Transcript Diapositiva 1

MINISTRY OF PUBLIC WORKS
5TH ENGINEERING CONFERENCE
An Imperative for Public
Transportation Reform
Presented by:
Patrick Thompson
February 5, 2015
OUTLINE
 Challenges of our Transport System
Importance of Transport to our Economy
The Paradigm Shift
Importance of Public Transportation
Why Reform?
Steps to Reform
CHALLENGES OF OUR TRANSPORT SYSTEM
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Our road based transport system provides many benefits but has many
challenges such as:
– It serves non-drivers poorly.
– It distributes benefits and costs inequitably.
– It is financially burdensome to households, governments and businesses.
– It is increasingly inefficient due to traffic congestion and dispersed land use.
– It is a major cause of death and disability.
– It contradicts environmental and quality of life objectives.
– It relies on non-renewable resources that may become scarce in the future.
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THE IMPORTANCE OF TRANSPORTATION TO OUR ECONOMY
•A sustainable economy is sensitive to economic, social and environmental
constraints.
•Sustainability requires more efficient, equitable, and environmentally
sensitive transport.
•This cannot be achieved simply by improving the efficiency of vehicle
designs or traffic management.
•It requires changes in the way we think about transportation, and how we
identify and evaluate solutions to transport problems
Sustainable Transportation is the capacity to support the mobility needs of people,
freight and information in a manner that is the least damageable to the environment
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THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT TO OUR ECONOMY
• An estimated 60% of Guyana’s
productive labour force uses Public
Transportation everyday;
• About 50% of the MPW staff use public
transportation everyday;
• Public Transportation is widely
available and fairly reliable.
• Public Transportation is a lifeline to our
economy
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“PARADIGM SHIFT”
“Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them.” – Albert Einstein.
 It requires changes in the way we think
about transportation, and how we
identify and evaluate solutions to
transport problems;
 Its difficult, almost impossible to solve
our transport problems in isolation;
 Transport is closely interlocked with
land use, urbanization, environment,
politics, communication,
technology,etc;
 Traditional Transport Planning treats
vehicle movements as an end in itself;
 Sustainable transportation planning
focuses on access, which can often be
improved with strategies that reduce
the need to travel altogether.
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WHY REFORM?
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Pillars
Efficiency
Customer
Service
Safety
Technology
Accountability
1. - Poor safety Rating
• Minibuses used in Guyana are not
designed to public transport vehicle
standards;
• With 15 seats, the vehicles are
operating at the limits of their design
capacity;
• Even minimal overloading is an
unacceptable strain on the suspension
system;
• At overloaded condition, the vehicles’
centre of gravity will be elevated and,
when operated at high speeds, they
tend to become unstable and
susceptible to rolling over.
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PTV Accident Record
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Age of PTV fleet
Age of Public Transportation Vehicles
4000
3811
3500
No of vehicles
3000
2500
2000
1500
953
1000
500
492
37
3
0
< 5 YRS OLD
5 YRS <AGE< 10 YRS
10 YRS <AGE< 20 YRS
> 20 YRS OLD
UNKNOWN
Decade of Manufacture
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2. Huge potential to solve our
congestion problem
• The small size and large numbers of vehicles aggravate
traffic congestion on Georgetown streets and at terminal
facilities;
• Congestion could be alleviated, with little negative impact on
service frequency, by a smaller number of larger vehicles;
• Optimizing the use of PTVs is central to sustainable urban
transport planning.
• Phasing out of minibuses in Guyana must be carefully
planned and implemented over a period of time
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3. Fragmented Oversight
3. Fragmented Oversight
GRA
MPW
MTIC
the existing legislation
identifies the ‘Licensing
Authority’ as the
‘Prescribed Authority’ for
regulating public transport
in Guyana;
‘Part VIII of the ‘Motor
Vehicle and Road Traffic
Act, Chapter 51:02’
MPW had a historic
role with regards to
the management
and operation of
the original public
sector (bus)
transport system.
MTIC has been given
Government
responsibility for
monitoring the overall
fare structure for
minibuses (and hire
cars (taxis)
collects import
duties, consumption
taxes, vehicle
licensing fees, and
driver licensing fees
for minibuses, etc.
Current role limited to
maintenance of bus
parks/tarmacs,
construction of bus
laybys, road markings
and erection bus stops
signs
The Minister acts
as the
Government
spokesperson on
the fare issue.
3. Fragmented Oversight
GRA
M&CC
MHA thru the GPF has
responsibility for issuance of
Road Service Licences
(RSL) for minibuses each
year, and to conduct the
vehicle’s mandatory ‘fitness’
(roadworthiness) check
every 6 months
The City’s Engineering
Department in theory has
responsibility for the
upkeep of roads, sidewalks
and public transport
terminals within the City
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4. Poor economies of scale
• Minibuses have a marginally lower initial cost;
• Other than this aspect, all the arguments (economic and
operational) favour the larger vehicles;
• From experience elsewhere, the operating costs per
passenger km of the 15-seater minibuses may be about
20-30% higher than equivalent costs to operate the
larger (26-30 seat) vehicles;
• Lower fares are more difficult to negotiate with smaller
PTVs
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5. Poor customer service
• MPW conducted a Commuter Satisfaction Survey in 2014;
• CSS measures commuter satisfaction with respect to
Accessibility, Timeliness, Comfort, Information and Safety
for 8 major bus routes – 31, 32, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45;
• The 8 routes account for 67% of the total public bus fleet in
Guyana with a total of 3,513 buses operating along these
routes.
• Overall Commuter Satisfaction at 41%
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5. Poor customer service
Top 5 Most Worrisome Aspects of Public Transportation
FACTORS
% SATISFACTION
RANK
Manner of soliciting passengers at bus park
12%
1
Type and loudness of music in public buses
15%
2
Buses being readily available during peak hours
27%
3
Adequacy of space (seating & leg room)
29%
4
Ease of boarding public buses
33%
5
“Minibus drivers don’t get fired, they get transferred”
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Overall Commuter Satisfaction
OVERALL
41%
26%
55%
31 (GEORGETOWN - WALES)
18%
40 (STABROEK-KITTY/CAMPBELLVILLE)
41 (STABROEK - SOUTH RUIMVELDT)
42 (GEORGETOWN – TIMEHRI)
41%
44 (GEORGETOWN – MAHAICA)
45 (STABROEK - MAIN, LAMAHA, ALBERTOWN)
31%
29%
40%
35%
68%
31%
33%
29%
39%
32%
28%
38%
31%
43 (GEORGETOWN – LINDEN)
27%
Dissatisfied
Neither
Satisfied
32 (GEORGETOWN - PARIKA)
33%
26%
9%
28%
23%
23%
39%
46%
Reference: 2014 Public Bus Commuter Survey Report, Central Transport Planning Unit, Ministry of Public Works19
Steps to Reform
1. Establish Regulatory Body for road-based public transport (eg. Guyana
Public Transport Agency);
2. Integrate most/ possibly all multi-agency functions to one body;
3. Revise traffic laws, rules and regulations in order that the legislation
reflects the current realities;
4. Establish policy to gradually phase out minibuses in favor of larger
26+ seater buses on most routes;
5. Relocate the bus terminal from the Stabroek Square, decentralize
terminal facilities and regularize of public transport operations to
remove the harmful and sometimes fatal effect that competition has on
the sector;
6. Address some/ all of the above in Sustainable Urban Transport Study
for Georgetown in 2015.
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A new season ahead...
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GUYANA WORKS
BECAUSE OF
PUBLIC WORKS
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