Urban Mobility and Sustainable Urban Transport Index
Islamic Republic of Iran Tehran Sustainable Transport Indicators(SUTI)
October 2019 The Metropolis of Tehran Tehran Sustainable Transportation Indicators(SUTI)
Tehran characteristics
Population (million) 9
Area (km²) 750
southern slopes Location of Alborz mountains Average slope from north to 4.5% south Tehran Sustainable Transportation Indicators(SUTI)
Tehran characteristics
Municipal districts 22
12,100
District 10 Most density
District 22 Least density Tehran Transportation Tehran Sustainable Transportation Indicators(SUTI)
Tehran Road Network (km)
Highways, freeways and 931 ramps & loops
Major streets (primary & 1,053 secondary arterials) local streets 1,552 Tehran Sustainable Transportation Indicators(SUTI)
Tehran's Restricted Traffic Zones
Central restricted • Free for public vehicles zone (32 km²) • Charges for private cars
• Free for public vehicles • Free for 20 days of each low emission zone- season for private cars LEZ (89 km²) • Charges for private cars, more than 20 days Tehran Sustainable Transportation Indicators(SUTI)
Public Transport
Bus system Subway
Bus : 220 Lines 6 BRT : 10
Length(km) 3,000 215
Public sector: 1,348 Wagons: 1343 Fleet Private sector: 4,800 Trains: 183
Bus : 4,785 109 Stations BRT : 347 Tehran Sustainable Transportation Indicators(SUTI)
Paratransit
Types Fleet
Rotary taxi 34,000
Fixed- route taxi 16,000
Private Taxi 28,000
Internet taxi NA Tehran Sustainable Transportation Indicators(SUTI)
Active Transport
Cycling Walking
•Bike House: Facilities 153 Urban walk •Bikes: 4,000 path: 13 km
New Bike sharing: plan Bidood NA
Modal Share 0.4% 20% Tehran Sustainable Transportation Indicators(SUTI)
Private Vehicles
Private car 2,500,000
Type of Trips Share of Private & Public Modes Motorbikes 1,000,000
Total daily trips: 19 million
Share of Private Modes Share of Transit Modes Tehran Transport Administration Tehran Sustainable Transportation Indicators(SUTI)
Transportation Deputy of Tehran Municipality
Tehran Transportation and Traffic Organization
Tehran Urban & Suburban Railway Operation Company (METRO)
Tehran Bus Company
Tehran Traffic Control Company
Air Quality Control Company
Organization of Passenger Terminals and Rider Parks of Tehran Municipality
Tehran Taxi Supervision and Management Organization Tehran Transport Challenges and Taken Actions Tehran Sustainable Transportation Indicators(SUTI) Tehran Transport Challenges Problems Due to High 656 Low fuel –Gasoline: 10 number of cent/litre Traffic – Motorbike: 36% price – Cars: 12% – Diesel: 3 fatalities – Pedestrian: 45% cent/litre (yearly)
Air – PM10: 72.1 –Gasoline: 14 μg/m3 High fuel Million litre pollution – CO2: 1.23 consumption – Diesel: 1.5 Tons/cap Million litre
High private car Traffic 43% –Car occupancy share of congestion rate: 1.5 daily trips Tehran Sustainable Transportation Indicators(SUTI) Taken Actions Metro Developed Metro network –Total Length of lines in 2011: 125 km – Total Length of lines in 2017: Developed 215 km and Bus Optimized Privatized bus lines –Public share: 22% Transit –Private share: 88% system BRT Developed BRT network efficiency –Total Length of lines in 2011: 105 km – Total Length of lines in 2017: 184 km
Public transport integrated payment system Tehran Sustainable Transportation Indicators(SUTI)
Taken Actions
Replaced restricted CBD traffic zone with pricing zone Trip management Replaced the odd-even traffic scheme zone with Low Emission zone
Managed street parking
Increased vehicle technical inspection Controlled centers emissions & Intensified regulation vehicle safety Applied new equipment and technologies Tehran Sustainable Transportation Indicators Range # Indicators Natural Units Weights VALUE YEAR Normalized Value Min Max
Extent to which transport plans cover public transport, 1 intermodal facilities and 0 - 16 scale 0.1 0 16 11.00 2018 68.75 infrastructure for active modes Modal share of active and 2 % of trips public transport in commuting 0.1 10 90 37.4 2014 34.28
Convenient access to public 3 % of population transport service 0.1 20 100 93.23 2016 94.33
Public transport quality and 4 % satisfied reliability 0.1 30 95 62.01 2018 49.24
Traffic fatalities per 100.000 5 # fatalities inhabitants 0.1 10 0 7.39 2018 26.06
Affordability – travel costs as 6 % of income share of income 0.1 35 3.5 2.81 2018 102.20
Operational costs of the Cost recovery 7 public transport system ratio 0.1 22 100 45.14 2018 29.67
Investment in public % of total invest- 8 transportation systems ment 0.1 0 50 21.00 2018 42.00
9 Air quality (pm10) μg/m3 0.1 150 10 72.10 2018 55.64
Greenhouse gas emissions 10 Tons/cap from transport 0.1 2.75 0 1.23 2018 55.42 SUTI RESULT 50.69 Tehran Sustainable Transportation Indicators(SUTI) Tehran Sustainable Transportation Indicators(SUTI)
Conclusion
Strengths weakness Reasons Affordability Number of traffic fatality Low fuel price Convenient access to Low share of public and active public transport transport in daily trips Economic conditions
Quality and reliability of Weak enforcement Air pollution Public transport Lack of sustainable Insufficient investment in public income of transport municipality Thank you