Kuwait is highly populated State with the majority of the population live in the cities. Issues and constraints that contribute to traffic and transport sector problems in Kuwait include (1) Increasing demand for transport of people and goods associated with limited infrastructure capacity, and inefficient public transport services, (2) need for better transport-land use planning, (3) need for a reliable information system and monitoring regime, to fully understand causes, create effective countermeasures and assess effectiveness of performance, (4) need for better traffic management, and travel demand system, (5) increasing vehicles, population, congestion, accidents, and lack of safety - conscious road design and black spot procedures, and (5) need for institutional reform and human resources development.
To manage demand, reduce congestion, enhance road safety and improve mobility and accessibility in Kuwait, a long-term and comprehensive National Traffic and Transport Strategy was developed for the period of 2010-2020 (NTTS), under the umbrella of the United Nation Development Programme (UNDP), Supreme Council for Planning and Development (SPCPD), and Ministry of Interior Program (MOI). The NTTS has identified major obstacles, characteristics, and role of each associated agency, and included various elements such as institutional reform, human resources development, information system, road infrastructure, transport systems, traffic management, ITS, transport-land use planning, enforcement and traffic policing, community awareness, road safety, congestion management, and vehicle emissions. To strengthen implementation, the UNDP and Government started implementation of one of the priority projects of the NTTS which is called “National Traffic Management Improvement Project”.
The project aims to develop an efficient traffic management, road network, road safety and enforcement system that will assist planning, implementation and management of sustainable transport system in Kuwait.
Objectives of the assignment
The objective of the assignment is to provide high standard guidance in various areas of socioeconomic costs of road traffic accidents and traffic problems, including ability to help staff to expand knowledge, prevention of road accidents, understanding fatalities and injuries and property damage costs, and road users, road design, transport operations and traffic enforcement roles.
The project aims to develop an efficient road traffic accidents and traffic problems mechanism to understand the true costs of the problem and to develop efficient countermeasures to enhance movement of people and goods in Kuwait.
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