7 May 2014

Sustainable transport vision for Greater Cairo

The state of public transport

Can we just build more flyovers?

• Short-term benefits• Attract more vehicles, making congestion

worse• Compete with public transport

2 lanes + elevated road

3-lane carriageway

New capacity from elevated road

3,000

4,700

Passenger capacity:

passengers per hour per direction

+60%

If car use grows at 10% per year, all the new capacity will be exhausted in 5 years

Is metro the answer?

Metro network

78 km existing76 km planned

After finishing metro lines 3, 4, 5

Paris London Mexico City

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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Cairo metro is already overburdened

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What about monorail?

Monorail “not a mass public transport system at all”

- Government of Maharashtra, India after failure of Mumbai monorail

How many generations do we need to wait for high quality public transport?

Building metro with buses

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

2 lanes + elevated road

3-lane carriageway

Using road space efficiently

3,000

Passenger capacity:

passengers per hour per direction

4,700

2 lanes + elevated road

3-lane carriageway

Using road space efficiently

Dedicated lanes for bus rapid transit

3,000

4,700

12,000+

passengers per hour per direction

Passenger capacity:

The world’s best BRTs were implemented in 2-3 years

Transmilenio – Bogotá, Colombia

41 km first phase in 3 years

Metrobus – Mexico City, Mexico

First 20 km in 2 years

TransCarioca - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

39 km in 3 years

Rapid transit capacity

Metro rail

BRT: with passing lanes

BRT: single lane / direction

LRT

Monorail

0 10,00020,00030,00040,00050,00060,00070,000

60,000

45,000

12,000

12,000

8,000

What can be built with $1 billion?

426 kilometres of BRT

14 kilometres of elevated rail 7 kilometres of subway

40 kilometres of LRT

Bus Rapid Transit:

• High quality

• High capacity

• High speed

• Customer oriented

Not an old bus running in a bus lane!

BRT around the world

Fast expansion in BRT networks

Ensuring Quality

Supporting rapid transit

1. Modern city buses

2. High quality footpaths and cycle tracks

3. Parking management

4. Compact transit-oriented development

BRT LINE

Turn the pyramid upside down!

Distribute road space and allocate budgetary to give priority to walking, cycling, and public transport over private motor vehicles

www.itdp.org@ITDPAfrica

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