Project News

The Project for Modernization of Public Transport in Belgrade (hereinafter referred to as "the Project") held the fourth JCC meeting in Belgrade on December 22, 2022. In the meeting, the progress of the activities was reported, and the future activity plan was confirmed by the participants.

This JCC was attended by representatives from the Secretariat for Public Transport (hereinafter referred to as "SfPT") and of the Secretariat for Traffic of the City of Belgrade, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering of the University of Belgrade, public transport operators, JICA headquarters, JICA Balkan office, and by the JICA project team. In the meeting, the leaders of three working groups consisting of members from several related organizations, including SfPT, the members of JICA expert team and local expert team reported on the progress of their respective activities.

After the report, the following points were discussed in detail.

1. Transport Surveys, Demand Forecast and Public Transport Network Planning: result of a series of transport surveys such as Activity Diary Survey, and collaborative work for demand forecasting and public transport network planning
2. Pilot Project for Improvement of Public Transport Operation: implementation of a pilot project to improve operation and route planning aiming at a certain public transport corridor
3. Alternative Contracting Method: future steps based on the analyses on case studies of Bucharest, Madrid and Hamburg and the conclusions from the second seminar
4. Improvement of the way of operator monitoring: possibility of utilizing a video wall at SfPT's operation control center
5. Planning for securing fare collection: improvement plans to increase the fare collection and full-scale activities, such as a demonstration project at schools to improve fare collection

Based on the results of the conducted activities, there were active discussions on how to further promote future activities of the Project. We are looking forward to seeing further achievements.