Civil Engineering January/February 2021 | Vol 29 No 1

34 January/February 2021 Civil Engineering is no specific planning documentation with regards to women. Interestingly, more South African women travel for work, education, and shopping purposes than their male counterparts, and there are more women on the road during morning peak travel times. While the amount of time spent travelling and the mode of transport does not differ greatly between men and women, their experiences when using public transport are shown to be very different. Unlike their male counterparts, women are shown to experience both verbal and sexual harassment, as well as a higher rate of muggings. MEN For the 16% of South Africa’s 16.3 million men who drive cars, there are 26 volumes of planning documents. For those that walk, the planning is the same as for all other non-motorised transport users, and there are very few guidelines and norms relating to public transport across the board in South Africa. Interestingly, the National Household Travel Survey (2013) shows that 38% of trips made by adult, able-bodied males were on foot – trips that the country is not accommodating with its plan- ning. Around 45% of male car drivers are white, while Africans make up the majority of public transport modes, car passengers and walking. “Are we spending the majority of our budget, time, and planning documents on 45% of car trips, excluding all other trips?” questioned Vanderschuren. SOUTH AFRICA VS AFRICA Vanderschuren referred to a recent African comparison of planning documents with regards to people with disabilities, specific impairments, women, children, and the elderly. It found that South Africa is not the most advanced, when it comes to transport planning for vulnerable population groups and, overall, Tanzania scores better than South Africa. CONCLUSION Vanderschuren concluded that South Africa may be providing equality in transport, but certainly not equity. Answering the ques- tion, “Is transport planning and implemen- tation failing 75% of our citizens?” she says no; it is, actually, failing even more than 75%. South African civil engineering is based on knowledge and skills from white males, for white males. Similarly, transport planning and implementation in South Africa is largely still dominated by white male legacy. The above is also true for Professor Snape’s time at UCT. So why provide the Snape memorial lecture when that is case? Vanderschuren answers: “I would like to honour his legacy by nurturing race and gender transformation at UCT, as well as in transport planning and practice in South Africa.”  Figure 5 Trip purpose breakdown per gender Female Male Education Work Visit Welfare office Serve Passenger Business Medical Church Shopping Look for job Traditional healer 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% 27 26 4 6 3 9 18 2 11 4 31 4 4 10 5 17 13 4 2 2 8 Figure 6 Selected modes for adult males (in trips/week) Indian African Coloured White 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% Car passenger Walking MBT Car driver Bus Train