Journal Publications

13 “Simulating Mobility to Plan for Electric Minibus Taxis in Sub-Saharan Africa’s Paratransit“, J.H. Giliomee, C.R. Hull, K.A. Collett, M. McCulloch, M.J. Booysen - Transportation Research Part D, 2023. Link
12 “High fidelity estimates of paratransit energy consumption from per-second GPS tracking data“, C.R. Hull, J.H. Giliomee, K.A. Collett, M. McCulloch, M.J. Booysen - Transportation Research Part D, 2023. Link
11 “Decarbonising Africa’s long-distance paratransit: Battery swapping with solar-charged minibus trailers”, J.H. Giliomee, M.J. Booysen - Transportation Research Part D, 2023. Link
10 “Why taxi tracking trumps tracking passengers with apps in planning for the electrification of Africa’s paratransit”, A.J. Rix, C.J. Abraham, M.J. Booysen - iScience, 2022 Link
9 “Opportunities and barriers to net-zero cities: Electric vehicles with scarce and dirty electricity”, A. Hsu, K. Logan, M. Qadir, M.J. Booysen, A.M. Montero, K.K. Tong, G. Broadbent, T. Wiedmann, V.K.S. Woon, C. Good J. Colding, G. Foliente, Ş. Kılkış - One Earth, 2022. Link
8 “Electrification of minibus taxis in the shadow of loadshedding and energy scarcity”, M.J. Booysen, C.J. Abraham, A.J. Rix, J.H. Giliomee - South African Journal of Science, 2022. Link
7 “Walking on sunshine: Pairing electric vehicles with solar energy for sustainable informal public transport in Uganda”, M.J. Booysen, C.J. Abraham, A.J.Rix, I. Indibatya - Energy Research and Social Science, 2022. Link
6 “Ray of hope for sub-Saharan Africa’s paratransit: solar charging of urban electric minibus taxis in South Africa”, C.J. Abraham, A.J.Rix, I. Indibatya, M.J. Booysen - Energy for Sustainable Development, 2021. Link
5 “Characterizing the movement patterns of minibus taxis in Kampala’s paratransit system”, I. Ndibatya, M.J. Booysen - Journal of Transport Geography, 2021. Link
4 “Minibus taxis in Kampala’s paratransit system: Operations, economics and efficiency”, I. Ndibatya, M.J. Booysen - Journal of Transport and Geography , vol 88, 2020. Link
3 “Three shades of green: Perspectives on at-work charging of electric vehicles from photovoltaic carports", K.M. Buresh, M. Apperley, M.J. Booysen - Energy for Sustainable Development, vol 57, 2020. Link
2 “A multimodal evaluation of the impact of Average Speed Enforcement (ASE) on road safety on the R61 in South Africa”, N.A. Ebot Eno Akpa, M.J. Booysen, M. Sinclair - SAICE Journal, vol.58 n.4 p. 2-10, Dec 2016. Link
1 “Auditory Intelligent Speed Adaptation for long-distance informal public transport in South Africa”, N.A. Ebot Eno Akpa, M.J. Booysen, M. Sinclair - IEEE Intelligent Transport Systems Magazine –, Volume 8, issue 2, pp 53 – 64, Apr 2016. Link

Conference Publications

7 “Decarbonising south africa’s paratransit with hydrogen: A simulated case study”, C.J. Abraham, T. Zenner, A. Rix, M.J. Booysen - Southern African Transport Conference, Jul 2023, Tshwane, South Africa. TBD
6 “Using tracking data and an electro-mobility simulator to establish the energy requirements of electric minibus taxis in Tshwane”, S. Abdelgadir, J.H. Giliomee, C. Venter, M.J. Booysen - Southern African Transport Conference, Jul 2023, Tshwane, South Africa. TBD
5 “Harnessing nature: Using solar and wind power with stationary battery storage for electric minibus taxis”, L. Fuessl, B. Thomas, M.J. Booysen - IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion, Aug 2022,Merced, California, USA. Link
4 “Transforming Paratransit in Africa’s congested Cities: An ICT-enabled Integrated Demand Responsive Transport (iDRT) approach“, I. Ndibatya, M.J. Booysen - Information Sciences and Technology Africa (IST-Africa), May 2020, Kampala, Uganda. Link
3 “Fuel savings as an incentive for speed compliance in the informal public transport industry in South Africa“, N.A. Ebot Eno Akpa, M.J. Booysen, M. Sinclair - Intelligent Transport Systems Conference (ITSC 2019), October 2019, Auckland, New Zealand. Link
2 “Mapping the informal public transport network in Kampala with smartphones: Making sense of an organically evolved chaotic system in an emerging city in sub-Saharan Africa“, I. Ndibatya, J Coetzee, M.J. Booysen - SATC 2016, Pretoria, South Africa. Link
1 “Performance Comparison of Dynamic Time Warping (DTW) and a Maximum Likelihood (ML) Classifier in Measuring Driver Behavior with Smartphones“, J. Engelbrecht, M.J. Booysen, G.-J. van Rooyen, F.J. Bruwer - IEEE CIVTS, December 2015, Cape Town, South Africa. Link