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Gyumri, Armenia

Provision of urban/public "green" transport (AMGYR0005)

Overview

At-a-Glance

Action Plan: Action plan – Gyumri, Armenia, 2021 – 2026

Inception Report Summary: Inception Report – Action plan – Gyumri, Armenia, 2021 – 2026

Commitment Start: Jan 2022
Commitment End: Jul 2024

Institutions involved:

  • Gyumri Municipality
    • Vanadzor Municipality

    Primary Policy Area:

    Primary Sector:

    OGP Value:

    • Access to information
    • Technology and Innovation for Transparency and Accountability

    Inception Report Summary

    Verifiable: Yes

    Relevance to OGP Values: Yes

    The commitment is a new regulation, policy, practice or requirement.

    The commitment activities is a positive change to a process, practice or policy but will not generate a binding or institutionalized change across government or specific institution(s).

    Description

    Commitment ID

    AMGYR0005

    Commitment Title

    Provision of urban/public "green" transport

    Problem

    Urban transport routes, traffic frequency, the technical condition of service vehicles do not meet modern service standards.

    In order to regulate the sector, it is necessary to carry out comprehensive monitoring to record the mentioned problems, to offer solutions, to hold transparent tenders with the involvement of civil society, to install electronic information systems at bus stops.

    Status quo

    Public transport is currently not monitored. There is no information about the technical state of public transport, information about the state of their routes, and information about their status.

    Action

    Within the framework of the EU "Alliance for Sustainable Green Governance Program", the communities of Vanadzor and Gyumri will purchase 5 electric buses (for each community), which will serve the inner-city routes.

    Charging stations will be installed, a ticket validation system will be introduced. In addition, the idea of ​​Green Transport will be taught to the public through campaigns, trainings and other programs.

    In order to complete the program and to adapt it to digital technologies, it is necessary to create a mobile application, which will contain both maps of the inner-city routes and roads, as well as the vehicles serving those routes and roads, information on their technical condition, drivers and service.

    With the help of the application, it will be possible to see and follow where the vehicle of the given number is at the moment, how long it will be at the stop. In addition, a vehicle information board / Tablo / will be installed at the bus stops, which will inform about the arrival of the vehicle through the countdown.

    How will the commitment contribute to solving the public problem described above?

    Within the commitments will be installed

    1. charging stations, will be introduced a ticket validation system,
    2. mobile application, which will contain both maps of the inner-city routes and roads, as well as the vehicles serving those routes and roads, information on their technical condition, drivers and service,
    3. will be installed a vehicle information board / Tablo /  at the bus stops, which will inform about the arrival of the vehicle through the countdown.

    Primary Policy Area

    Digital Governance, Inclusion, Open Data, Right to Information, Social Accountability

    Primary Sector

    Infrastructure & Transport, Policing & Corrections, Public Services (general), Security and Public Safety

    What OGP value is this commitment relevant to?

    Access to informationIts' provide information about the public transports' and drivers' technical condition and other information.
    Technology and Innovation for Transparency and AccountabilityCommitment intends to launch a mobile app and electronic Tablos at bus stops.

    Milestones

    6 Milestones
    1

    Establish a working group of experts involved in this commitment and which will develop/propose solutions to make the transport commitment innovative and participatory, envisage legislative/legal changes.

    Start Date01/2022
    End Date05/2022
    • Not started
    • In progress
    • Stuck
    • Finished
    • Incomplete
    2

    Provide an application that will allow citizens to be informed about the technical condition of the transport service of the given route, the frequency of the transport, to scope the rules, in case of violation of those rules by one of the parties, to submit feedback through the appendix. The app should make any feedback on this feedback public, which will allow monitoring of some issues. Process of developing the TOR of the application and announcing the procurement tender.

    Start Date05/2022
    End Date07/2022
    • Not started
    • In progress
    • Stuck
    • Finished
    • Incomplete
    3

    Application localization in vehicles.

    Start Date07/2022
    End Date08/2022
    • Not started
    • In progress
    • Stuck
    • Finished
    • Incomplete
    4

    Provide information boards / Tablo / in the communities, which will allow receiving information at the bus stops about the arrival of the given vehicle, traffic jams, general working hours, absence for the given day. Definition of technical specifications of boards / Tablo / Tender announcement.

    Start Date07/2022
    End Date08/2022
    • Not started
    • In progress
    • Stuck
    • Finished
    • Incomplete
    5

    Installation and commissioning.

    Start Date07/2022
    End Date08/2022
    • Not started
    • In progress
    • Stuck
    • Finished
    • Incomplete
    6

    Introduction of the transport system, a number of trainings will be conducted, information campaigns will be carried out. Information and awareness campaigns / through volunteers and CSOs /.

    Start Date07/2022
    End Date12/2022
    • Not started
    • In progress
    • Stuck
    • Finished
    • Incomplete


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