Syrian Arab republic Ministry of Transport The comments of the Department of Urban Transport Page NO. 3: It has been mentioned that the rate of growth of the cars' numbers between (2006,2007) was 18%. How did this emerge? Taking under consideration that the numbers show the rate of the growth is 23%. It has been mentioned that due to populations amounted to /3.332/ millions in Damascus and its suburbs in 2007 there will be /230/ cars for each /1000/ inhabitants. But the most correct is /120/ cars for each /1000/ inhabitants. The right number of cars for 2006 is 650,259 and not 620,259, as indicated in the report. The growth rate is 18%. You re right. We made the calculation with the Damascus car fleet instead of considering the Syrian car fleet. The right rate of motorization is 120 cars per 1,000 inhabitants. Page NO. 7: Please correct those misspelled : MT should be MOT Mr. Yarov Badr should be Mr. Yarob BADR It has been mentioned that the decree NO. 13 for 1974. The correct is NO. 93 for 1974. It has been mentioned that there are / 15/ main directorates. The correct is /18/ main directorates, and unmentioned directorates are: 1. Directorate of Urban Transport. 2. Directorate of Roads and Bridges. 3. Directorate of Driving Licenses. Sorry for the mistake. Question: what is the relation between the Dirctorate for Road, already mentioned in the report, and the Directorate for Roads and Bridges? Page NO. 8: It has been mentioned that there are directorates in the Ministry of The reference we used is: Euromed Transport Project / Diagnostic Study / Module 10 Syria / pages 22-23: Legal CERTU / TG / 10 February 2010 15 :00 1 / 8
Transport transferred to establishments which have own budgets, and they are responsible of appointing directors of public companies and signing agreements - contracts directly with H.E The Prime Minister. What's the reference of these information? They're not correct. It has been mentioned the decree NO. /915/ for 1971. But the correct is NO. /15/ for 1971. and Regulatory Framework. Please tell us what the right information is. We will make the correction. Page NO. 10: It has been mentioned in the organization paragraph that the big cities have a technical section in traffic, and the director of this service is considered as a member of the local committee of passengers' transport. What's the reference of these information? Page NO. 11: We have no written reference for this. We deduced it from the various conversations we have had during the mission. If what we wrote is wrong, please give us the right information. We will make the correction. It has been mentioned that Urban Public Transport Companies were created in 1962. But the correct is to say that Urban Public Transport Establishments. It has been mentioned that Urban Public Transport Companies are managed by Deputy Minister of Road Transport. But the correct is Urban Public Transport Establishments are under the supervision of the Deputy Minister of Road Transport. It has been mentioned that a reinvestment in Urban Public Transport Companies was decided through buses (50 & 100 seats). But the correct is buses with 100 seats. CERTU / TG / 10 February 2010 15 :00 2 / 8
Page NO. 13: It has been mentioned that the network of lines in Damascus consist of /20/ lines. But the correct is /25/ lines. It has been mentioned that the maximum contracts are include (450 public buses + 100 buses for schools). But the correct is (465 public buses + 100 buses for schools). It has been mentioned that ratified contracts for private sector is in accord with decree /8/ of investment law NO /10/. But the correct is that the companies of the private sector of urban transport is under the investment decree NO. /8/ for 2007 or the law NO. /10/ for 1991 and its amendments which are related to investment also. It has been mentioned that (100) old public buses have been rented in Damascus by operators of private sector including Al-Masri Company. But the correct is (115) old public buses have been rented in Damascus by an operator of private sector ( Al- Masri Company). It has been mentioned that the private operator pays a tax to the governorate. But the correct is that the private operator pays to the Ministry of Finance and he pays a little fee to the committee of passenger common transport. Page NO. 14: It has been mentioned under the item of private companies which are do the contracts in Aleppo that there are (4) renting contracts were granted in CERTU / TG / 10 February 2010 15 :00 3 / 8
2005 for (10) years. But the correct is for (5) years not for (10) ones. It has been mentioned that there are : 1. /350/ buses, and each one has /100/ seats. So the sum of seats will be / 35000/. 2. /15000/ microbuses, and each one has /8/ seats. So the total sum of seats will be /120000/. But the correct is that : in Damascus recently there are (465) operated buses with various capacities of passenger but not of seats + (159) new buses with capacity of (87) passengers + (156) new buses with capacity of (52) passengers + (150) buses with capacity of (100) passengers. Is that meaning the average capacity of the bus is approximately (80) passengers, and the average capacity of the microbus is (10) passengers. So that what was mentioned above will become as follows: - /465/ buses, and the capacity of each one is /80/ passengers. So that the total capacity will be /37200/ passengers. - /1500/ microbuses, and the capacity of each one is /10/ passengers. So that the total capacity will be /150000/ passengers. It has been mentioned that three emptied lines of /20/ lines of buses. But the correct is /25/ lines of buses not /20/ ones. Page NO. 17: It has been mentioned that the bus's tariffs for tours of more than (20) km is (20) S.P. But the correct is this tariff is submitted to the ministry of Trade and Economy according to the length of each line. CERTU / TG / 10 February 2010 15 :00 4 / 8
It has been mentioned that the tariff of the personal card of microbuses is (7.5) S.P. This is incorrect, because the microbuses' tariff inside the city is variant and ranged between (5-9) S.P. Page NO. 18: It has been mentioned that (800) new buses have been imported for Urban Transport Companies. But the correct is (600) buses not (800) ones. It has been mentioned that the location of the gas station in south of Damascus. But the correct is the location of the main gas station is north of Damascus ( the name of the city is Adraa). Page NO. 28: It has been mentioned that (800) new Chinese buses have been imported. But the correct is (600) new Chinese buses not (800) ones. Page NO. 29: It has been mentioned that the age of the old buses in Damascus is between (30-35) years. But the correct is that they are between (19-35) years old. It has been mentioned that there are / 100/ buses were rented to private companies which serve the areas around Damascus. But the correct is /115/ rented buses serve areas in Damascus. It has been mentioned that there are (394) old buses. The correct is (379) buses. CERTU / TG / 10 February 2010 15 :00 5 / 8
It has been mentioned that the private transport sector in Aleppo imported (348) buses in 2008. The correct is (216) buses in 2008, and this number increased to be (425) buses at the end of 2009. It has been mentioned that Urban Transport Company in Aleppo operates (170) new Chinese buses and (158) buses of (320) old buses. The correct is (65) buses of (320) old buses. It has been mentioned in the list of the buses' number for /1/ million inhabitants: Aleppo (1059) for (3) million inhabitants 353 Damascus (838) for (2.456) million inhabitants 341 The correct is: Damascus (1059) for (2.456) million inhabitants 431 But the numbers of Aleppo should be changed according to what mentioned before. Page NO. 31: It has been mentioned that the private sector in Aleppo is not required to face the objectives of the quality of the service, but vise versa the requirement is to accomplish the quality of the service according to the contracts. Page NO. 33: CERTU / TG / 10 February 2010 15 :00 6 / 8
To clear the source of the numbers which are mentioned in the table under the item (TRIP), and also the rate of expenses for the inhabitants of Damascus is wrong. The table was not raised as it was agreed previously between H.E the Minister of Transport and Mr. Gilles Pipien, and the required table is: Damas Alep Homs Lattaquie Dijon Lyon Population 2500000 3000000 800000 300000 249483 1243209 Parc total 240 1187 Bus en exploitation 465 221 101 139 (matin) 2009 Bus en exploitation (soiree) 2009 265 221 78 90 Effectifs 2009 1819 1162 439 403 677 4523 Administratif 2009 272 254 91 64,Inspecteurs,controleurs 152 100 41 28 personnel de vente 2009 Conducteurs 2009 1049 589 225 296 486 2548 Techniciens 2009 346 219 82 65 Voyageur 10 mois dans 71914452 35300000 12181770 13808990 34822000 366976000 2009 Km effectues 10 mois dans 16875000 9225000 3173000 3683000 10269000 48756000 2009 Recettes ( ) 2008 3681941 2547572 840925 712432 11239000 140978000 Depenses ( ) 2008 9961693 5655330 2836485 2543135 49290000 303033000 Subventions ( ) 2008 5127729 3023914 1938229 1501257 38051000 162055000 R/D 37% 45% 30% 28% 23% 47% Charges ( ) / km 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.5 4.8 6.2 Conducteurs/Effectif Total 51% 41% 45% 56% 72% 56%.Conducteurs/Vehic 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.3 2.0 2.1 Exploit. Km/ Vehic. Exploit 47761 60509 45205 50526 42787 41075 Km / Conducteur 19656 25066 18033 22222 21130 19135 Km / Habitant 4.6 2.7 1.7 4.0 41.2 39.2 Voyages / Habitant 14.7 10.2 5.9 8.3 139.6 295.2 Depenses ( ) / Habitant 2.8 1.6 1.4 2.1 197.6 243.8 CERTU / TG / 10 February 2010 15 :00 7 / 8
The table of Dijon and Lyon did not complete as it was agreed. It is not easy to get figures comparable from a country to another. Please find below some data about the staff employed in Dijon and Lyon for the operation of the public transport network. Dijon (2008) Managers 0 Employees 28 Technicians 42 Drivers 499 Other workers 73 Lyon (2008) Managers 35 Employees 141 Technicians 1384 Drivers 2500 Other workers 139 We also sent you (5 Nov. 2009) some figures about French public transport networks. We hope you found them usefull. CERTU / TG / 10 February 2010 15 :00 8 / 8