Sustainability Of The Bus Rapid Transit System In Dar Es Salaam City,Tanzania

The challenge of promoting and sustaining an ever evolving transport system in urban areas is a matter of the utmost complexity, which requires innovative research and action initiatives. Sustainability is being linked to other strategic policy objectives in countless combinations, with impacts on the ground that range from a continuation of business as usual to real transformations in the character of urban life. This thesis highlighted the Dar es Salaam city population growth and urbanization, mobility, challenges imposed and initiatives to address them. However, it is important to note that there is a growing interaction between urbanization and globalization, a process which is drawing countries, cities and people closer together through increased flow of people, goods, capital services and technology. National and city boundaries are quickly melting away to allow the flow and interaction of people and ideas. This thesis examines the sustainability of the proposed Bus Rapid Transit [BRT] in Dar es Salaam city. The system was proposed in order to improve and provide quality, accessible and affordable mass public transport service to all groups.The study examined the perceptions and preferences of commuters towards the proposed Bus Rapid Transit system and compared the preferences of commuters based on their socio economic and spatial location differences. Using the Stated Choice and the GIS based spatial analysis methods, this study reached its goals in (â…°) identifying the proposed Bus Rapid Transit system attributes and its spatial coverage (â…±) examining commuters' perceptions and preferences towards the proposed Bus Rapid Transit attributes and (â…²) assessing the proposed Bus Rapid Transit system based on commuters' preferences as well as the preference analysis of the bus passenger and car user by binary choice model. Based on the observations and findings of this study, the conclusion and recommendation has been made.