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0. Introduction
Project title: 5-Year Action Plan for Improving
Road Safety (2017-2021)
Name/s of the involved institution/s: Temara Municipality
(Morocco) in cooperation with General Directorate for Local
Governments-DGCL (Min. of Interior) & GIZ
Other stakeholders : Local and Provincial authorities; Police;
NGOs.
Project description: Improve technical capacities of staff in
charge of mobility and integrate traffic management and road
safety measures in resource planning at municipal level.1. Institutional setting: Motivations
• The rapid development of Temara (225.000 inhab-2004, 313.000 inhab-2014) is
associated with the expansion of urban mobility problems:
o The main road network is insufficient: Parking organization? Traffic
management? Public Transport?, VR Users...;
o Road Safety : In 2014, the city recorded 775 bodily collisions, 9 of which were
fatal. The victim balance was heavy, with 9 deaths, 3 seriously injured and
1016 lightly injured. Road collisions are increasing
• Potential contribution from many NGOs able to contribute and firm commitment
of the municipality;
• Morocco's National Road Safety Strategy encouraging cities to develop their
own road safety action plans to meet the national target by 2021 (-25% of deaths);
• This project will make Temara the first city in Morocco to have a road safety
action plan!2. Starting point
How to proceed for a better data collection during the diagnosis
phase
Junctions DB
Road Collision DB
Road segments DB
Road infrastructure Data Base
Road risk-mapping for the city, road safety
inspections, issues, countermeasures, action plan…3 Approach:
TdRs
P2. TMC P4.
P1. Diagnostic trainings Countermeasures Ph5. 5-yrs
Project RS Action
Launch Plan
P3. TA for
local NGOs
Technical and
follow-up Project
committees closure
Supporting the diagnostic phase of the main road network and safety, RDB
Providing training on traffic control tools for signalized junctions,
Integrating countermeasures for pedestrian safety,
Sustaining the development of TORs for adopted countermeasures;
Assisting in the elaboration of the five-year action plan development.4. Outputs Developing a road information data-base covering all major and medium urban roads of Temara city: Sections and intersections ; Providing training on road safety inspection (standards); Providing training on road traffic control tools and junction design; Road safety and road traffic diagnosis, with field visits for principal road segments and intersections (as a first list); Developing actions over a 5-year period to improve road safety & traffic management; Strenghthening coordination.
5. Lessons learnt:
Implementation is ongoing: 50%
Non compatibility between required and available data: process in place
for tracking changes in scope; decisions should be taken in phases.
Project involves coordinating various aspects in order to bring forth a
positive result. This coordination includes elements such as personnel,
materials, procedures and facilities to address the problem and solutions.
Piloting Technical Working
Committee Committee group
In order for project controls to be effective, the project team has regularly
scheduled update meetings (with a consistent structure) and standardized
reporting format.6. Follow-up questions
Delay in data collection :
● Data on road accidents are not provided by Police;
● The municipality of Temara did not have a data base related to urban
road infrastructure information (digital data);
The main tool we planned to develop is a road risk-mapping for Temara’s
road network but there is no collision database with accurate
geolocalisation (major issue in all Moroccan cities);
Question: how to help cities to develop their road risk-mapping as a strong
tool to guide their investment in improving road safety infrastructure?
Potential solution: This could be accomplished through training courses and
twinning activities between “learning” municipalities …0. Introduction
Project title: Construction of a bike lane (2 km) in
central Oujda (pilot project)
Name/s of the involved institution/s: Oujda Municipality (Morocco)
in cooperation with General Directorate for Local Governments-DGCL
(Min. of Interior) & GIZ
Other stakeholders : Local and provincial authorities; Police; NGOs.
Project description: Conducting preliminary studies for the
construction of the first safe bike lane (2 km) in the city center of
Oujda (pilot project), including traffic control management.1. Institutional setting: Motivations
• The city of Oujda has a modest share of bicycle use (2%, Ref: EMD Oujda 2012),
• Lack of urban infrastructures dedicated to bikers;
• Strong involvement of non-motorized 2-wheels in road collisions;
• This project falls within the UMP’s actions to increase the modal share of
cycling to 2.5% by 2030 (UMP plans to build 45 km of bike lanes by 2025).
• The diagnostic phase was completed and the scenario containing the network of
cycle paths was approved by the municipal council in Oct 2013.
• Potential contribution of many NGOs and firm commitment of the municipality;
• Morocco's National Road Safety Strategy encourages cities to protect vulnerable
road users;
• This exemplary project could encourage cities to gradually expand their network
of safe and friendly bike lanes to protect the environment, improve people's
health and reduce injury collisions.2. Starting point / Main challenge
How to decide on the best scenario for the bike lane configuration?
Good Data?,
Social & Envir
impact?
?3. Approach: methods & tools applied to address the challenge
It is based on Technical Assistance for :
Ph4. Detailed
Design
Ph2.
TdRs Ph5. Tender
Preliminary
Ph1. documents
Design
Feasibility
Study Ph3. TMC
Project trainings
P6. Works
launch
Technical and Project
follow-up
committees closure4. Outputs Constructing 2 km of safe bike lanes, involving municipal technical services; Providing necessary training on road traffic control tools and junction design; Improving and integrating intelligent traffic control on 5 signalized intersections crossed by the bike lanes ; Reducing traffic accidents; Capacity building of municipal technical services to continue developing the remaining 43 km of bike lanes network; Strengthening coordination;
5. Lessons learnt Implementation is ongoing 60%. Importance of the project organisation and involvement of municipality staff to learn through the project; Reinforcing coordination at several levels and involving local stakeholders : NGOs; Police; Civil Protection, local authority, technical services, Urban Agency. Practicing traffic control management on all signalised junctions crossed by the bike lane and ensuring total safety for all road users: key success for sustainable use of the lane by bikers
6. Follow up questions Delay in data collection : Necessity of standards and codes, which are lacking at national level and need to be developed ad hoc; Lack of tools and instruments to monitor and evaluate sustainable transport projects like non-motorised road users infrastructure; Question: how to help cities develop their own appropriate tools to monitor and evaluate sustainable transport projects? How to build their capacities in order to be qualified and familiar with best practices in the field? This could be accomplished through training courses and twinning activities between “learning” municipalities ?
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