Economic Benefit of Introducing a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in Kano State Nigeria

4th International Conference on Civil and Environmental Engineering for Sustainability

地球科学;生态环境科学;经济学

Ahmad, K.A.^1 ; Afolabi, S.^1 ; Nda, M.^2 ; Daura, H.A.^1

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Bayero University Kano, Kano State

3011, Nigeria^1

Department of Civil Engineering, Federal Polytechnic Bida, Nigeria^2

关键词: Bus Rapid Transit;    California Air Resource Board;    Comparative evaluations;    Cost evaluations;    Economic benefits;    Economic productivity;    Environmental costs;    Public transport;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/140/1/012093/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/140/1/012093

学科分类：环境科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

The objective of this study is to know the variables use in quantifying economic benefits of public transport project, contribution of public transport to economic productivity This paper attempts to provide a Road User Cost (RUC) comparison of current usage of Buses and Cars in three different stages which are the present time, do nothing and the introduction of new modes. Vehicle operating cost (VOC), value of time (VOT), pollution cost, accident cost and environmental cost are calculated in other to know the benefits for their abilities to ensure accessibility and mobility, reduce accidents and reduce environmental loss. The study stretch involves an 11.1 km of 2-lane divided carriageway road connecting Kabuga bus stop to Janguza market. Social costs which included accident costs, accident cost of cars (private modes) were found to be 50 times the accident cost of bus accidents. California Air Resource Board (CARB) model was adopted to evaluate Environmental costs. The total road user costs were then obtained to provide comparative evaluation among the study modes. Furthermore, the multiple future scenarios were created to provide understanding about the need for inclusion of other modes. In this regard, this paper provided a framework for the cost evaluation for an urban area and results indicate that buses are more cost-effective in transportation of equivalent number of passengers.