Yellow line Bus Rapid transit project designed to facilitate urban mobility for Karachi is worth $496 million. The cost of this project will be divided between the International Development Association (IDA) – an organ of World Bank (WB)
and provincial government 80:20. IDA will pay 80% of the cost for construction of Yellow line BRT which is approximately 400 million according to the Concept Clearance Proposal of the project while the provincial government is bound to pay only a meagre $96 million.
The concept paper, however, indicated that the financing proportions of the project may vary at the PC-I and PC-II stages. Yellow Line Project, which is part of Karachi Urban Mobility Project will be developed and completed in four to five years. The project envisages construction of a 22km corridor starting at Dawood Chowrangi in the east near Landhi and running through Korangi industrial area, ending in Numaish intersection in the centre of Karachi.
The project will also focus on climate change adaptation and mitigation measures and other environmental benefits by shifting road users from polluting transport modes (e.g. old, poorly maintained personal vehicles) to lower carbon modes (e.g. cleaner BRT buses which will ensure sharing of transport vehicle resulting in lower number of vehicles on the road)
The concept paper envisages that implementation of the project will help in reductions in travel time, particularly for public transport passengers, improvement in public transport quality of service, increase women rider-ship in public transport; reductions in road traffic fatalities; accessibility improvements for jobs and housing and reduction in hazardous emissions.
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