On the afternoon of April 15, the National Assembly Standing Committee's Supervisory Delegation worked with the Hanoi People's Committee on the supervision topic "Implementation of policies and laws on ensuring traffic order and safety from 2009 to the end of 2023".
Reporting at the meeting, Director of Hanoi Department of Transport Nguyen Phi Thuong said that there are currently 156 bus routes in the area, reaching 30/30 districts, towns, and cities, connecting 6 neighboring provinces and cities.
By 2023, the number of traffic congestion points in the capital will decrease to 33. In 2024, the transport sector will focus on handling 5 black spots for accidents.
Discussing at the working session, members of the monitoring delegation assessed that Hanoi has implemented synchronous and effective solutions to prevent and combat traffic congestion; traffic accidents have gradually decreased in all three criteria; and people's awareness of obeying traffic laws has changed positively.
However, Deputy Chairman of the National Assembly's Foreign Affairs Committee Don Tuan Phong said that the pressure on traffic in the capital is very large with a large number of vehicles, making traffic during rush hour very difficult; traffic infrastructure and land fund for traffic are still limited; the construction of key traffic works and projects is still prolonged.
Standing member of the National Assembly's Defense and Security Committee Trinh Xuan An raised the question again: Will the city implement the planning of the remaining 8 BRT routes when there are many conflicting opinions?
"If implemented, what lessons need to be learned when the impact of BRT infrastructure on general traffic is real," said Mr. Trinh Xuan An.
Responding to the above issue, Vice Chairman of Hanoi People's Committee Duong Duc Tuan said that the city has studied and adjusted the integrated transport planning in the technical infrastructure planning of the capital's general planning, in sync with the capital's planning; including adding 24 traffic routes connecting provinces and cities in the capital region.
Regarding urban railways, the Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee said that the city will plan to develop 14 urban railway lines with a total length of 550km.
“This urban railway system will be the ‘backbone’ of urban transport,” said Mr. Tuan, adding that according to the adjustment of the capital’s general planning, the city will replace the existing BRT route with an urban railway.
In the coming time, the city will focus its resources on completing 7 ring road projects, radial roads, and regional connections. At the same time, the city will also switch to green and clean vehicles; increasing the rate of public passenger transport by 2025 - 2026 to about 30%.
BRT route No. 01 Kim Ma - Yen Nghia was put into operation by Hanoi in December 2016 with a total investment of over 55 million USD (about 1,100 billion VND).
BRT route No. 01 is over 14km long, using 55 80-seat buses at a cost of over 5 billion VND/vehicle.
However, according to experts, after many years of operation, the BRT route has not met expectations. Some even say that this bus route is causing inconvenience and wasting transport infrastructure because it can transport a small number of passengers but takes up a lot of road space.
Paradox of BRT bus rapid transit: no one dares to ride it, the rest are always jammed
Source
Comment (0)