Yangon Urban Transport Master Plan of the Project for Comprehensive Urban Transport Plan of

the Greater Yangon (YUTRA)

Major Findings on Yangon Urban Transport and Short-Term Actions

May 14, 2014Mr. Takashi Shoyama

JICA Project Team

Jointly hosted by the Ministry of Rail Transportationwith Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

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Contents

I. YUTRA IntroductionII. Key Findings of YUTRA SurveysIII. Transport Demand ForecastIV. Proposed Short-term Actions

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I. YUTRA Introduction

YUTRA traffic survey (meeting in the field)3

Objectives

To prepare a comprehensive urban transport plan of the Greater Yangon: long term plan until 2035, mid-term plan until 2025, and short-term action plan until 2018;

To conduct Pre-Feasibility Study for Construction of New ThaketaBridge;

Implementation of 8-mile Intersection Improvement; and

Technology transfer to Myanmar counterparts through the Project

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Project Schedule

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Transport/Traffic Surveys Conducted in YUTRA

Intersection Survey

Traffic Count Survey

Screen Line Survey

Parking Survey

Ferry Passenger Count Survey

Railway Passenger OD Interview Survey

Bus Passenger OD Interview Survey

Cordon Line Survey

Truck OD Interview Survey

Travel Speed Survey

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II. Key Findings of YUTRA Surveys

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No. of Trips of Yangon Residents Mode

Number of Person Trips

(000/day)Walk 4,778Bicycle 1,472Motorcycle 471Car 441Van 89Taxi 502Sc / Co Bus 604Passenger Truck 391Small-Bus 378Large-Bus 1,856Pick-up 64Medium-Truck 14Large-Truck 6Trailer 5Railway 71Water Ferry 160Others 13

Total 11,313

No. of Person- Trips of Greater Yangon

11.3 million/day (total) or

6.5 million/day (excluding walk)

0

1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

6,000

Trip: travel activity of a person with a single purpose, e.g. commuting

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Trip Rate (average number of trips per person per day)

Modal Share

Excluding walk trips

Male Female Total

All Trips 2.199 1.904 2.042

Excluding Walking 1.472 0.923 1.179

In most of Asian cities, the trip rate ranges from 2.0 to 2.5. The rate of Yangon is on the low side. The present mobility of Yangon people is not high.

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Trip Makers’ Opinion on Selected Transport Policy MattersQuestion:Do you think the current limitation on the use of motorcycle in Yangon should be continued? (Yes/ No/ Don’t know)

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III. Transport Demand Forecast

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Demand Forecast Methodology

The travel demand model for YUTRA is developed for the assessment of strategic transport development options.

It is a four stage model:

YCDC (33 Township) 130Special Areas 4Rest of Yangon Region 33Other Regions (External) 20Total (Zones) 187

1. Trip-end model

2. Distribution model

3. Modal split

4. Traffic assignment

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Socio-economic Framework

2013 2018 2025 2035

Primary 58 58 58 58

Secondary 219 263 350 562

Tertiary 2,263 2,601 3,214 4,470 Workers

Total Workers 2,540 2,921 3,622 5,089

Student at Residence 1,164 1,303 1,532 1,938

Others 2,013 2,212 2,462 2,685

Night-time Population

('000)

Total Night-time Population 5,716 6,437 7,615 9,712

Primary 58 58 58 58

Secondary 244 289 378 595

Tertiary 2,263 2,610 3,242 4,547 Employment

Total Employment 2,565 2,956 3,678 5,200

Student at School places 1,164 1,303 1,532 1,938

Others 2,013 2,212 2,462 2,685

Day-time Population

('000)

Total Day-time Population 5,741 6,472 7,672 9,823

Household Income ('000 Kyat/month) 240.6 340.5 522.2 954.7

Household Car Ownership Ratio (%) 11.6 16.8 23.2 32.3

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Assignment – Current Situation

V/C: Volume/ Capacity Ratio. If this ratio is over 1.0, the congestion is serious.

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Summary Growth in Travel Demand ('000)Description 2013 2018 2025 2035

Walk 4,778 5,238 6,072 7,403

Bicycle 1,472 1,661 1,981 2,704

Mechanised 4,935 5,862 7,185 9,477

% mechanised 44.1 45.9 47.2 48.4

Total Trips 11,185 12,761 15,238 19,584Population 5,716 6,437 7,616 9,712

Trip Rate 1.96 1.98 2.00 2.02

About 1.8 times in 2035

Future Travel Demand – Summary of Growth in Person Trips

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Future Travel Demand 2035 – Do-nothing

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IV. Proposed Short-term Actions

(1) BRT - Network Recommended

(2) Traffic Management- Parking issue

- Intersection improvement

(3) Institutional Reform

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(1) BRT - Network Recommended- To maintain the current 60% of public transport modal share

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BRT Project Stages

Project Evaluation

No.1. BRT 1A:i. Dagon Ayeyar Highway –Dagon Thiri Garden lineii. Daningon Jct - CBD

No.2. BRT 1B:i. Aungmingalar Bus T – CBDii. YGN Airport – Hledan Jct

No.3. BRT 2A:i. Myaynigone Jct –

Thingangyun SanpyaMarket

ii. East Dagon – CBD

No.4. BRT 2B:i. Thingangyun Yoma Bank –

Kyaikkhouk Pagoda

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Movie

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(2) Traffic Management

1. On-street parking and illegal parking2. Insufficient traffic signal operation3. Improper boarding and alighting

behavior of bus passengers 4. Deteriorated road pavement 5. Flooding of road way 6. Schools, hospitals, shopping centers,

etc. that attract many people without enough parking space

7. Busy roadside activities and encroachment area )

8. Road works9. Large volume of trucks and other large

vehicles mixed with other traffic

Major Causes of Traffic Congestion

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In front of Shopping Center

Parking Problems Motorcar users have no choice but to park on-street causing traffic congestion, since number of off-street parking is limited.

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Effectiveness of Parking Control – from 2013 simulationWith On-road Parking

(Current Situation) Without On-road Parking

Improvement of about 6-7 km/h

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Proposed Traffic Management Projects

1. Yangon CBD Traffic Congestion Mitigation Project

2. Major Roads Traffic Congestion Mitigation Project

3. Capacity Development on Traffic Planning and Management

4. Yangon Parking Development Project (Master Plan)

5. Yangon Parking Development Project (Construction)

6. Yangon Traffic Safety Five-Year Program

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Pilot Project implemented at 8-mile Intersection

8-mile Intersection

Pyay Rd Pyay RdAM Peak PM Peak9:00-10:00 16:00-17:00

Kabar Aye Pagoda Rd Kabar Aye Pagoda Rd

Kyaik Wine Pagoda Rd Kyaik Wine Pagoda Rd

Pyay Rd Pyay Rd

14%

58%

28%

69%

11%

63%

27%

18% 10%

17% 16%

11% 16%

43%

14%

72%

35%39% 55%

35%

51%

11%

57%

32%

High left-turn ratio

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Improvement Measures

Lead-lag phase with left turn actuation

New lane assignment

Advanced signal controller

Video vehicle detector

Time-of-day control to meet varying traffic demand

Two sets of lantern for each movement

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Movie

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(3) Institutional ReformEstablishment of Yangon Urban Transport Authority (YUTA)- proposed

About 50 staff in totalResponsible for:

- Planning

- Management

- Budgeting

- Monitoring, etc.

of urban transport projects

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Establishment of BRT Management Agency

Responsible for

- planning and managing the BRT network,

- and is primarily responsible for customer service delivery.

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THANK YOU

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