Prof. Roger BEHRENS

Roger Behrens is a Professor in the University of Cape Town’s Department of Civil Engineering. He is Director of the Centre for Transport Studies. He graduated with a Master Degree in City and Regional Planning from UCT in 1991, and with a PhD degree in 2002. His current research activities relate to: the regulation and improvement of informal public transport services, and their integration with scheduled formal services; analysis of the dynamics of changing travel behaviour, and the implications this has for the management of travel demand; and the identification of urban form preconditions for effective and viable public transport networks.