ADB intends to accelerate project on public transport

Oyundelger 2016-09-08 03:09

Society

ADB intends to accelerate project on public transport.

ADB intends to accelerate project on public transport. Mayor of Ulaanbaatar city S.Batbold exchanged views on an investment program on developing public transportation of the capital city and a project on bus rapid transit (BRT) when he met Monday with Robert Gayle, director of the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Northeast Asian division of transportation. The project and program on the public transport development of Ulaanbaatar are being co-implemented by the ADB and Ulaanbaatar city’s administration. Although the sides signed a document on starting the project in 2014, the implementation course is running slowly, so the ADB intends to accelerate the project and program’s realization in near future, Robert Gayle said. He added that the ADB aspires to commission the first corridor of the BRT in UB by next year. The Mayor said the Ulaanbaatar administration will provide all conditions for implementing the project because the public transport is a critical issue in Ulaanbaatar which is the most populous city in Mongolia. He added that Ulaanbaatar wants to carry out a joint research on planning routes and stations of the public transport, correlating it with the BRT project. In response, Robert Gayle reported that a three-day workshop on empowering the public transport development will be held late October, and it will present a policy document concerning the public transport of UB. The sides expressed their willingness to collaborate in accomplishing the BRT project which will bring a progress the capital city’s public transport.