The document is an inception report from the Transport Department of the Capital city that discusses the current state of public transportation in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. It notes that the number of routes and vehicles have increased in recent years but problems remain. Main problems include traffic congestion, lack of infrastructure investment, and high accident rates. The report outlines plans to improve the system through introducing bus rapid transit, developing an intelligent transportation system, and conducting a feasibility study for a metro system. The long-term plan involves phased improvements over the next 30 years to modernize the fleet and convert to more sustainable fuels.

1. INCEPTION REPORT
Transport Department of the Capital city
Senior specialist Mr. E.BAYART
Specialist Mrs. SH.OYUMAA
2014.04.16
Ulaanbaatar city

2. Current situation of public transport
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2
Urban transport projects
3
Main problems of public transport
4
Long term plan of UB City Public Transport

3. Outline of Ulaanbaatar City
Established in : 1639
Population : 1.2 million
Density : 229 persons/km2
Area : 4,704.4 km2

4. Current situation and problems of public
transport in Ulaanbaatar city

5. Current situation of public transportation in Ulaanbaatar city
Ulaanbaatar city public transportation service starts at 06:30 AM to 22:30 PM
along through approved routes and schedules.
52 54
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66 6667
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19 19 20 18
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2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
The number of public transport routes
Main routes Assisting routes /microbus/ Suburban routes
The number of public transport routes

6. 947 893 943 1020 1048
51 47 47 58 66
1709
1235 970 968 885
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566
658 734 649
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2500
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3500
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Number of vehicles in public
transport
Taxi
Microbus
Trolleybus
Bus
Urban public transport service provider organizations integrate and improve the capacity of
firms by enlarging and fewer small bus strategy.
Current situation of public transportation in Ulaanbaatar city
Vehicle types in Ulaanbaatar
Trolley Medium capacity buses Small capacity buses TaxiHigh capacity buses
152.3
153.2 154.4
156.2 193 199
220.7 234.7 236 262.8
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300
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Passenger of public transport
(million people)
Passengers

7. Commissioned in 2002, the accounting control system consists of the following sections.
• MT -150 (mini transmitter) – in the all bus
• Registration stations - 51
• High power transmission station-2
• Central system and servers , software…
Controlling system
Running smoothly is very low

8. Data of public transportation
№ Data Value
2 Number of motor vehicles /Ulaanbaatar city/ 375 000
3
Number of motor vehicles
/Public transport/
Bus 1048
Trolleybus 66
Microbus 885
Taxi 649
total 2648
4 Roads length /asphalts/ 427 km
5 Public transportation routes length 4414 km
6 Average route length 31.08 km
7 No. of bus station 596
8
Public transport
fare
Bus 1 passenger – 500 ₮= 0.28 $
9 Trolleybus 1 passenger – 300 ₮= 0.17 $
10 Microbus 1 passenger – 500 ₮= 0.28 $
11 Taxi 1 km – 700 ₮= 0.4 $
12 Passengers
262,8 million.persons
/2013 year/
13 Passengers in a day 720.000
14
Highway, subway
None

9. Average Daily Passenger Volume of Peace Avenue (SL-4) West-East
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1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
7,000
8,000
9,000
10,000
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5
Hour
Passenger
Cars Micro bus Small Bus Large Bus Small Rigid Truck
Average Daily Traffic Volume of Peace Avenue (West-East)
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200
400
600
800
1,000
1,200
1,400
1,600
1,800
2,000
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5
Hour
Unit
Cars Micro bus Small Bus Large Bus Light Truck
Тээврийн хэрэгслийн нягтрал Public transport Private car
Number of vehicles 2 % 98%
Passengers 60% 35%
Current situation of public transportation in Ulaanbaatar city
Source of ADB

10. Main problems of public transport in
Ulaanbaatar city

11. Main problems of public transport in
Ulaanbaatar city
• Mechanical growth of the population, Traffic congestion;
• Usage of private vehicle is at rise; accessibility and availability of car park is reduced
• The public transportation policies didn’t have strong linkage to Urban planning;
• Public transport is facing lack of proper Information and technology and banking/
financial systems;
• Low ticket price and insufficient compensation of Government for elderly and disabled,
including students and elementary school pupils
• Level of Road safety conditions are worsening;
• Re-novation of the vehicle fleet, machinery and equipment not done in recent years;
• Traffic management capacity is weak;
• High rate of traffic accident
– Low enforcement of traffic regulation by the pedestrians and vehicles
– High rate of traffic accident
– Regular road maintenance, especially in winter time
• And the transport infrastructure and facilities are not developed well etc.

12. • Implementation Phasing (2015, 2025, 2030, 2045)
Source of ADB
Long term plan of Ulaanbaatar City
Public Transport

13. Planning for the special route
buses relating with Master
Plan of Development of
Ulaanbaatar city until 2030.
Long term plan of Ulaanbaatar City
Public Transport

14. • In short term:Introduction of Bus Information System/BIS, Bus
Management System/BMS and E-ticketing systems, to re-organize and
plan the public transport service routes,to build up the public transport
fleet with more of newer units, to reduce the emission caused by
transport vehicles, to formulate and implement the capital city’s public
transport development program;
• Mid term: To introduce the Bus Rapid Transport /BRT/, to create the
legal basis to introduce the Metro service, to modernize the payment
collection system of public transport, to construct public transport
service terminals, to develop logistics system for cargo and passenger
transports, to install CCTV control devices on public transport terminals
for the non-stop surveillance for safety, to prepare professional staff;
• Long term: To introduce the Metro service in Ulaanbaatar city and to
convert all of the public transport fleet engines that would be consuming
natural gas.
Public transport in the near and medium-and
long-term scheduled tasks ...

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17. 2
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1. Urban Transport Development Project in Mongolia
o Bus Rapid Transit Project /BRT/
o Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) project
2. “Ulaanbaatar, the subway construction
Feasibility”
o Metro Feasibility Study on /Soosung
engineering & Seoul metro /
o Research, public transport projects in
Ulaanbaatar / JICA /
Urban transport projects

18. Bus Rapid Transit Project /BRT/

19. Санхүүжилтын эх үүсвэр Phase 1 Phase 1 Phase 1 Total
ADB 59.9 78.0 78.0 215.9
Government of Mongolian 17.0 20.0 20.0 57.0
НИЙТ 76.9 98.0 98.0 272.9
Investment plan of Bus Rapid Transit
Project /BRT/

20. Intelligent Transportation Systems
(ITS) projects
Public transport services in Ulaanbaatar register control / BMS, BIS /
or electronic payment / e-ticketing / systems for feasibility studies and
advanced research and development of tender documents in project 3.

21. Intelligent Transportation Systems
(ITS) projects

22. Solve integration problems
• Install new line (BRT)
• Improvement fare and control system
• Human resource development
• Service quality
• Bus station problems

24. ?