Improving the public transport infrastructure in Lubumbashi (Development Phase)

Lubumbashi the second largest city of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) with 1.3 million inhabitants has undergone fast urbanisation with an extensive periphery. A functioning public transport system is lacking. Currently, only private informal minibus transport services are available lacking good organisation and quality having no scheduling and are hardly controlled or regulated by authorities. Services are unreliable and during rush-hours expensive.The project aims to contribute to a well functioning public transport system in Lubumbashi. The project consists of the design of a public bus transport system creation of a legal entity for management and exploitation, training of the operator and acquisition of busses spare parts bus stops and facilities. The project would lead to improved access to and use of the infrastructure for people/households as well as the private sector. A well-structured reliable and affordable public mass transport bus service will improve the transport situation for about 300,000 to 400,000 existing users while another 100,000 to 200,000 new users are expected.