Case Study

Consultancy Services for Preparation of Comprehensive Traffic Management Study for Sana’a City

Narrative Description
of Project

The main objectives of the study are:

  • Study the existing traffic and travel characteristics of the Sana’a Urban area.
  • Project transport demand for the next 20 years up to 2024
  • Identify the nature and magnitude of present and anticipated future transport problems in the study area. Special attention should be paid to congestion safety and environmental issues.
  •  Propose short, medium and long-term measures/improvement plans which will be directed towards alleviating all identified problems and be conductive for orderly development of transportation facility in the city.
  • Evolve optimal road network system for the national capital region and prioritization of improvement measures/plans.
  • Carry out environmental and social impact assessment of the main proposed measures.

Description of Actual Services Provided

Services include:

  • Study of Existing Traffic & Travel characteristics
  • Collect available data, reports, maps and development plans
  • Conduct primary surveys
  • Delineation of Traffic zones
  • Conduct road network inventory
  • Conduct Work Place Surveys
  • Projection of Transport Demand
  •  Calibrate trip distribution
  • Carry out traffic assignment over road network system
  • Develop alternate urban & transport development strategies for city development
  • Project transport demand in the road network system for a 20 year horizon period
  • Identification of Transport Problems
  • Preparation of Transport Network Improvement Plan
  •  Recommendation for an optimal transport network Upgrading
  • Short Term Improvement measures
  •  Prepare improvement plans for priority junctions
  •  Consider Alternative low cost traffic improvement
  • Medium & Long Term Improvement Plans
  •  Propose Future Modes of Public Transport, including a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) on its own Row
  •  Identify Alternative Medium and Long Term Improvement Measures to enhance Operational Efficiency
  •  Economic Evaluation for the Identified Measures/Plans using cost-benefit analysis for the (with) and (without) project condition
  • Environmental and Social Impact Assessment
  • Carryout a Baseline Study
  • Assess the Adverse Impacts of the proposed Traffic Improvement
  • Prepare Environmental Management Plan (EMP) to be followed over the horizon period of 20 years.