Pasto, Pereira, Monteria, Valledupar (STIC Program)
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Sustainable Transport for Intermediate Cities: Pasto, Pereira, Monteria, Valledupar (STIC Application Title Program) Country/ Region Colombia Accredited Entity CAF - Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina (CAF – Development Bank of Latin America) Approval Date 2 March 2018 TABLE OF CONTENTS Section A EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Section B DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES Section C RATIONALE Section D IMPLEMENTATION PLAN Section E FINANCING PLAN Section F RISKS AND MITIGATION MEASURES Please submit the completed form to: [email protected] and use the following name convention for the file name: “[PPF]-[Agency Short Name]-[Date]-[Serial Number]” Project Preparation Facility GREEN CLIMATE FUND | PAGE 2 OF 61 A. Executive Summary (in one page) Accredited Entity CAF - Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina (CAF – Development Bank of Latin America) Name: Mateo Salomon Position: Principal Executive Email: [email protected] Contact Details Tel: + 5072975397 Full Office address: Boulevard Pacífica P.H. Oceanía Business Plaza Torre 2000 piso 27, Panama City, Panama Concept Note Title Sustainable Transport for Intermediate Cities: Pasto, Pereira, Monteria, and Valledupar - (reference number) STIC Country/Region Colombia The programme´s overall objective is to reduce GHG emissions as a result of the adoption of more efficient, less carbon intensive modes of public and private transport in 4 intermediate cities in Colombia (Pasto, Pereira, Montería, Valledupar). This is to be achieved with a combination of strategic interventions to trigger: (i) modal shift from low capacity vehicles (i.e., motorcycles and private cars) to fewer better operated larger vehicles (i.e., integrated bus transport systems); (ii) modal shift from motorized vehicles (i.e., SUV, cars, motorcycles, buses) to non-motorized means of transportation (e.g., bicycles, walking) (iii) lower travelled distance per activity as a result of better urban planning and transport demand management This request is for Project Preparation Facility funds to complete the structuring of the Sustainable Transport for Intermediate Cities: Pasto, Pereira, Monteria, and Valledupar - STIC Programme and prepare a funding proposal to be submitted to the GCF. In Request Summary particular, to prioritize location, and perform specific project interventions in the cities, (in 200 words) undertak e feasibility studies, develop technical designs, carry out due diligence on environmental and social safeguards compliance, prepare a gender action plan and develop GHG emission reduction assessment and monitoring protocol,. PPF support will be used to carry out preparatory studies for each city in the following areas: • Transport Demand Management (TDM) • Modal integration • Non-Motorized Transport (NMT) • Transit Oriented Development (TOD) PPF funds will also be used to develop key cross cutting technical assistance project components oriented to achieve better road safety and less accidents, communications and education strategies to help move passengers to the more sustainable transport modes. Anticipated Duration 12 months PPF request (including AE fees): USD1,415,750 Estimated cost In kind co-financing from the Ministry of Transport and Municipalities (Monteria, Valledupar, Pereira, Pasto): USD 58,840 Project Preparation Facility GREEN CLIMATE FUND | PAGE 3 OF 61 Total: 1,481,800 B. Description of Activities The GCF programme will support local efforts that can trigger behavioural changes to either adopt low carbon transport modes; or to reduce travel distance through more efficient trips. To achieve GHG emission reductions the program will develop a combination of Push and Pull strategies: (a) Push strategies, designed to push male and female passengers out of low capacity high emitting modes into less carbon intensive modes; or (b) Pull strategies, designed to pull or attract female and male passengers into the efficient target transport modes, including Transit Oriented Development (TOD) measures to structurally reduce travel distance. PPF resources will be used to undertake feasibility studies for devising a sound combination of push and pull measures in each city. Further, PPF resources will also help develop cross cutting studies to assess and ensure monitoring of GHG emission reductions, to assess environmental, social and gender potential impacts and devise mitigation measures, to design road safety activities and a knowledge management and communication strategy, and to assess financial and economic feasibility and financially structure the program, The activities to be financed by PPF are shown below: • Activity 1: Feasibility Studies o Activity 1.1: Feasibility study for Pasto o Activity 1.2: Feasibility study for Pereira o Activity 1.3: Feasibility study for Monteria o Activity 1.4: Feasibility study for Valledupar • Activity 2: GHG emission reduction monitoring study • Activity 3: Design of Communications Strategy • Activity 4: Road safety strategic program and policy • Activity 5: Economic and Financial analysis • Activity 6: Environmental, Social and Gender Assessment Activity 1: Feasibility Studies The table below describes the set of complementary activities and works under 4 main strategic approaches that will be develop for each city and the activities that will be performed during the PPF implementation: Strategic Line of Action Description • Modal integration GCF: Works oriented to facilitate modal integration and exchange around bus stations. It includes gender-sensitive pedestrian infrastructure, bike parking facilities, urban seats, signalling, parking and pathways. PPF: Prioritization of interventions, and specific engineering studies • Non-Motorized Works oriented to make biking easier, safer, and more accessible. Works Transport (NMT) will include ramps, bridge features and separated lanes, intersection infrastructure to prevent accidents, pedestrian areas providing access to bikes and people, signalling PPF: Prioritization of interventions, and specific engineering studies • Transport Demand Technical Assistance (TA) to promote push and pull transport demand Management (TDM) activities oriented to achieve increased bus and NMT ridership PPF: study to assess transport demand management strategies, differentiated by gender, in each city, according to their cost effectiveness Project Preparation Facility GREEN CLIMATE FUND | PAGE 4 OF 61 and pre-feasibility, in order to select priority investments. Second phase will set TOR to implement specific TDM measures in each city • Transit Oriented TA to implement gender-sensitive TOD strategies around the cities´ down Development (TOD) town areas, in association with land-use planners, public transport providers, and sustainable transport strategies PPF: study to assess land-use plans and potential for TOD measures, and to design specific gender-sensitive TOD strategies and interventions. Also, the study will set specific mechanisms for monitoring TOD impact in reducing travel distance, or in increasing bus ridership and NMT, disaggregated by gender. In addition, PPF resources will be used to develop key cross cutting activities that will be contracted for all cities, to allow for comparative monitoring, and the use of similar quality standards. Specifically, PPF resources will also be used to finance studies to prepare the following activities: Cross-cutting activities Description to be implemented during the program • Activity 2: GHG GCF: GHG emissions reductions will be measured through a monitoring, emission reductions record-keeping and communications mechanism. This includes periodic field monitoring surveys and occupancy measurement, as well as data gathering for key indicators such as fuel use, type of vehicles, fuel performance, travelled distance by mode. PPF: study to develop monitoring mechanism, addressing the different transitions from low capacity low occupancy to high capacity high occupancy, from motorized to non-motorized, and the reduction of traveling distance. Technical assistance to assess the potential for GHG emission reductions to be attributed to the deepening of NMT strategies and inter modal strategies in all cities, including setting indicators for keeping track of progress, reporting on indicators, and reporting on successes and failures. The study will help building a Theory of Change logical framework, and a system for tracking down activities. • Activity 3: GCF: Progress and success will be main pillars for building a Communications communications campaign that helps promote the transition to more efficient, campaign and less carbon intensive transport modes. Inducing women and men to opt for knowledge the most sustainable transport modes is essential to achieve the program management objectives. Underlying conditions need to be in place, such as good public transport systems, or safe, and well-designed NMT features. But communications will be a key factor in making the modal change effective PPF: TA to design a gender sensitive communications campaign • Activity 4: Road safety GCF: The program will implement a program on road safety, consisting of strategic program and policies and strategic interventions and communications campaigns to policy achieve better and safer transport in the cities, as a key strategy to leverage NMT and transport modal exchange to less carbon intensive transport modes. GCF will finance the technical assistance to push for road safety investments and monitoring in each of the cities, and at the national level PPF: TA to develop a gender sensitive road safety program and strategy