Chittagong Public Disclosure Authorized Strategic Urban Transport Master Plan (P155253) Public Disclosure Authorized Corridor Improvements Pre-Feasibility Study 19 November, 2018 Public Disclosure Authorized Prepared by: Prepared for: Public Disclosure Authorized e.Gen Consultants Ltd., Bangladesh in association with Integrated Transport Planning Ltd, United Kingdom Chittagong Strategic Urban Transport Master Plan Corridor Improvement Pre-Feasibility Study Contents 1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 1 2 Rationale for corridor selection ....................................................................................................... 2 2.1 Corridor options ........................................................................................................................... 2 2.2 Evaluation methodology ............................................................................................................ 16 3 Corridor Approach Definition ........................................................................................................ 19 3.2 Defining a Corridor Improvement Strategy ............................................................................... 25 3.3 Developing the Public Transport hierarchy ............................................................................... 26 3.4 Potential for phased introduction ............................................................................................. 27 4 Corridor Improvements ................................................................................................................. 30 4.1 Dedicated running lanes ............................................................................................................ 30 4.2 Junction improvements ............................................................................................................. 38 4.3 Bus stops/stations ...................................................................................................................... 41 4.4 Vehicles ...................................................................................................................................... 43 4.5 Service plan ................................................................................................................................ 44 4.6 Arrangements for routes joining the BRT corridor .................................................................... 50 4.7 Bus priority measures for direct services .................................................................................. 50 4.8 Revenue collection ..................................................................................................................... 51 4.9 ITS ............................................................................................................................................... 51 4.10 Pedestrian facilities .................................................................................................................... 52 4.11 Terminals and interchanges ....................................................................................................... 54 4.12 Depots ........................................................................................................................................ 58 4.13 Major civil works ........................................................................................................................ 60 4.14 Institutional arrangements ........................................................................................................ 61 4.15 Bus Sector Reform ..................................................................................................................... 64 4.16 Branding ..................................................................................................................................... 65 4.17 Parking management ................................................................................................................. 65 4.18 Other design issues .................................................................................................................... 66 4.19 Freight improvements ............................................................................................................... 67 5 Modelled Impacts and Forecast Patronage ................................................................................... 68 5.1 Form of model ........................................................................................................................... 68 5.2 Impact on network ..................................................................................................................... 69 5.3 Forecast patronage .................................................................................................................... 75 5.4 Modelling summary ................................................................................................................... 80 6 Capital and Operational Costs ....................................................................................................... 81 6.1 Capital cost ................................................................................................................................. 81 6.2 Operating cost ............................................................................................................................ 82 6.3 Financial evaluation ................................................................................................................... 83 Corridor Improvement Pre-Feasibility Study Page i Chittagong Strategic Urban Transport Master Plan 7 Economic Appraisal ....................................................................................................................... 87 7.1 Public Transport Consumer benefit ........................................................................................... 88 7.2 Public Transport Producer benefit ............................................................................................. 88 7.3 External benefits ........................................................................................................................ 89 7.4 Project costs ............................................................................................................................... 90 7.5 Net economic benefits ............................................................................................................... 90 7.6 Sensitivity analysis ..................................................................................................................... 92 8 Social Impact Assessment .............................................................................................................. 93 8.1 Impacts on commuters .............................................................................................................. 93 8.2 Provision of transport supportive of women............................................................................. 94 8.3 Impacts on land and settlements along the corridor ................................................................ 97 8.4 Public transport regulations ...................................................................................................... 98 8.5 Impacts on public transport operations .................................................................................... 99 8.6 Addressing economic dislocation ............................................................................................ 101 9 Conclusion .................................................................................................................................... 103 Corridor Improvement Pre-Feasibility Study Page ii Chittagong Strategic Urban Transport Master Plan List of Figures Figure 2-1: Identified corridors .................................................................................................................... 2 Figure 2-2: Green corridor (Kalurghat to Airport with New Market spur) .................................................. 3 Figure 2-3: Current Cross Section: Kamal Atartuk between VIP Road and Sea Beach Road. ...................... 4 Figure 2-4: Current Cross Section: M.A. Aziz Road between Katgar Junction and KEPZ Junction. .............. 5 Figure 2-5: Current Cross Section: M.A. Aziz Road ...................................................................................... 6 Figure 2-6: Current Cross Section: Tiger Pass Road ..................................................................................... 7 Figure 2-7: Current Cross Section: CDA Avenue .......................................................................................... 8 Figure 2-8: Current Cross Section: Chittagong – Cox’s Bazar Highway (Arkan Road) .................................. 9 Figure 2-9: Current Cross Section: Chittagong – Cox’s Bazar Highway (Arkan Road) ................................ 10 Figure 2-10: Blue corridor (Alongkar Mor to Shaheed Boshirussaman Sq) ............................................... 12 Figure 2-11: Red corridor (Baluchara to New Market) .............................................................................. 14 Figure 3-1: Preferred green corridor ......................................................................................................... 19 Figure 3-2: Corridor opportunities