Dar es Salaam Urban Transport Improvement Project

active

Prospective

The development objective of Dar Es Salaam Urban Transport Improvement Project for Tanzania is to improve transport mobility, accessibility, safety, and quality of transport service delivery along the selected corridors in Dar es Salaam. This project has three components. 1) The first component is Establishment of the Third and Fourth Phases of the Dar es Salaam Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) System, has the following subcomponents: (a) Establishment of BRT Phase 3 Infrastructure; (b) Establishment of BRT Phase 4 Infrastructure; (c) Preparation for Operation of the BRT System; (d) Upgrading of the Fare Collection System and Improving Traffic Management along the BRT Corridors; and (e) Implementation Support for Integrated Transit-Oriented Development along the BRT Corridors. 2) The second component, Improvement of the Ubungo Intersection and Complementary Road Safety Infrastructure for the BRT Phase 1 System has the following subcomponents: (a) Upgrading the Safety of the Ubungo Intersection and Integration of the BRT Corridor with Ubungo Up-country Bus Terminal; and (b) Road Safety Strengthening along the BRT Corridor and Kimara-Mbezi Feeder Section. 3) The third component, Institutional Strengthening and Reform, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Innovation, Safety Net, and Transport Studies has the following subcomponents: (a) Capacity Strengthening of Implementing Agencies; (b) Support to Restructuring of Dar Rapid Transit Agency (DART) and Establishment of Dar es Salaam Urban Transport Authority (DUTA); (c) Support to Road Safety Agencies; (d) Piloting of Safety Nets and Impact Evaluation; (e) ICT Innovation and Open Data Pilot in the Public Transport System; (f) Improving Oversight Capacity of the MoWTC; and (g) Transport Studies and BRT Communication Programs.

FY17 - Transportation

World Bank

Project

Mass Transit, Airport, Road, Bridge, Forest Products and Packaging, Government