Heilongjiang Cold Weather Smart Public Transportation System

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The objective of the Heilongjiang Cold Weather Smart Public Transport System Project for China is to upgrade the quality and efficiency of public transport services in selected public transport corridors of the project cities. The project has five components. (1) Public transport corridor improvement component will finance the improvement of three designated public transport corridors in Harbin and five in Mudanjiang by: (a) improving pavement conditions and developing new lane configurations within the current pavement width to provide dedicated bus-priority lanes, bike lanes, and pedestrian facilities; (b) installing bus stops and providing heated indoor bus waiting facilities, limited underground conduit/pipeline, sidewalk and roadside parking improvement. (2) The second component is the public transport infrastructure improvement. (3) Traffic management and safety improvement component will finance the procurement of equipment and related civil works for traffic management in Harbin and Mudanjiang for: (1) traffic control system, including traffic signals with bus priority function to ensure bus priority and pedestrian crossings safety; (2) traffic monitoring and violation detection system; (3) real time traffic information system and traffic guidance system; and (4) traffic safety education. (4) Emergency response and road maintenance component will support Harbin in the development of an effective emergency response and road maintenance system. (5) Capacity building component will support improvements to the institutional and financing framework within which public transport services are developed and operated in both Harbin and Mudanjiang.