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The Observatoire des Déplacements Urbains de la commune de Ouagadougou (urban travel observatory of the municipality of Ouagadougou) carries out a vast campaign of road counts every two years at about 40 strategic points or crossroads. This is used to assess the movements entering and leaving the city centre, and the breakdown of transport mode …
Indicators to monitor the effects of bus renewal on general mobility in the agglomeration If the agglomeration, where the buses are being renewed, is committed to a global mobility planning policy, it may be interesting for the mobility or transport organising authority (AOM or AOT) to measure the effects of the changing public transport offer …
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These indicators will first be used to describe the DEMAND for trips on the network, with regard to the proposed offer. Description of the occupancy per route: • number of journeys per month and per type of day (weekday, weekend day) per route and on the entire network• passengers.kilometres Overall occupancy:• number of trips per …
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There are several types of these indicators: • they will start by monitoring the overall supply of the bus fleet, and measure the development of fleet renewal, whether this is partial or gradual over time; • they will then monitor the performance of its operations and maintenance; • finally, they will monitor the level of …
As mentioned in the previous section about controlling and monitoring operating activities, the operator must produce a dashboard to monitor its activity and report to the transport organizing authority. This dashboard will be designed by the operator along with the authority. The indicators in this dashboard will be recorded monthly by the operations director or …
This chapter aims to identify ways of reworking entire aspects of the mobility system. This concerns vehicle equipment, operational management and the relations with users as well as the organisation of synergies with other modes of transport. The challenge is to offer a superior mobility service at a lower cost. The emergence of digital technology …
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Operations and maintenance policies are defined in plans that meet the following criteria: These plans are genuine operational guidelines for each of the departments concerned. They are drawn up by the managers concerned and validated by the head of operations who oversees overall operational performance, which depends on the combined performance of the operations and …
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The feeling of insecurity in public transport is a major problem. Solutions are regularly put in place to improve the protection of bus users in which malicious acts are as frequent as elsewhere. Several solutions are worth noting in terms of bus network safety: • Mobile CCTV cameras in the buses which continuously film the …
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Transport production incurs significant costs which are mainly attributable to the mobilisation of human resources (drivers) and equipment (vehicles). There must be a process for optimising the construction of the offer in order to control costs: this means offering the best ratio between the transport service offering to travellers and its cost. What’s more, and …
This chapter aims to highlight the utility and benefits of the operating facilities with the aim of extending the transformation of the bus fleet with improvements to the service. It should not however be forgotten that any option chosen must be made with regard to the local context, and the problems that could arise from …
This chapter aims to highlight the utility and benefits of the Système d’Information Voyageurs (traveller information system) with a view to extending the transformation of the bus fleet with improvements to the service. It should not however be forgotten that any option chosen must be made with regard to the local context, and the problems …
In 2013, SYTRAL, the mobility organising authority for the Lyon agglomeration, had a budget of €761 million. For its investments, SYTRAL uses loans. Debt repayment represented 19.4% of expenditure that year. Despite the age of its debt, thanks to active management, SYTRAL achieved an average rate at a level below market conditions (3.29% instead of …
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Fund-raising strategies depend on the position/role of the potential buyer. Equity financing, appeals to financial backers, public-private partnerships, etc., are all financing opportunities that will be looked at by private, and local and national public stakeholders. It will therefore be a question of seeing how it is possible to raise funds using three equity-based strategies: …
The cost of use or TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) includes the total cost of the complete lifetime of a vehicle. It is often underestimated. The costs to be taken into account to calculate its cost of use/TCO are: Some components in the TCO calculation can vary a lot depending on the context and have …
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Since 2005, the state of Senegal has undertaken a vast fleet renewal programme in Dakar to modernise urban transport and professionalise the stakeholders.[1] The objective is to improve the safety, comfort, efficiency, accessibility and environmental quality of urban mobility. The renewal of the fleet started with the “cars rapides” and the “ndiaga ndiaye” which had …
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Defining the fleet management strategy In order to make the best possible use of the purchased buses and plan for their renewal, a fleet management strategy must be defined. Depending on the networks, very different principles will come into play. There are a number of different renewal strategies: Linear renewal (staggered replacement with acquisition tranches), …
When the option to use a central procurement office is available and retained, it is important to choose a central procurement office suited to your needs. Indeed, between a non-specialised centre and a centre specialised in public transport, between a non-profit and a profit-based centre, between a local or international centre, etc., the procurement process …
The notion of a central procurement office refers to pooled procurement in order to improve overall efficiency. The scope of action of a central procurement office can be done according to the type of purchase: public purchase with reference to a legal basis around the notion of public procurement, or private purchase with reference to …
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In addition to the technical aspects, it is necessary to define the regulatory field governing the procurement process and setting out the rules for superior transparency. The first level of reflection concerns the standard regulations. Consequently, is the invitation to tender registered only at the level of the country where it is launched, and are …
For the efficient acquisition of rolling stock, a certain number of steps are essential and must be followed. A central procurement office can also be an interesting alternative mode of acquisition. Defining the need: This aforementioned step is absolutely necessary. It involves responding to the following different elements: It is extremely important to conduct a …
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If the acquisition of new equipment is significant, there must be an associated training plan so that the stakeholders concerned can upgrade their skills by themselves and future operations are optimised. It includes both of the following: Those who pass the training course should receive a certificate. And it may be useful to set up …
When acquiring new rolling stock, the operator is faced with a number of maintenance options. The maintenance capacities will then depend on: – The political, social and economic context of the country; – The urban transport model that it would like to develop; – The financing means; – The available qualified labour. Maintenance contract: a …
The “city bus toolkit – tools and options for reforming city bus systems”, developed by the World Bank with the support of the PPIAF, provides eight options for reforming bus systems: UNREGULATED ENTRY INTO THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT MARKET OPTION 1: Unregulated entry WITHOUT quality control. OPTION 2: Unregulated entry WITH quality control. REGULATED ENTRY INTO …
In all countries, the development and running of networks of urban services, whether it is for the distribution of water or energy, the treatment of waste, sanitation, or passenger and goods presentation, are governed by the legislative and regulatory texts under the jurisdiction of the state (laws, decrees, etc.) and/or local authorities (decrees, etc.) to …
