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Planning for an Integrated
Transport Network in
Jeddah
Dr Marwan AL-Azzawi
Hyder Consulting Middle East
16 September 2014
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Contents
• Jeddah Background
• Transport and Socio-
Economic Characteristics
• Planning as part of
Developing an Integrated
Transport Network
• Revolution – Car to Public
Transport Shift
• Example and Lessons
Learned
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Jeddah Background
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Strategic Location • Located on the Red Sea
coast and the major urban
centre of western KSA
• Religious Gateway to
Makkah and Madinah, and a
major cultural hub in its own
right
• Major maritime trade hub
and largest seaport on Red
Sea
• Jeddah is at the heart of
Middle East and North Africa
and among the top two
commercial centres of the
Middle East
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Population Boom
• Jeddah is the 2nd largest
city in KSA
• Major population growth
• 1947 – 0.06 million
• 1970 – 0.4 million
• 2002 – 2.5 million
• 2012 – 3.6 million
• Sixty fold increase in 65
years
• Expected to be 6 million in
20 years
• One hundred fold
increase
1947
60k population
2012
3.6m population
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Socio-Economic Impacts
• Expansion from radial
growth around the historic
core and linear growth
along Makkah & Madinah
Roads
• Increased car travel
• 50% in 1970
• 98% in 2012
• Strain on infrastructure
• Congestion
• Top emitter of CO2
• Fuel prices in KSA is the
lowest, compared with more
than 100 nations worldwide
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Safety Concerns • KSA has one of the world’s
highest road fatality rates
(WHO, 2010)
• Road accidents is principal
cause of death in adult males
aged 16 to 36
• Key facts
• 8% increase (2011-12)
• 91% increase in fatalities
since 2003
• Jeddah traffic accidents
• 90,000 in 2012
• Traffic fatalities
• 1 fatal every 4 hours
• Cost = SR 2bn (US $0.5bn)
Source: World Health Organisation, 2010
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Poor Public Transport
Infrastructure and Services
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Poor Public Transport
Infrastructure and Services
• No Fixed Stops
• Mode Share < 2%
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Planning as part of Developing
an Integrated Transport
Network
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Jeddah’s Vision Maintain Status as:
• Gateway to the two Holy Cities
• Capital of Islamic culture
• Sustainable city
• “Bride of the Red Sea”
• Rich of History
• A dynamic international
perspective
• A place which fosters growth of
people and business
• A modern, hi-tech city
• An equitable and prospering
city
• A leading tourist and
International business
destination
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Multi-Modal Strategy Land-use changes
Provision for alternative modes
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Multi-Modal Strategy Changes in availability and price of parking (maybe other pricing
strategies in the longer term)
Employer initiatives to reduce commuting
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Committed Mega Transport
Projects
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Mega Public Transport Projects Key features:
• Integrate centres and PT
• 1 x high speed rail route
• 1 x commuter rail route
• 1 x express metro line
• 3 x primary metro lines
• LRT and BRT routes
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Mega Public Transport Projects
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Revolution – Car to Public
Transport Shift
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Planning Development
• Public Transport should be central to the
planning and land-use development process
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Planning Development
• Modern PT Systems with a Customer Focus
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Trip Purposes • Consider different types
of trips and their needs
– Home-based Work
(HBW)
– Non-home-based Work
(NHBW)
– Home-based Education
(HBE)
– Home-based Other
(HBO)
– Etc
• Tailor services to suit
trip purposes
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Land-Use and Transport
• Integrate Land-Use and Transport Planning
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Example - North Airport Developments • Almost 21million sq.m of new GFA
• Estimated new trips
• 154,000 in AM Peak
• 166,000 in PM Peak
Kingdom Tower
Mayasem
Rayadah
Sports City
Prince
Sultan
Cultural
City
Ministry of Housing
Jeddah Pearl
King Faisal Hospital
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Estimated Total New Trips AM Peak Traffic Flows
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Network Stress Points AM Peak Levels Of Service (LOS) Stress Points
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Identified Transport Improvements
(2)
(1)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6a)
(6b)
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Lessons Learned • Need to Progress Projects Together and
Not Isolated!
• Liaise with Structure Planning Team
• Liaise with Wider Stakeholders (e.g. MoT,
SRO, etc)
• Liaise with Private Developers (Transit
Oriented Developments, TOD)
• Key parties then take ownership of plans
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Thank You