Urban Public Transport Systems Innovation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution Era

Chapter 1. Urban Public Transport Systems Innovations in the Era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Perspectives, Reflections and Conjectures.- Chapter 2. Governance and Structures in Urban Public Transport in South African and Zimbabwean Cities.- Chapter 3. Role of Policy and Legislative Instruments in South African and Zimbabwean Cities.- Chapter 4. Internet of Things and Urban Public Transport Systems in Johannesburg, Tshwane, Ekurhuleni, Cape Town and Bulawayo.- Chapter 5. Integration of Urban Mobility Systems in the Gauteng City Region.- Chapter 6. Functional Integration of Public Transport Systems inTshwane, Johannesburg, Harare and Bulawayo Cities.- Chapter 7. Emerging Developments in Information Communication Technology and Commuting Trends in Johannesburg, Tshwane, Ekurhuleni and Cape Town Cities. Chapter 8. Measuring Economic Benefits of Innovative Urban Public Transportation in the Era of 4IR.- Chapter 9. Societal Impact of Innovative Urban Public Transport Systems in South African and Zimbabwean Cities.- Chapter 10. Innovative Urban Public Transport Systems: An Evolving Continuous Expedition in Southern African Cities.

Prof. Trynos Gumbo is a professional planner and currently an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning within the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment in the University of Johannesburg (UJ).  He Holds a PhD from Stellenbosch University, South Africa as well as masters and honours degrees from the University of Zimbabwe (UZ), Zimbabwe.  He has previously worked in the Africa Institute of South Africa of the Human Sciences Research Council as a research specialist and Acting Head for the sustainable development programme. Prof Gumbo has also worked as an international instructor in the urban management masters programme within the Ethiopian Civil Service University College (ECSUC) in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia.  Before, Prof Gumbo had worked as lecturer and Head of Department at the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) in Zimbabwe. He has attended and presented at several national and international conferences and has published widely in a variety of research areas that include informality, housing, urban planning, development and management. His research interests include urban transportation planning and management, sustainable and smart cities development, housing and economic informality, green economy and renewable energy generation from waste and innovative building technologies and materials.Mr. Thembani Moyo is a doctoral-candidate in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa. He is also a part-time lecturer at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning. Prior to this, he graduated with a BTech. (Hons.) in Town and Regional in 2014 and in 2016 he obtained an MTech. degree in Operations Management at the University of Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa. His research interests leverage a combination of experimental and empirical approaches to study complex problemsin the