THE KAMPALA BUS RAPID TRANSIT PROJECT

MINISTRY OF WORKS AND TRANSPORT, UGANDA

BACKGROUND OF THE KBRT PROJECT

• It was proposed in the National Transport Master plan that a BRT system be introduced to serve the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area.

• The World Bank consequently funded prefeasibility studies for the development of a long term integrated Bus Rapid Transit System for Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area.

• Consultant was Integrated Transport Planning (ITP) in association with IBIS Transport Consultants.

• At the time, Kampala City Council (KCC) represented the Government of Uganda as the Client. Presently, this has transitioned in Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA).

• The exercise (prefeasibility) was finalised in May 2010.

Recommendations of the Pre Feasibility Studies

Proposed corridors included;

1. Gayaza Road

2. Jinja Road

3. Old Port Bell Road

4. Gaba Road

5. Entebbe Road

6. Masaka Road

7. Hoima Road

8. Bombo Road

9. Kiira road

9 proposed BRT corridors (2010)

Initially Proposed core corridor = Bwaise to Kireka (14.7km), 2010

Kampala BRT Inception Report 6 11 September 2012

FEASIBILITY STUDY, DETAILED ENGINEERING DESIGN AND CONTRACT PREPARATION

• The Ministry of Works and Transport engaged (in August 2012) a Joint Venture of Consultants to carry out a feasibility study, detailed engineering design and contract preparation for the Pilot KBRT.

• Consortium included ROM Transport Engineers Ltd, ARUP and AH Consultants.

PROGRESS WITH THE JV CONSULTANTS

Reports submitted so far:

• Inception Report

• Feasibility, Preliminary Design and Operations

• Demand and Operations

• Interim Design Report

• Draft Detailed Designs

• Draft Tender Documents

Stage of Project Execution

• Detailed Designs

Pending Report

• Final report consisting of Detailed Deigns and Tender Documents

Pilot Corridor (25km)

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BRT Concept

• High capacity vehicles: 18m long articulated buses, capacity 150 passengers

• High frequencies: up to 30 vehicles per hour (each direction).

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• Design speed 29.5km/h. • Average stop distance of 800m. • Minimise delays at junctions to the extent possible. • Modern, standard low-floor vehicles with doors at the

left side. → vehicles can go beyond the BRT infrastructure

• Low-floor vehicles & low platforms → easy and quick boarding and alighting

• Side platforms • Platform length 40 m, suitable for two 18m long

vehicles. • BRT lanes in the middle of the road, with exceptions.

Ticketing

Recommendations

• No ticket sales on-board, pay before entering the platform.

• Closed and guarded platforms, enter via turnstiles.

• Ticket booth outside the closed platforms.

• Start with combination of single tickets or tokens and electronic ticketing.

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Junctions

• All key junctions along the BRT pilot corridor will be signalised.

• At all junctions, measures have been taken to avoid right-turning traffic which would affect BRT operation.

• KCCA has been recommended to consider an Urban Traffic Control System and centralised Traffic Control Centre (not part of the BRT project).

• All roundabouts are to be transformed into signalised junctions.

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Multiple Arm Signal Junction with BRT

central running way (ex-roundabout)

Previous

Roundabout

alignment

INVESTMENT COSTS

• USD 394M- Infrastructure Investment Cost

• USD 30M - Land acquisition costs

• USD 66M - Fleet Costs

CLOSE OF DESIGN CONTRACT

30th/October/2014

NEXT STEPS

• Land acquisition

• Establishment of MATA

• Securing funding possibly with World Bank

• Publicising the Project

• Procurement of Infrastructure and ITS

• Procurement of Operator

CONCLUSION

• We look forward to obtaining as much support as possible from development partners.

• Thank you for listening!