Activities summary

Mandalay commits to improving mobility

Mandalay ambition is to develop a Smart, Green, and Clean city, supported by an integrated and sus-tainable urban mobility system.
Elaborating a long term vision and strategy for sustainable mobility shall allow preserving and strengthening quality of life in a city that promotes use of a comprehensive public transport system and limit the increasing use of private vehicle.

Main expected results

• Development and political endorsement of a SUMP for Mandalay
• Improvement of accessibility to public services and amenities
• Development of a public transport network
• Reduction of congestion in city centre and improvement of traffic management
• Professionalization of private bus operators and incentive to modernize old fleets by low carbon vehicles
• Development of non-motorized transport
• Improvement of road safety and air quality
• Improvement of coordination and communication between the stakeholders involved in mobility and transport
• Capacity building of MRG and MCDC

Support from MobiliseYourCity

AFD is supporting both Mandalay City Development Council (MCDC) and Mandalay Region Government (MRG) in their efforts to establish a sustainable urban mobility policy.