Development of A Bus Rapid Transit System (BRT) in Hai Phong city, Vietnam: From Lessons of Experience to Practical Application

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Transport in the cities of Vietnam in general and in Hai Phong city in particular is changing rapidly due to economic growth, urbanization and motorization, problems such as traffic congestion, traffic accidents, air pollution and difficulty in accessing city services. In the development plan of the city, the residential, educational, industrial and service industry functions of the city will be distributed and gradually moved from central area to the satellite towns. However, the development of these new satellite towns has not necessarily been proceeding smoothly. One of the causes for the late development of the satellite towns is the poor public transport network and lacking connect the satellite towns with the central area. In addition, recent studies showed that public transport with only bus system is not adequately attented during operation process. The curent bus system only meets less 2% of the city's travel needs. The city needs to develop an advanced public transport system that is enough attractive and environmentally friendly to attract people to use. At the same time, contribute to reducing traffic jams and traffic accidents and in doing so promote metropolitan regions.

The paper presents an analysis of current public transportation situations in Vietnam, and to focus on the case study in Haiphong city. Then, the study presents opportunities, challenges and how to develop of A Bus Rapid Transit System (BRT) for Haiphong city and for the cities of Vietnam in general.