

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. We follow a three-staged process of review of Extended Abstracts, followed by submission of Full Papers ahead of the conference, and a selection thereof for publication in African Transport Studies. 

1. Extended Abstracts (peer reviewed)

• Extended abstracts should be at least three pages, but not more than five pages in length including the references.
• Word limit is 1500 - 2,000 words.
• Title, Author(s), Affiliation, Introduction, Main Body Text (including a concise review of extent literature, methodology, findings, discussion, and conclusion sections), References

1. Full Papers for Conference (peer reviewed)
2. Selected Full Papers for Publication in Transportation Research Procedia or the new African Transport Studies (Elsevier)

List of Topics

• Transport Studies in Africa, including all land-based transport modes, both in an urban and rural context, across passengers and freight.
• • User needs and practices, equity issues
  • Governance, politics, institutions and finances
  • Emerging business models and service options
  • Safety, health and the urban environment
  • System design and modal integration, including ITS, smart mobility
  • Analytical tools, including big data, modelling and simulation

Committees

Scientific Organizing Committee

• We are currently searching for volunteers to assist us.

• Professor Mark Zuidgeest
• Professor Marianne Vanderschuren
• Professor Roger Behrens
• Dr Obiora Nnene
• Dr Siddique Motala

Local Organizing committee

• Professor Mark Zuidgeest
• Professor Marianne Vanderschuren
• Professor Roger Behrens
• Dr Obiora Nnene
• Dr Siddique Motala

Venue

The conference will be held in the Graduate School of Business Conference Centre, University of Cape Town, V&A Waterfront, South Africa.

The dates are 5 - 7 March 2024 with a welcome reception on 4 March. 

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to ATR2024@uct.ac.za