10 May 2015

Planning for BRT in Giza and New Cairo

Metro network

78 km existing76 km planned

After finishing metro lines 3, 4, 5

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Beijing Cairo

10.4 13.6 8.6 13.6 19 Population (million)

807 466 283 466 154 Rapid transit (km)

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40

60

80 76

55

3321

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Rapid Transit Ratio (RTR) – km of rapid transit per million urban residents

Frequency-occupancy survey form

Stephanie Lotshaw

02/03/2015

Chris KostJinja Road & Yusuf Lule Road

7 30

7 2515

24

Frequency-occupancy survey locations

Corridor demand

Faisal: 4,600 pphpd

26 July: 8,700 pphpd

Mourad Street/El Nile3,700 pphpd

Al Ahram: 4,300 pphpd

Rabiye El GezySalah Salem: 6,900 pphpd

26 July: 7,400 pphpd

Gameat Al Dewal: 6,400 pphpd

Sudan St: 3,800 pphpd

Corridor right-of-way (ROW)

Potential BRT corridor

16.1 km Faisal-Oraby corridor1 minute between busesFleet of 81 buses (articulated)USD 80m capital cost

Service typology

Direct services to reduce passenger transfers

30 m cross section

At stations

Between stations

What is Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)?

Enclosed and secure

stations

New, clean, high-capacity

buses

Pre-board payment

with smart cards

Pedestrian and cycle access

Dedicated bus lanes

Ensuring Quality

Institutional arrangement

• Lean, focused special purpose unit as regulator

• Contract private firms to procure & operate buses through transparent bidding process

• Payment made based on kilometers operated

• Separate contract(s) for electronic fare collection and IT systems

SPV structure

Board of Directors

Managing Director

Planning &

design

Operations

Admin &

finance

Communications and

marketing

• Route planning

• Infrastructure design

• Business model

• Financial analysis

• Long-term vision

• Scheduling• Fleet

monitoring• Fare collection• Quality control

• Financial management

• Contracting & payments

• Human resources

• Physical resources

• Legal

• Public information strategy

• User surveys• Corporate

identity• Marketing• Media relations

Managing the transition to competitive professional private modern companies

Single public monopoly

Thousands of informal

operators

Mixed system(competitive market with

public oversight)

Single public monopoly

Thousands of informal

operators

Mixed system(competitive market with

public oversight)

Existing projects

• Metro Line 4 on Al Ahram

• BRT in Cairo:– Airport to Giza border

– Mostafa El Nahaas

• 6th of October Monorail

• CTA purchase of 500 buses: BRT compatible?

• Giza tunnels

Integration with metro

Integration of bridges and tunnels with BRT

BRT planning process

1. Preliminary Assessment

2. Service Plan

3. Infrastructure Plan

4. Financial Plan

5. Social, Environmental, and Economic Evaluation

Implementation timeline

SPV formation

Design consultants

Infrastructure contract

Marketing

Testing

year 1 year 2 year 3

Bus operations contract

Bus procurement

IT contract

IT procurement

Coordination with stakeholders

• Steering committee with– Three governors

– Minister of Housing/NUCA

– Minister of Transport

• Institutional partnerships:– Cairo Metro

– CTA

– Minibus operators

Thank you

www.itdp.org@ITDPafrica