1. Problem
830,000
people come to Colombo daily
500,000 230,000 100,000
In 12,000 buses Own vehicles in Trains
200,000 private vehicles
Reduce private vehicle coming into colombo
2. Impact
Save Rs.30 billion is spent on fuel due to traffic
congestion
Improve Traffic speed by 50%
Reduce impact on Air pollution
3. Motor cars: 338,159
Annually Rs.30 billion is spent on fuel due to
Three-wheelers: 378,864
Motor bicycles: 1,760,576
traffic congestion
Buses: 2,737 Nearly 830,000 people come to Colombo city
Dual purpose Vehicles: 22,212
Lorries: 29,901 daily
total number of 500,000 people come to Colombo in 12,000
3,390,933 motor buses while 100,000 people travel by train
vehicles The balance 230,000 come to Colombo in their
-2009- own vehicles
250,000 vehicles have been registered only
within the Colombo city limit
reduce the number of people coming to
Colombo in their private vehicles and minimise
the traffic congestion
only 10 percent have four-wheel, three-wheel
or two wheel vehicles. Nearly 18 million of the
country s population does not own any vehicle
4. a transport policy to reduce the number of
vehicles coming to Colombo to minimise traffic
congestion, save fuel consumption and reduce
air pollution
A high percentage of buses - some 60 percent - do not meet
safety standards.
Poor condition of railways and deteriorated
services. The lack of maintenance funds has
led to the poor condition of
tracks, bridges, and railway stations
5. The proposed strategic plan for traffic
management in the city targets to reduce the
number of private vehicles from 175,000 to
125,000 by the end of 2010
the past 30 years the number of trips made by
cars and motor-cycles has increased from 5 to
20 per cent leading to an explosion in demand
for road space from 25,000 to 175,000 vehicles
per day.
Around 200,000 are private vehicles of the
225,000 vehicles that enter the city on a
working day. The number of buses that enter
the city is 10,000 and the number of heavy
vehicles is 15,000
service commencing from various locations for
car owners
6. Prospective investors will lose confidence on a
poor transportation system with logistical
problems `, he said.
enhance productivity
a structured plan that will resolve issues and
provide better transportation
