How Cities Learn

How Cities Learn
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How Cities Learn  traces the circulation of bus rapid transit (BRT) to understand how and why it was widely adopted in South Africa. Investigates the global proliferation and localization of BRT Examines the production and distribution of transportation knowledge in the global south Addresses the spatial and social legacy of apartheid in South African cities Reveals a new way of understanding the intersections between policy, people and place Essential reading for scholars of geography, politics, sociology and transportation, as well as urban planners and practitioners

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Astrid Wood. How Cities Learn

RGS-IBG Book Series

How Cities Learn. Tracing Bus Rapid Transit in South Africa

Contents

List of Illustrations

Guide

Pages

List of Figures

List of Abbreviations

Series Editors’ Preface

Acknowledgements

Chapter One Introduction. BRT Arrives in South Africa

Understanding the South African City

Transport Geography, Policy Mobilities and Learning in and from the South

Using Policy Mobilities as a Methodology

Structure of the Book

Notes

Chapter Two Geographies of Knowledge. Building an Analytic for Tracing

Tracing through Policy Models

Tracing through Actors and Associations

Tracing through Cities

Tracing through Temporalities

Chapter Three Translating BRT to South Africa. Introduction

The Geography of BRT

Forming the Bogotá Model of BRT

Introducing BRT in South African Cities

Johannesburg’s Rea Vaya

Cape Town’s MyCiTi

Tshwane’s A Re Yeng

Rustenburg’s Yarona

Nelson Mandela Bay’s Libhongolethu

eThekwini’s Go Durban!

A South African Interpretation of BRT

About the Station Platform

About the Bus

About the Bus Lane

About the Route

BRT and Taxi Transformation

The South African Taxi Industry

State Intervention in Transportation

Negotiating with Taxi Operators

Conclusion

Notes

Chapter Four Actors and Associations Circulating BRT. Introduction

An Analytic for Studying Policy Actors

Redefining the Role of Policy Actors

Policy Mobilizers of BRT Circulation

Intermediaries of BRT Circulation

Local Pioneers of BRT Circulation

Learning through Networks

Networks of Internationals

Networks of South Africans

Power Dynamics of Networks

Conclusion

Chapter Five The Local Politics of BRT. Introduction

The International Context of BRT Circulation

Learning from South America

Learning from Africa

Learning from India

Learning from the North

The National Context of BRT Circulation

Political Interactions between South African Localities

Technical Exchanges between South Africa Localities

The Municipal Context of BRT Circulation

Conclusion

Chapter Six Repetitive Processes of BRT Adoption. Introduction

Tracing Transportation Innovation in South Africa

Planting the Seeds of BRT in South Africa

Gradual Processes of Learning

Repetitive Processes of Circulation

Delayed Processes of Adoption

Transportation Innovations Not Adopted

Conclusion

Chapter Seven Conclusion. Introduction

Reflecting on How Cities Learn

Reflecting on BRT in South Africa

Appendix A: Interview Schedule

Appendix B: Features of BRT systems in South Africa

References

Index

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