The objective of the Assignment was to assist Tbilisi Municipality City Hall in developing and adopting a new bus and minibus (marshrutka) network and tariff system to ensure operational efficiency, full integration of the ticketing system, enabling competitive tendering for future bus routes, while allowing the City to acquire acceptable safety and environmental standards.
The study consisted of:
(i) Review of public transport sector, bus operations, and tariff system;
(ii) New route planning is based on an updated network and ridership survey.
(iii) Set up of a new institutional and regulatory framework.
(iv) Performance of tariff study and affordability.
(v) Definition of integrated AFC system.
(vi) Prepare the business plan for AFC implementation.
(vii) Prepare a new route tendering plan for public, private bus, minibus operators, and new route tenders.
(viii) Contract provisions for bus and AFC operations;
(ix) technical requirements for the AFC system, suitable for system tendering under install and operate contracts.
(x) Preparation of a public service contract (“PSC”) between the private operator TMC and the City and the related corporate development programme (“CDP”) to ensure effective implementation and monitoring of services provided under the PSC.
