He is Director of the Centre for Transport Studies, and of the African Centre of Excellence for Studies in Public and Non-motorised Transport. He graduated with a Master’s Degree in City and Regional Planning from UCT in 1991 and a PhD in 2002. His current research activities relate to the integration and improvement of paratransit services, the dynamics and pace of changing travel behavior, the use of transport systems by pedestrians, and the urban form prerequisites for viable public transport networks.