Project Details

Project Number LN3799-PAK
Project Name KARACHI BUS RAPID TRANSIT RED LINE PROJECT
Sector/Thematic Area Transport & Storage
Financing Agency ADB
Modality C01
Description The proposed project will help increase the use of quality public transport in Karachi by delivering the 26.6-kilometer (km) Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Red Line corridor and associated facilities, directly benefiting 1.5 million people. The project is economically justified by major time savings for BRT passengers, vehicle operating cost savings, and better air quality and reduced carbon emissions through an innovative waste-to-fuel scheme, which will improve the public health and mitigate climate change. It will also make Karachi safer, greener, and more inclusive and competitive.The project is aligned with the following impact: quality of life in Karachi improved. The project will have the following outcome: use of quality public transport in Karachi increased.
Adaptation Finance (thousand USD) 2447.6895
Mitigation Finance (thousand USD) 0.0
Total Project Climate Financing Amount (thousand USD) 2447.6895
Mitigation Objective Climate components
Adaptation Objective Climate components
Region Asia