Procurement Summary
Country: Mauritius
Summary: Collection of Road Traffic Data for the establishment of a Road Traffic Database [RTD]
Deadline: 01 Jul 2020
Posting Date: 04 Jun 2020
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Notice Type: Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 43095489
Document Ref. No.: LT/RTD/OIB 11/2019-20
Financier: Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership: -
Tender Value: Refer Document
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Tenders are invited for Collection of Road Traffic Data for the establishment of a Road Traffic Database [RTD] in Mauritius.
Scope of Services
Traffic Volume Counts (TVC)
Collection of classified traffic volume counts surveys carried out on weekdays and weekends [depending on site location], over a minimum of seven-day period, along the major roads of the network including the M (Motorways), A&B (Main) roads. The traffic volume survey should be conducted for all vehicles and classified by vehicle type. It is estimated that a total of 1500km of road length is concerned. The methodology for data collection, number & location of survey stations would need to be finalized in consultation with the ministry-s representative. Moreover, it is the responsibility of the consultant to advise on the methodology, which shall be jointly agreed at the time of finalization. The data will have to be analyzed to bring out the hourly & daily variations in traffic. These traffic volume counts would be used to decide the threshold for the Origin-Destination (O-D) survey sample size.
Road Vehicle Origin-Destination Movements (O-D)
Collection of data on where vehicles start and end their journeys; what routes they take; how often they do it and why. An evaluation of O-D survey data would help understand the trip pattern & travel choices in the whole network. The O-D surveys shall thus be network based and conducted on a week day using the roadside interview method. The consultant should identify the appropriate survey locations and prepare a questionnaire for the survey. An O-D matrix will have to be formulated to analyze the O-D data. On the basis of the O-D analysis, the consultant shall make a schematic representation in the form of desire line diagrams illustrating the observed origin-destination trends. The consultant shall also have to predict the probable shifts in traffic over a span of 20 years by assuming suitable growth rates and taking into consideration actual and future transportation improvement infrastructure projects (e.g. the Metro Express project and the Road Decongestion Program schemes being initiated by the Metro Express Limited and the Road Development Authority respectively and Smart City developments across the island).
Capacity Building
Train key personnel of the Ministry [Lead Engineers, Engineers/Senior Engineers, Principal Technical Officers, Senior Technical Officers and Technical Officers] on the design and conduct of traffic surveys needed for the Road Traffic Database. The training will be provided to at least twenty staff with civil engineering background with some experience in traffic engineering. All the Engineers and Technical Officers are holders of at least a degree/diploma in Civil Engineering and only the two Lead Engineers are holders of a Master Degree in Traffic Engineering. The training programme should cover a range of transport planning topics aimed at the design and conduct of traffic surveys, but more importantly to empower the technical staff for the future and the ever-changing transport planning landscape. The training programme which will be held over a two-week period should cover the following topics, amongst others:
Current and new traffic and transport survey techniques [latest technologies in traffic data collection];
Analysis of traffic and transport survey data;
The four stage transport model
Role and relevance of transport modelling;
Development and effects of traffic impact assessments and future planning [including case studies]
Design and conduct of traffic surveys and the development of O-D matrices [including case studies]
Roadmap for a Road Traffic Database
Proposing a roadmap for the setting up of a Road Traffic Database (RTD). This roadmap shall define the objectives of a RTD and specify the major steps needed to reach them. It will also have to include the hardware and software requirements for data storage and management.
Based on the above, the scope of this Consultancy exercise shall cover the following, but not limited to same:
To provide technical assistance to the Ministry of Land Transport and Light Rail to establish a National Traffic and Road Network Database. The successful bidder shall be required to estimate the traffic projections based on O-D and other related traffic surveys conducted on major arterial roads [Motorways, A and B roads].
Documents
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