Why the high-speed bus corridor is done along Timiryazev street

In fact, our Timiryazev has always been a "bus street", although the time of public transport is not impressive , i.e. more than 30 minutes only on this site, with an average speed of 12 km / h.

It is planned that with the usage of BRT (Bus rapid transit), the time by public transport will be reduced here to 14-15 minutes, and the daily passenger traffic will increase for almost 40%, from 98 to 145 thousand people.

By the way, with all the advantages and disadvantages by the usage of the high-speed bus section along Mustafin from Al-Farabi to Suleimenov-Zhandosov, passenger traffic has already grown from 33 to 40 thousand passengers. In turn, the transport intensity decreased from 12,354 to 9,839 cars.

The average time of bus passage with the usage of 8.7 kilometers BRT in this year will be reduced from 53 to 36 minutes.

It should be mentioned that the realization of the project for creat ing a transport system in Almaty began with the support of the Global Environment Facility under the UN Development Program "Sustainable Transport".

Our main purpose is to reduce the greenhouse gase ’ s growth in Almaty connected with the large number of personal cars. It should be replaced by the improvement of public transport, which involves high-speed, frequent and large-capacity public transport.

In this direction Almaty ’s executive committee is currently working to create an improved public transport system that includes the construction of new metro stations, LRT light rail lines, BRT corridors, the allocation of lanes for public transport along the busy roads.

The BRT project is the first of the corridors of high-speed bus transport planned in Almaty, which will pass through the streets of Mustafin, Ryskulbekov, Suleimenov, Zhandosov, Timiryazev, Zheltoksan, Tole bi, VOAD and Kuldzhinsky tract.

As for bus stops along the center of the road, this option was proposed by the consultants of the "Sustainable Transport" project on the following criteria.

First of all , this will reduce the i influence on the movement of public transport and conflict situations caused by road congestion, unregulated parking, stopping taxis, etc.

Secondly, the options for BRT lanes on the side of the road are considered on road sections where parking is completely eliminated and effective measures are planned to prevent spontaneous parking and stopping cars.

Thirdly, public transport along the BRT line will have priority at most intersections by organizing an automatic control system for traffic flows and traffic lights.

In future, large capacity buses will be launched to service the BRT line, with integration into the system, giving priority to passenger transport at regulated intersections.

In general, the construction of the BRT line is an indispensable solution, as traffic congestion with the expansion of the roadway and the construction of traffic interchanges is solved on the main and ring roads. While the expansion of the roadway of streets of regional importance, according to international experience, leads to an increase in traffic congestion in densely populated areas.

International experience also shows a decrease in accidents with severe injuries and fatalities by more than 50% in the streets with the implemented BRT system. In addition, there is a potential for transforming the street into a real Green Corridor, which is not only positive for public transport, but also for the ecology of the city as a whole.

By the way, as part of the transformation of Timiryazev s treet into the bus corridor, sidewalks, irrigation canals and bicycle paths are being repaired in parallel, reorganization of engineering networks, dismantling of illegal extensions and fences. Road construction works on the carriageway are planned to be completed before the end of the month of this year.

And further. Nobody forgets about motorists.

In parallel, conditions are created for cars that will leave the BRT corridor.

Today almost 160 streets are being repaired in all parts of the city, three new traffic interchanges are being built to increase capacity on the small transport ring, bridge structures are being expanded, and tramways are being dismantled with the increase in the carriageway. Since this month, a one-way traffic has been organized on the eight central streets of the city.

The official representative of the executive committee of Almaty: Timur Bazarbaev.