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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

Kazakhstan
Population GDP per capita Area Capital city (1997) Largest city 16,000,000 $11,494 (2011) 2,724,900 km2 Astana Almaty

Astana
Population 1997 Population 2010 Population 2030 Car fleet 2003 Car fleet 2010 PT (buses+taxis) modal share Bus Bus operators (private) 350,000 800,000 1,500,000 70,000 250,000 44% 54 lines 10 companies
Source: Google Earth

The Two Faces of the City

Old city (redevelopment) - Northern bank

New city - Southern 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

Astana LRT Project

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 ADBs safeguards policy
LA and IR: Category A ENV: Category A IP: Category C Effective Gender Mainstreaming
Railway StaFon

Old City
Phase 3 PHASE 2

New City
Abu Dhabi Plaza

Phase 1

Airport

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Astana LRT Project

Railway StaFon

Old City

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
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