Kathmandu Sustainable Urban Transport Project (KSUTP) A Sustainable Transport Project Status and Progress September 2016
Present Road Network in Kathmandu Valley Strategic Road Network including Strategic Urban Road Kathmandu Lalitpur Bhaktapur Total 224 km 188 km 118 km 530 km
Present Public Transport in Kathmandu 200 plus Public Transport routes Many overlaps in the routes 10,000 vehicles comprising of Tempo, micro, mini and buses were issued for route permits Almost all PT funding are from private sectors. including one Public Company (Sajha Yatayat) and one Private company (Mahanagar) Many operators are self employer cum driver types. 100 public transport unions / committees operate the business
s Present Public Transport in Kathmandu
Present Public Transport in Kathmandu Public Transports are some time over supply often under supply. 673,000 vkm/day in operation much more than required. The Public Transport System in Kathmandu are not reliable, not fully dependable.
KSUTP Start date Completion Total cost ADB loan ADB Grant Global Env Fund Govt of Nepal Kathmandu Met. City 2011 January 2015 June (extended2017 June) 26.32 m USD 6.9 m USD 9.0 m USD 2.52 m USD 7.4 m USD 0.5 m USD
Project Components Public Transport Air Quality Monitoring Project Objectives Traffic Management Walkability
Project Organisation Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport Project Management Coordination Office PMCB Consultant : SMEC International JV Project Implementation Units (Five): Department of Roads (DOR) Department of Transport Management (DOTM) Metropolitan Traffic Police Department (MTPD) Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) Department of Environment (DOEnv) Design Supervision Consultants: SIDEF BEAM JV for KMC works Soil Test for DOR works Consultant for Mass Transit Study Consultant KSUTP for DOTM works Transport Enterprenuers / Committes Town Development Fund
Component 1 Public Transport Tasks Develop Public Transport restructuring policy Develop DoTM institutional restructuring plan Mass Transit Options & prioritisation Study GON Approval of policy GON Approval of plan Test Policy on 2 Pilot Bus Routes Industry-Level agreement with FNNTE Establish Operator Negotiating Forum Operational & Business Planning Fleet Financing mechanism with TDF Formation of Bus Operating Companies Operating Contract development and negotiation Operations and monitoring Establish Public Transport capability within DoTM Key Completed or no current bottlenecks Incomplete or partially completed Requires action
Component 1: Public Transport Outputs expected: Re-structuring of DOTM with creation of a new Public Transport Division Restructuring of Public Transport Routes in the Kathmandu Valley Selection and Implementation of 2 Pilot Bus Routes Transformation of current public transport operators into companies or cooperatives (franchising) Purchase of electric or low emission buses through the TDF on the 2 selected pilot routes Feasibility Study on the mass transport system in Kathmandu Valley
8 Primary Routes: Requires a fleet of 470 buses, (12-Metre Rigid) 16 Secondary Routes: Fleet of 250 buses, 9 to 10 m in length 40 Tertiary Routes: Predominately using existing vehicle fleet, with some routes operated by new Electric vehicles Vehicle-km reduced by 332,000 per day Vehicle Operating Costs reduced by US$ 34 Million per year 10% Reduction in road space used (PCU s) Fleet rationalisation
PRIMARY PUBLIC TRANSPORT ROUTES
Component 2: Traffic Management Outputs expected: Construction of the 2 new bridges at Dallu & Teku. (ICB-02) Construction of crossing junction at Teku. Construction of the remaining road section of BLR on east bank. (ICB-02) Improvements at 35 Junctions. (ICB-03) Traffic Signals (37) and Installation of CCTV cameras, traffic lights, equipment and Traffic Management Centre. ITS installation. (ICB-04) Launch road users awareness programs
Component 3: Walkability Improvements Outputs expected: Improvement of 8 km of preliminary heritage pedestrian routes and 15 Km of sidewalk in the city center. ICB-01 Construction of 1 new pedestrian bridge and renovation of 2 existing footbridges along BLR. NCB- 02 PPP investigations for car parking and the redevelopment of the Old Bus Park under KMC
Component 4: Air Quality Monitoring Outputs expected: Expedite programs to restore operations at the existing AQM stations with solar-powered backup systems: Completed Procurement of 4 new AQM mobile stations completed Procurement of 4 sets emissions testing equipment : Completed
Project Status Time lapsed 85% Physical Progress to date: 44% Financial Progress to date: 38% In general Component 4 : Air Quality Monitoring satisfactorily completed. Component 3 : Walkway is proceeding satisfactorily Component 2 : Traffic Management some lagging specially in ITS (ICB-04) Some extension required. Component 1: Public Transport is very much lagging behind. S5 route association came to agreement.
Challenges Introducing 3 tier route hierarchy Reducing the 200 routes in to 66 Routes Transforming the Public Transport unions in to Companies Replacing the small vehicles by larger vehicles Social safeguard of existing operators No operational subsidy is planned. Many implementation units Many activities of low volumes. Many funding components. Disturbances due to SAARC occupancy, Melamchi Coordination, Earthquake, Fuel Crisis
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