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In many cities in developing countries, people living
take 40-60% of all trips by walking to public transport. Pedestrian space is often not separate from the road, and walkers compete with street vendors, shops, parked cars, motorcycles, and bicycles. Government statistics rarely measure the pedestrian environment, which causes leaders to neglect it in plans and policies. Pedestrian unfriendly cities tend to affect most negatively the economically and socially excluded, the people least likely to have access to efficient motorized transport. To promote sustainable urban prosperity and green growth, the program aims to increase safety, reduce travel time, and improve access to socio-economic services. The program assesses and improves pedestrian access and connectivity in the three selected African cities: in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Kampala, Uganda; and Abidjan, Ivory Coast.  

List of Activities

• Assessing and improving pedestrian access and connectivity for sustainable urban prosperity and green growth in four different cities in Africa
• Contributing technical guidance on key areas relevant for estimating and addressing user mobility in urban transport while highlighting inefficiencies in the provision of accessible urban transport infrastructure for pedestrian
• Supporting the mainstreaming of pedestrian planning in existing and emerging transport networks, with examples on how to evaluate and measure connectivity through the review of specific city contexts while proposing tailored recommendations for each city

Outputs and Outcomes

Output 1:

• Criteria for assessing efficiency of pedestrian environments and measures of connectivity developed

Output 2:

• Plan for improving each city pedestrian environment is developed (Abidjan)

Output 3:

• Recommendations for improvements and maintenance are piloted (Dar es Salaam)

Output 4:

• Plan for pedestrian and street usage is developed (Kampala)

Output 5:

• Final report summarizing activity and lessons learned is produced

Outcomes:

The outcomes of this project include three main outputs: (i) an analytical background review; (ii) an assessment tool developed in the context of the four different African city environments (Kampala, Abidjan, Dar es Salaam, Gaborone); and (iii) a final guidance report summarizing good practice and lessons learned, specifically highlighting recommendations proposed for each African city. Overall, the project is intended to assess and improve pedestrian access and connectivity for sustainable urban prosperity and green growth in the four different cities in Africa.

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The project sought expertise developed by Korean partners such as KOTI, Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG), the Seoul Institute (SI), Korea Cadastral Survey Corporation (LX) and other partners where relevant in the context of city and urban development. For example, experience gained from the city of Suwon, South Korea, and the Haenggung-dong neighborhood will be reviewed to highlight good practice in the development of pedestrian-oriented development through sidewalks, cycle lanes and bike rental stations and ssamzie parks (pocket parks). The ITS experience of Korea for assessing appropriate signage; pedestrian crossings; and lighting will also be reviewed.

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Increasing the competitiveness of logistics sectors to transport vast oil, gas, and mineral resources is a critical factor in shaping green growth strategies in many countries. Working with the Ugandan Government, KGGTF’s USD $400,000 program is providing technical assistance to improve African competitiveness. The program is assessing Ugandan skills needs in transport and warehousing, including jobs emerging from implementation of green technologies. The program is also developing a regional methodological framework for assessing skills needs and skills supply as countries increasingly incorporate green methods, such as retrofitting and maintaining hybrid vehicles for urban transport.  

List of Activities

• Identifying trades/occupations where there are skills gaps in developing the transport and logistics sector in Uganda and developing national occupational standards
• Assessing training providers/enterprise based training programs in transport and logistics
• Matching demand needs and supply and identifying potential Technical and Vocational Institutes to deliver skills in transport and logistics

Outputs and Outcomes

Output 1:

• National Occupational Standards established for identified trades/occupations
• Assessment report of training providers on transport and logistics
• Recommendations for improvements and maintenance are piloted (Dar es Salaam)
• Institutes identified to deliver training programs in target trades/occupations
• Final report summarizing activity and lessons learned is produced

Output 2:

• Methodological framework developed
• Consultations held with relevant stakeholders

Outcomes:

The envisaged activities are expected to contribute to improved efficiency in the transport and logistics sector, as well as enable poor people to benefit from growth. By identifying potential institutes that can deliver the skills required for the country in the transport and logistics sector over the next 10 years, the stage will improve the skills of the people of Uganda to develop the sector, which has a significant bearing on increasing trade and economic growth in the country. Given that the transport and logistics sector is a facilitator of growth for several SSA countries including services, grains, and resource-based value addition activities, the outcomes of this project will be crucial to generate inclusive and job-creating growth.

Collaboration with K-Partners and Others

• Korea Transport Institute (KOTI)
• Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of Korea (MOLIT)
• Korea Integrated Logistics Association (KILA)

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Poor intra and inter-regional connectivity severely constrains Africa’s development. Traditional transport programs rely on major infrastructure investments, but Africa needs sustain- able transport systems that address connectivity while promoting inclusive, shared prosperity. The KGGTF’s three-year USD $1 million Africa Sustainable Transport Forum (ASTF) program aims to provide African cities with tools to foster resilient and sustainable green growth transport policies— policies that encourage environmentally sound, low-carbon, inclusive, transport solutions. The KGGTF program is providing technical assistance and Korean experience consistent with World Bank initiatives as well as Rio+20 commitments to provide USD $175 billion for sustainable transport projects globally over 10 years. 

List of Activities

• Sharing knowledge and tools (e.g. African public continental data and statistics, transport training and policy toolkits) to help Africans create and implement policies, programs, and demonstration pilots for regional, national, and city strategies
• Supporting the development of policies to reduce particulate emissions from heavy-duty diesel vehicles, and help facilitate access to funding
• Presenting Korean examples of successful transport initiatives at workshops in 2015, and at the 2016 High-level Conference for the Action Plan for Sustainable Transport in Africa

Outputs and Outcomes

Output 1:

• Countries participating in 1st High-level Policy and Technical Conference on Sustainable Transport in Africa
• Participation in Sub-regional workshops
• Adoption of Action Plan by participants
• Endorsement of Action Plan by Regional Economic Communities
• Number of countries / cities implementing some of the elements of the Action Plan by June 2016

Output 2:

• Pilots implemented by end 2015
• Number of cities or countries with new or revised strategies / policies submitted to relevant authority for adoption by June 2016

Output 3:

• Sustainable transport training
• Non-Motorized Transport Training and Transport Policy Toolkit
• Best practice case studies of sustainable transport developed
• West and South African regional program on heavy duty diesel
• Develop data and statistics and case studies on public transport in Africa
• Creation of a cost-benefit analysis tool

Output 4:

• MDBs, bilateral, and other funders participate in discussions to establish such a partnership facility.

Outcomes:

The outcomes of this project will support actions to develop policies for sustainable urban transport and development of integrated transport plans, for managing growth and change in country vehicle fleets for green growth, and activities related to data generation and monitoring, finance. The techniques used by the technical assistance are expected to include a mix of training / capacity development and consultant support for in-country actions.

Collaboration with K-Partners and Others

The Korea Transport Institute (KOTI) functioned as a key partner in the activity implementation, providing key intellectual inputs at key phases, namely the development of Terms of Reference development and reviewing of interim and draft final deliverables from consultants. In addition, partnerships with the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), the African Transport Policy Program (SSATP), and Volvo Research Foundation also played key roles in aligning program priorities, disseminating results, and ensuring follow-on activities.

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Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine and the 8th largest city in Europe, faces a number of urban transport challenges. Public transport systems—including metro, municipal and private buses, trams, and trolley buses—operate often near capacity on poorly maintained, Soviet-era legacy systems. The city’s transportation infrastructure has deteriorated due to lack of investment and weak system integration. Furthermore, city plans do not reflect spatial expansion of the city, the growing use of motorized vehicles, and changing passenger mobility patterns. Traffic congestion has increased travel time and costs, traffic accidents, while contributing to deteriorating air quality and declining productivity. The City Development Strategy identified transport as a top priority, pointing to enhanced traffic management and improved urban mobility as key to strengthening the city’s economic competitiveness.

List of Activities

• Assessing and benchmarking the city transport systems
• Recommending improvements in public transport
• Strengthening city administration transport planning capability
• Developing an integrated city traffic management scheme

Outputs and Outcomes

To support Kyiv’s City Strategy, the program intends to produce: (i) assessment and benchmarking of the city transport systems, (ii) policy recommendations for improvements in the public transport, (iii) capacity-building of the planning capabilities to strengthen the city administration’s transport sector, and (iv) an integrated city traffic management scheme.

Collaboration with K-Partners and Others

• Kyiv City Administration
• City Planning Institute of Kyiv
• Public transport operators in Kyiv, including Kyivpasstrans (buses and trams) and Kyiv Metropolitan (metro)

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With safer and more efficient transportation networks, people living in large cities benefit from reduced travel times, accidents, and emissions. Linked to a road safety data-collection-and-analysis platform, this program promotes innovative approaches to build the capacity of transport agencies to use the data platform to improve transport planning and management. The program aims to strengthen sustainable and inclusive city growth by helping the effective development of an open-source platform and building university-level technical capacity.  

List of Activities

• Improving the efficiency of recording, accessing, and sharing road accident data reported by local traffic enforcement units, the national police, and the hospital system
• Creating open-source tools to support: (i) use of historical data to inform traffic management and investment decision making; and (ii) monitoring of the efficacy of road safety improvements
• Providing real time traffic incidence information to academia and the public in a low cost, efficient manner

Outputs and Outcomes

Output 1:

• National Scaling up of Philippine Green Transport ICT Program

Output 2:

• Development of Green Transport ICT Open-Source Tools

Output 3:

• E-Learning Course

Output 4:

• “Map Asia Transit” Regional Open Data Event

Output 5:

• Green Transport ICT Kick-Starter Platform

Outcomes:

This project expects to contribute to the following components: (i) making improvements to the Open-Source Road Accident Data Management Platform, (ii) making improvements to the Open-Source Road Accident Data Sharing and Analytical Tools, (iii) preparing and implementing institutional arrangements for Road Accident Data Management Institutional Reform, and (iv) instituting the Road Accident University Exchange Program.

Collaboration with K-Partners and Others

• Korea Transport Institute (KOTI)

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Climatic events can create major disturbances to economic activity resulting in substantial direct and indirect consequences. This KGGP program will support the Moroccan Ministry of Transport to analyze green transport technologies and assess critical road sections, while providing examples of good green transport options. The program will produce technical recommendations that reflect climate resilience measures to sustain national transport systems. The technical audit/assessment examines vulnerability to climate variables, including intense precipitation, flooding, and landslides, as well as structure and substructure, hydraulic works, geotechnical characteristics, and alignment. The assessment will propose detailed cost- effective solutions for rehabilitation and maintenance work, which could include use of different materials, slope stabilization techniques, revision of dimensioning hydraulics, and use of vegetation for slope stabilization.  

List of Activities

• A technical audit/assessment of a select critical section in the road network to assess its vulnerability to climate variables, notably to intense precipitation, flooding, and landslides
• Based on the assessment, detailed cost-effective solutions for rehabilitation and maintenance works will be proposed to improve the resilience of the select section
• The technical recommendations above will help counterparts better understand the challenges at stake and the possible solutions.

Outputs and Outcomes

Output 1:

• A vulnerability assessment/report for a critical section of the road network.

Output 2:

• Detailed recommendations, including technical drawings, for spot improvements on the assessed road section

Output 3:

• A report with specific recommendations on revisions of road design and maintenance practices in Morocco to improve climate resilience

Outcomes:

This project expects to contribute to enhancing climate resilient green growth by i)  identifying and selecting those measures most relevant to the Moroccan context, ii) demonstrating the technical feasibility of climate resilient measures in the road sector through a detailed study of a climate vulnerable road section. Specific outputs include a vulnerability assessment/report for a critical section of the road network; detailed recommendations, including technical drawings, for spot improvements on the assessed road section; and a report with specific recommendations on revisions of road design and maintenance practices in Morocco to improve climate resilience.

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About half of the country’s 1.2 million vehicles operate in the Greater Beirut Area, where most citizens travel with private cars. Over half of the country’s energy consumption stems from urban transport. The program is conducting a detailed study of Beirut’s most congested corridor to improve traffic conditions, improve energy efficiency, rationalize transport demand, and reduce GHG emissions. Recommended improvements for the corridor will inform authorities’ plans for a new mass transit project and guide the implementation and scaling of practical solutions to alleviate congestion.

List of Activities

• Conducting a comprehensive study of the city’s congested corridor
• Guiding the implementation and scaling of solutions and informing authorities’ plans and decisions for a new mass transit project
• Reviewing transport pricing—including gasoline, taxi fares, and tariffs for the planned transit system—as well as review social implications, especially for the poor

Outputs and Outcomes

Output 1:

• Detailed recommendations on type and location of improvements, with cost estimates to improve access and traffic flow on the Beirut-Tabarja corridor 

Output 2:

• Practical recommendations on pricing of the various modes of transport, with assessment of feasibility and timeframe, and with consideration of the likely social implications

Outcomes:

Some of the expected outcomes of this project include improvements in Beirut’s traffic conditions, energy efficiency, transport demand, and GHG emissions reductions. These will be achieved through the project’s recommendations based on a comprehensive study of Beirut’s congested corridor.

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Georgia remains heavily reliant on imported energy to meet its transportation needs, and road transport is a significant contributor to the country’s air pollution. Georgia’s post-conflict strategy includes using green growth strategies to improve transport connectivity and increase private sector efficiency and trade. The program includes exploring policy and investment options to “green” freight transportation by increasing use of cleaner, lower-carbon transportation modes, such as fuel-efficient and low-emission trucks. The program is helping Georgia develop a national strategy for freight transport and logistics using green logistics for road-to-railway and multimodal freight corridors.

List of Activities

• Developing a national strategy for freight transport and logistics that aims at modal shift from roads to railway through strengthened inter-modality, fiscal and pricing measures, and international collaboration with key trading partners
• Developing an investment program for multimodal freight corridors and green logistics, guided by the national strategy developed and providing a timeframe for implementation
• Exploring various options for the investment program – e.g. transshipment infrastructure and technologies, development of logistics centers, expansion of container terminal or any other cargo handling capacities

Outputs and Outcomes

The program supports the client in developing an investment program for the freight corridors, strengthening fiscal and pricing measures, and improving collaboration with key trade partners. Expected results include creating an implementation timeframe, evaluating technology and trans-shipment options, strengthening technical institutions, developing logistics centers, and expanding container terminals and/or other cargo-handling capacity. Furthermore, the project also intends to produce a national strategy to improve intermodal connectivity and to achieve greener freight transport and logistics, as well as an investment program for trans-shipment technologies at major ports, container terminals, and railway improvements.

Collaboration with K-Partners and Others

The primary partner for this project has been the Korea Transport Institute (KOTI), who shared its national sustainable transport strategy and cutting-edge research experience in green freight and railway transport and logistics.

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Energy efficient measures and integrated transport networks support sustainable development in cleaner and greener cities and regions. The program aims to improve public transport management in cities where newly established transit authorities want to improve inter-municipal coordination, increase the use of public transportation, and encourage city-level CO2 emission accounting. The program will incorporate Korean experience with reducing transport CO2 emissions in line with European Union energy and climate guidelines for sustainable urban mobility.  

List of Activities

• Legal, Financial and Technical Framework for Public Transport Fare Integration in Poland – prepare a roadmap on how to facilitate tariff integration between the sub-modes
• Contracting in Urban Public Transport: Assessment of Options for Bialystok and Lublin – analysis of existing contracts awarded directly to public operators in Bialystok and public and private operators in Lublin, taking into account the market dynamic between public and private operators in the case of Lublin, as well as the efficiency of contractual arrangements
• National Conference on Smart Public Transport – conference will focus on how urban transport authorities are using data generated by ITS applications for strategic planning, service adjustments, and for performance evaluation

Outputs and Outcomes

Output 1:

• Assessment of urban transport energy efficiency

Output 2:

• Developing Subnational Transport Strategies and Plans - Assessment of current urban transport condition and performance, using appropriate commercial transport modeling software and Identification and estimation of benefits of medium-term priority projects for public transport expansion and upgrading

Outcomes:

The expected outcomes of the project have been in the contribution to sustainable development of transport at sub-national governments level in Poland, by improved energy consumption in urban and regional transport services. Other outputs included the promotion and encouragement of a more efficient use of public transport, thereby contributing to reduction of transport CO2 emissions and other negative impacts. Overall, the project intended to contribute to more efficiently managed cities with optimized municipal operation costs and improved quality of infrastructure services. Activities under the project should translate into a lower CO2 emission in Polish cities and regions.

Collaboration with K-Partners and Others

KOTI (Korea Transport Institute) and KRIHS (Korea Research Institute of Human Settlements) have been primary partners in leading the work on one pilot location in Poland under the proposed project and providing good practice examples (and failures) of Korean energy efficient transport solutions, some input into the methodology for transport energy efficiency assessment of urban/metropolitan areas and into development of specific municipal/metropolitan and regional transport strategies and master plans. Thanks to Korean partners (primarily KOTI and KRIHS), the project facilitated the establishment of contacts with respective Polish research institutions and academic circles active in urban and transport development.

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With a population of 3 million, and growing 4% per year, Addis Ababa faces rapid urbanization that strains its infrastructure and services, posing serious challenges to the city’s development and its decade-old Master Plan. The program is providing technical assistance to the city’s Urban Planning Institute (UPI) to help revise and implement the Master Plan of the city’s transport issues. The program supports an international conference that builds planners’ capacity by highlighting the experiences of similar cities, and which pays for local and international consultants to work on Master Plan revisions.

List of Activities

• Facilitating the technical preparation of both the master plan revision and implementation modalities in Addis Ababa to ensure green growth outcome
• Engaging transport advisors for the transport chapter of the master plan update
• Providing strategic assistance in specific areas necessary to advance preparation of an investment project (development of traffic management and public transport units, ITS, strategic planning and TOD projects)
• Training and knowledge exchange, including a technical visit to Seoul for the Global Metropolitan Lab, amongst others

Outputs and Outcomes

Output 1:

• Revised development plan of the city that takes into account the requirements of green, efficient and sustainable urban development.

Output 2:

• Increased capacity and awareness of technical staff, city officials and the public at large about green, efficient, and sustainable urban growth

Outcomes:

Some of the expected outcomes of this project include greater awareness among policy-makers of the impact of the transport dimensions of green growth on economic development and national/metropolitan competitiveness; new or revised sustainable transport strategies and policies developed for cities/metropolitan regions, and countries at the national level, and submitted for adoption by the relevant authorities; knowledge-sharing and capacity improved for developing and implementing sustainable transport strategies, programs and demonstration projects; and increased funding available for sustainable transport strategies and investments in Africa.

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Bringing together the Addis Ababa and Seoul municipal administrations along with the UPI and the Korean Research Institute for Human Settlements, the program also facilitates KOTI training programs on public bus systems, transport strategies, and related issues for stakeholders, including the Addis Ababa Transport Branch, Roads Authority, Oromiya Roads Authority and the Federal Ministry of Transport. The program links to the World Bank transport sector support program and the urban local government development program.  

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