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Hoang Phuc Dung, Road Safety Coordinator, Ho Chi Minh City Presented at Transforming Transportation 2017

HO CHI MINH CITY, SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM

INFRASTRUCTURE COORDINATOR

HOANG PHUC DUNG

2. Quick wins of infrastructure

1. Overview Contents

3. Challenges & solutions

•  Area: 2,095.6 km²

•  Population(2016): ~ 8.4 mil inhabitants

•  Population density : 4,008 inhabitant/ km2

HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM

• Road density: 1.98 km/km2 (Expected 10-13%)

• Land for transportation/ Urban land: 8.5% (Expected: 22.3%)

• Road length with sidewalk width < 1m or not: 49.3%

HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM

HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM

HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM NETWORK PLANNING MASS RAPID TRANSIT IN HCMC

• No. of route: 8

• Total length: 172.6km

• Construction:

Line #.1: 19.7km (11.4%)

Operation time: 2020

HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM 2016 vs 2015

!  #. Accident: 5.57%

!  #. Fatality: 14.53%

!  #. Injury: 3.06%

HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM 2016 vs 2015

!  #. Accident:

23.73%

!  #. Fatality: 28%

!  #. Injury: 6.67%

2015-2016 _ HO CHI MINH CITY QUICK WINS OF INFRASTRUCTURE

1. Refuge islands for pedestrian safety improvement have been built

Before

After

2015-2016 _ HO CHI MINH CITY QUICK WINS OF INFRASTRUCTURE

2. Solution to protect motorcyclist accessing sidewalk have been applied

Before After

2015-2016 _ HO CHI MINH CITY QUICK WINS OF INFRASTRUCTURE

3. Barriers have been built on sidewalk at crowded area

In front of hospital In front of school

2015-2016 _ HO CHI MINH CITY QUICK WINS OF INFRASTRUCTURE

4. Traffic safety improvement for pedestrian to access the bus station

Implemented WRI’s recommendation

1. Pedestrian safety issues

HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM CHALLENGES & SOLUTIONS

"  SOLUTIONS

-  Solutions haven’t been implemented simultaneously yet.

-  Poor traffic safey awareness & do not accept traffic law of road users

-  Maintain to implement traffic safety solutions in 2016

•  Refuge island •  To protect motorcyclist accessing

the sildewalk •  Barrier apply at crowd areas

-  Raise traffic safey aware for pedestrian by education and making campaign

2. Public transportation operation development

HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM CHALLENGES & SOLUTIONS

-  There is no dedicated bus lane

-  No. of private vehicle increased rapidly.

2. Public transportation operation development

HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM CHALLENGES & SOLUTIONS

"  SOLUTIONS

Dedicated bus lane would be applied

3. Motorcycle issue

HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM CHALLENGES & SOLUTIONS

-  No. of motorcycle have grown rapidly

-  Air pollution incrasing

-  There is no dedicated motorcycle lane

3. Motorcycle issue

HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM CHALLENGES & SOLUTIONS

"  SOLUTIONS

-  Establish the cycle time regulation for motorcycle

-  Encourage Public transport, mass rapid transist system development

-  Establish policy to limit private vehicle development

4. Sidewalk issues

HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM CHALLENGES & SOLUTIONS

-  Lack of simultaneous planning

-  Cultural front-of-house

"  SOLUTIONS

-  Enforcement Strengthening

-  Research to rearrange functional sidewalk

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