HCM City accelerates work on bus rapid transit route - Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Invested by the management board, the BRT project has total investment of over 121.2million USD, lent from the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA),and nearly 423 billion VND (over 18.38 million USD) in reciprocal capital.
A high-quality bus route, called BRT No 1, will be built along the Vo Van Kiet - Mai Chi Tho Highway, with technical characteristics and quality of service similarto lightBRT systems around the world,fully satisfying all of the requirements of smart traffic.
Itis one of six BRT routes planned by the city’s government.
With a total length of 26 km, 28 stops, and two transfer stations, and passing through the districtsof Binh Chanh, Binh Tan, 1, 2, 5, 6, and 8, between An Lac Roundabout and the Cat Lai Intersection, the route is hoped to increase connectivity with the existingbus network in the city and help cut travel times.
Luong Minh Phuc, head of the management board, said the biddingpackages relate to the construction of pedestrian bridges and bus shelters along BRTNo 1.
Therewill be about 42 buses with a capacity of 60-72 passengers each plying the route.The ticketing system will feature smart cards and NFC-based mobile ticketing.
Regarding the technical assistance project for HCMCity’s green transport development, funded by the Swiss State Secretariat for EconomicAffairs (SECO), a bidding plan has been approved bythe World Bank and a plan on selecting contractors for the project was approvedby the municipal People’s Committee in September last year, Phuc said./.
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