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Astana LRT Project

Bertrand Goalou Asian Development Bank

Outline

•  Astana, New Capital City of Kazakhstan •  Urban Transport Issues •  Astana LRT Project •  Why LRT?

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Astana, New Capital City of Kazakhstan

Astana Population 1997 350,000

Population 2010 800,000

Population 2030 1,500,000

Car fleet 2003 70,000

Car fleet 2010 250,000

PT (buses+taxis) modal share

44%

Bus 54 lines

Bus operators (private)

10 companies

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Kazakhstan Population 16,000,000

GDP per capita $11,494 (2011)

Area 2,724,900 km2

Capital city (1997) Astana

Largest city Almaty

Source:  Google  Earth

The Two Faces of the City

New  city  -­‐  Southern  bank  

Old  city  (redevelopment)  -­‐  Northern  bank  

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Main Urban Transport Issues

Road - Severe increase in car ownership -Poor traffic management -Road congestion

Public transport - Bus-based Public Transport system - Proliferation of bus operators - Low performances and quality of service

Overall - Inappropriate transport organization, poor modal integration - Air pollution, noise, high traffic accidents - Decreasing efficiency and increasing travel time

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PHASE  2  

Phase  3  

Phase  1  

Astana LRT Project

Old  City  

New  City  

Railway  StaFon  

Abu  Dhabi  Plaza    

Airport  

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43-km Long Term LRT Network •  Studied options: Automatic Metro, LRT, BRT, Monorail… •  Selected option: City-wide LRT network

At grade and elevated Universal design Priority at junctions, OCC… Interchange stations, feeder lines

Phase 2 (9km, ADB financing) •  25% of the city population •  90,000 passengers per day in 2017 •  $790 million (ADB, EBRD, GoK) •  Triggers ADB’s safeguards policy

LA and IR: Category A ENV: Category A IP: Category C Effective Gender Mainstreaming

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Railway  StaFon  

Old  City  

Astana LRT Project

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New  City  

Abu  Dhabi  Plaza    

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Impact, Outcome and Outputs

•  Impact: Sustainable economic growth by improving urban environment

•  Outcome: More reliable and efficient public transport system

•  Output 1: Physical infrastructure – 9 km of LRT route 9 km segregated right of way (elevated) 7 stations with enhanced pedestrian accessibility Road redesign

•  Output 2: Project implementation support Project Management

Construction Supervision

•  Output 3: Capacity building and institutional development Project Management Support Monitoring and planning tools Restructuring of bus network and multimodal transport strategy Introduction of best practice in LRT operation (Management contract)

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Why LRT?

•  Political support •  Suited to current and future transport demand •  Rail as backbone of a reorganized Public Transport network •  LRT on main transport corridors •  BRT envisaged as secondary network •  Life span •  Compares favorably with existing LRT networks •  Severe weather conditions •  Middle-income country (upper) •  Potential for replication (Almaty)

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Thank you

bgoalou@adb.org