AMMAN — The Greater
Amman Municipality submitted a proposal to the European Bank for Reconstruction
and Development (EBRD) requesting that the bank subsidize the second phase of
the Amman Bus project, according to Al-Ghad daily.
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The paper, entitled
“Environmental and Social Assessment to EBRD”, indicated that the second phase
of the project includes operating new electric and fuel-dependent buses to
enhance the quality and safety of public transportation, in addition to enhancing
the city’s air quality and reduce fuel consumption.
The GAM intends to buy
133 Euro-5 diesel buses in addition to some 17 electric buses. It also plans to
develop a tickets system along an integrating information system.
The municipality hopes
the EBRD will fund the project, as well as enhance its implementation in
accordance with the bank’s ecological and social policies.
Jordan is expected to
import the diesel buses by the first quarter of 2022, while they will start
operating in the second quarter of the same year.
The second phase of the
bus project will likely incorporate two models of buses; nine-meter-long and
twelve-meter long
buses. The timeframe for importing and operating the buses
has not yet been determined.
The
GAM also indicated that the new buses will be an addition to the fleet
established in the first phase of the Amman Bus project, which was launched in
2019 and currently comprises 135 buses operating on 28 routes. The first phase
of the project cost JD18 million.
The
first phase of the project included coverage of 12 districts of the city,
including downtown, Abdali, Basman, Tareq, Abu Nseir, Shafa Badran, Sweileh, Tlaa
Al Ali, Jabal Al-Nasr, and Marka.
According
to the paper, the new buses will cover the entire municipality and all of its
districts, with a total of 34 bus
routes, Al-Ghad reported.
Furthermore,
the paper indicated that a bus depot will be required for the buses when they
are not in service. The location for the depot as not yet been determined,
which leaves the municipality with one of two options: Maintain the current bus
depot being constructed through the first-phase operator or having a new bus
depot built for the second phase.
The
Amman Vision Company for Transport, the public transport firm operating the
buses included in the first phase of the project, announced last month that it
had served 8.5 million passengers in the last two years. Additionally, the
company said it had sold 170,000 physical bus cards and 15,000 digital bus
cards.
The
GAM, in implementation Royal directives, also issued 15,000 free bus passes to
persons with disabilities and the elderly.
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