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COUNTRY PRESENTATION (BHUTAN) (Status of ITS Developments and Related Challenges and Issues) Expert Group Meeting and Regional Meeting on Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) Songdo, Republic of Korea 2-4 April 2019 Sithar Dorji Dy. Chief

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Sithar Dorji

Dy. Chief Planning Officer

Ministry of Information and Communications Royal Government of Bhutan

(Status of ITS Developments and Related Challenges and Issues) COUNTRY PRESENTATION (BHUTAN)

Expert Group Meeting and Regional Meeting on Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) Songdo, Republic of Korea 2-4 April 2019

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Presentation Outline

Brief Country Background
Transport Scenario in Bhutan
Status of ITS Developments in Bhutan
Challenges and Issues

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Brief Country Background

Area: 38,394 sq kms
Population: 727,145
Currency: Ngultrum (Nu.)
Language: Dzongkha
Seasons: Four seasons
GDP at Current Price: Nu.164,6267.92 m
GDP Real Growth: 4.63%
Transport System: Land and Air Transport

Source: Bhutan at a Glance (2018), NSB

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Transport Scenario in Bhutan

Source: Annual Info-Comm and Transport Statistical Bulletin (10th edition), 2019

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Transport Scenario in Bhutan

Source: Annual Info-Comm and Transport Statistical Bulletin (10th edition), 2019

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Transport Sector in Bhutan

City bus services - Operated by Bhutan Postal Corporation

Ltd. and three other private operators.

The Urban Transport

Taxi - 64.73% of total taxi in Thimphu Personalized cars

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Status of ITS Developments in Bhutan

The main objectives of ITS in Bhutan (among others)

Reduce congestion and travel time
Enhance mobility
Improve accessibility
Reduce environmental impact
Increase efficiency of the transport

system

Enhance road safety
Effective Enforcement of Traffic

Regulation

Source: ITS Feasibility Study and Preparation of a Comprehensive ITS Action Plan For Thimphu City, 2015

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Status of ITS Developments in Bhutan

Feasibility study and Comprehensive ITS Action Plan for Thimphu City Developed in 2015

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Status of ITS Developments in Bhutan

Pilot Smart Card: Pilot smart card system on one Bus on Dechencholing route in 2016.

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Status of ITS Developments in Bhutan

CCTV inside city buses:

A pilot project
The main purpose was to

strengthen safety inside the bus.

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Status of ITS Developments in Bhutan

Pilot Bus Information System (BIS):

10 buses are equipped with On-

Board Bus Equipment (OBE)

2 Bus Information Terminal (BIT)

installed on one of the routes

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Status of ITS Developments in Bhutan

Online bus and taxi booking systems/Apps

Druk Ride- Online Bus ticket booking and taxi booking YANA taxi app- availing taxi services online. Oie Taxi App- availing taxi services online Mobile App - for calculating taxi fares based on routes selected.

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Status of ITS Developments in Bhutan

Safe City initiatives (RBP):

Installation of CCTV Cameras in

major cities

To regulate systematic traffic

management and address the growing traffic problems in the city

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Challenges and Issues

Pilot smart card: Piloting on only one and difficult to implement full-

fledged cashless system. Nu. 7.5 m secured from RGoB for upscaling the initiatives can only cover 50% the cost for implementing in the existing fleets.

Installed CCTV inside Buses: High data consumption as it uses 4G

(SIM Card data based transmission) and live control is very expensive. Not very effective as there is no central control unit set up.

Bus Information System (BIS)- The problem faced by operations

while allocating the bus on route due to the limited number buses with OBE.

Lack of funding to upscale the pilot ITS initiatives

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