Developing a comprehensive urban transport strategy for Syria’s major cities (Damascus, Homs, Aleppo, Lattakia), focusing on institutional aspects to improve the performance of public transport companies and encourage the private sector’s involvement.

The primary objective was to enhance the Syrian Ministry of Transport’s capacity to address strategic, regulatory, and policy issues related to urban transport in these large cities.

The Urban Transport Strategy team carefully examined existing strategies and recommended a comprehensive urban transport strategy (including institutional and legal aspects) for large cities in Syria, based on existing conditions, available data and information. The main issues considered in the project were

•Strategic options for Urban Transport
•Overview of Master plan for the cities
•Framework for Urban Traffic Management

The project was carried out in association with ELARD Syria and Hydroplan

Services provided

• Assessment of strategic options for urban transport

• Recommendations for action plans and a framework for urban traffic management. Inorder to develop anefficient, environmentally friendly, andsustainable urban transport system. Within this system, key measures and enforcement are proposed to secure the implementation of a comprehensive urban traffic management system(mainly: on-street parking regulation and car parking facilities, area trafficcontrol, and mass transit supply)

• Development of an outline for a specific transport strategy Damascus

• Proposal for procedures to integrate transport planning into land use master plans.

• Review of legislative and regulatory provisions of the urban transport sector in accordance with the proposed strategy

• Identification of opportunities for a PPP scheme (Public Private Partnership)

• Review of references on relevant urban transport strategies in countries undergoing transition to benefit from similar cases