Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — Minister of Transport and Logistics and Chairman of the Board of Administrators of the Transport Basic Authority (TGA) Eng. Saleh Al-Jasser inaugurated the ceremony of working Intercity Bus Service linking 200 cities and governorates throughout Saudi Arabia.
A number of ministers, ambassadors and officers of presidency companies and firms within the personal sector attended the ceremony organized by TGA in Riyadh on Monday. Saudi Arabia and international companions joined forces to supply built-in passenger bus providers.
Three international alliances are working the providers of their respective concession areas connecting 200 cities and governorates through 76 routes. It will cater to over six million passengers yearly with a brand new fleet of the state-of-the-art buses fitted with eco-friendly know-how. The targets of the Intercity Bus Service embody commuters with an array of transportation choices, streamline motion between cities and governorates, cut back carbon emissions, promote security and cut back site visitors congestion.
Talking on the event, Al-Jasser mentioned that the Intercity Bus Service mission will contribute to the creation of greater than 35,000 direct and oblique jobs, and add SR3.2 billion to the gross home product (GDP). He famous that Saudi Arabia has been reaping the fruits of improvement and reform packages in all sectors of the transport and logistics system for the reason that launch of the Nationwide Technique for Transport and Logistics Providers by the Crown Prince. “The Kingdom’s land sector is witnessing main structural reforms and regular progress encompassing all providers, as efficiency indicators recorded progress in transportation actions over the last 12 months 2022, and a rise in land transportation actions, together with the transportation of products and passengers, reaching 46 % over the identical interval of the earlier 12 months,” he mentioned.
Al-Jasser identified that the mission to function bus transportation providers between cities is the primary international funding on this path to boost the extent of providers supplied to beneficiaries and improve partnership with the personal sector. “The transport and logistics providers system will proceed, with the assist of the smart management, to develop the standard of providers being supplied, improve the extent of competitiveness, assist integration with totally different modes of transportation, and supply further choices of contemporary and environmentally pleasant technique of transportation in step with the great renaissance that our nation is witnessing in varied sectors and fields,” he added.
The ceremony included an in depth clarification of the alliances and concession areas in accordance with the goals of the Nationwide Transport and Logistics Technique, which goals to boost the share of public transport providers within the Kingdom from one % at current to succeed in 15 % by the 12 months 2030. The mission will even contribute to translating one of the vital essential targets of the technique, which place the standard of life in cities amongst its priorities, by lowering the share of carbon emissions from transportation to succeed in 25 % in 2030.
Three international alliances would function the bus service of their respective concession areas. Darb AlWatan Firm has obtained the northern concession to supply 124 every day journeys in additional than 75 cities and governorates throughout 26 routes. The Northwest Bus Firm has secured the northwest concession to supply 190 every day journeys in additional than 70 cities and governorates throughout 23 routes whereas the third firm SAT (SAPTCO Alsa for Transportation) will present 178 every day providers within the southern concession space to attach greater than 80 cities and governorates through 27 routes.
Particulars together with the mechanism for reserving tickets will be had from the web site of TGA