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Planning for an Integrated

Transport Network in

Jeddah

Dr Marwan AL-Azzawi

Hyder Consulting Middle East

16 September 2014

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Contents

• Jeddah Background

• Transport and Socio-

Economic Characteristics

• Planning as part of

Developing an Integrated

Transport Network

• Revolution – Car to Public

Transport Shift

• Example and Lessons

Learned

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Jeddah Background

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Strategic Location • Located on the Red Sea

coast and the major urban

centre of western KSA

• Religious Gateway to

Makkah and Madinah, and a

major cultural hub in its own

right

• Major maritime trade hub

and largest seaport on Red

Sea

• Jeddah is at the heart of

Middle East and North Africa

and among the top two

commercial centres of the

Middle East

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Population Boom

• Jeddah is the 2nd largest

city in KSA

• Major population growth

• 1947 – 0.06 million

• 1970 – 0.4 million

• 2002 – 2.5 million

• 2012 – 3.6 million

• Sixty fold increase in 65

years

• Expected to be 6 million in

20 years

• One hundred fold

increase

1947

60k population

2012

3.6m population

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Socio-Economic Impacts

• Expansion from radial

growth around the historic

core and linear growth

along Makkah & Madinah

Roads

• Increased car travel

• 50% in 1970

• 98% in 2012

• Strain on infrastructure

• Congestion

• Top emitter of CO2

• Fuel prices in KSA is the

lowest, compared with more

than 100 nations worldwide

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Safety Concerns • KSA has one of the world’s

highest road fatality rates

(WHO, 2010)

• Road accidents is principal

cause of death in adult males

aged 16 to 36

• Key facts

• 8% increase (2011-12)

• 91% increase in fatalities

since 2003

• Jeddah traffic accidents

• 90,000 in 2012

• Traffic fatalities

• 1 fatal every 4 hours

• Cost = SR 2bn (US $0.5bn)

Source: World Health Organisation, 2010

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Poor Public Transport

Infrastructure and Services

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Poor Public Transport

Infrastructure and Services

• No Fixed Stops

• Mode Share < 2%

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Planning as part of Developing

an Integrated Transport

Network

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Jeddah’s Vision Maintain Status as:

• Gateway to the two Holy Cities

• Capital of Islamic culture

• Sustainable city

• “Bride of the Red Sea”

• Rich of History

• A dynamic international

perspective

• A place which fosters growth of

people and business

• A modern, hi-tech city

• An equitable and prospering

city

• A leading tourist and

International business

destination

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Multi-Modal Strategy Land-use changes

Provision for alternative modes

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Multi-Modal Strategy Changes in availability and price of parking (maybe other pricing

strategies in the longer term)

Employer initiatives to reduce commuting

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Committed Mega Transport

Projects

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Mega Public Transport Projects Key features:

• Integrate centres and PT

• 1 x high speed rail route

• 1 x commuter rail route

• 1 x express metro line

• 3 x primary metro lines

• LRT and BRT routes

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Mega Public Transport Projects

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Revolution – Car to Public

Transport Shift

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Planning Development

• Public Transport should be central to the

planning and land-use development process

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Planning Development

• Modern PT Systems with a Customer Focus

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Trip Purposes • Consider different types

of trips and their needs

– Home-based Work

(HBW)

– Non-home-based Work

(NHBW)

– Home-based Education

(HBE)

– Home-based Other

(HBO)

– Etc

• Tailor services to suit

trip purposes

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Land-Use and Transport

• Integrate Land-Use and Transport Planning

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Example - North Airport Developments • Almost 21million sq.m of new GFA

• Estimated new trips

• 154,000 in AM Peak

• 166,000 in PM Peak

Kingdom Tower

Mayasem

Rayadah

Sports City

Prince

Sultan

Cultural

City

Ministry of Housing

Jeddah Pearl

King Faisal Hospital

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Estimated Total New Trips AM Peak Traffic Flows

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Network Stress Points AM Peak Levels Of Service (LOS) Stress Points

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Identified Transport Improvements

(2)

(1)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6a)

(6b)

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Lessons Learned • Need to Progress Projects Together and

Not Isolated!

• Liaise with Structure Planning Team

• Liaise with Wider Stakeholders (e.g. MoT,

SRO, etc)

• Liaise with Private Developers (Transit

Oriented Developments, TOD)

• Key parties then take ownership of plans

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