Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions with Bus Rapid Transit


GEF ID: 1917
Focal Areas: Climate Change
Country(ies): Colombia Tanzania
Geograpic scope: Global
Project Description:

This project seeks to implement a pilot BRT system in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, that will be the first stage of a100Km trunk system that will be the first and most extensive BRT system in Africa. Secondly, the project seeks to implement the first fully developed NMT feeder system as an integral part of the planned 12Km pilot BRT system in Cartagena, Colombia. Finally, the project team, which includes BRT experts primarily from Brazil, Colombia and the US, will document the BRT planning process in a BRT planning guide so that others wishing to develop BRT projects on their own will not have to rely on international consultants. The guide will also outline a basic methodology for quantifying projected GHG and other emissions. This project is aimed at promoting south-south partnerships in sustainable transportation. In this case, the Tanzanian team will benefit from the extensive experience in Latin America, particularly in Colombia.

Lead Executing Agency: ITDP (Institute for Transportation $ Development Policy)
Project Type: MSP
PPG/PDF Grant: $ 0.00
PPG Confinancing: $ 0.00
Project Grant: $ 724,595.00
Project Confinancing: $ 2,999,864.00

Project Status

PIF: PIF Submission Date   Unspecified
GEF Approval Date   Unspecified No Document
 
PPG: GEF Approval Date   Unspecified No Document
UNEP Approval Date   2003/01/20
Completion Date   Unspecified
 
Project: Expected CEO Approval Date   Unspecified
Project Submission To GEF  2004/07/14
CEO Approval Date  2005/02/09 Document
UNEP Approval Date  Unspecified
Completion Date  Unspecified No Document