TERMS OF REFERENCE
3.2. General background and secondary data review (Task 2) 7
3.3. Diagnosis of urban transport system (Task 3) 8
3.4. Definition of plan scope and process (Task 4) 11
3.5. Analyse mobility situation and scenarios (Task 5) 12
4. IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS AND DELIVERABLES. 13
4.2. Implementation arrangements 14
4.3. Reports and deliverables 14
5. ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. 15
6. REPORTING AND PROCEDURE FOR REVIEWING OF THE REPORTS. 16
7. CONSULTANT’S STAFFING AND QUALIFICATIONS. 16
8. DURATION OF THE ASSIGNMENT.. 18
SUSTAINABLE CITIES PROJECT (SCP)
Component A: Sustainable City Planning and Management Systems
Terms of Reference
Consultancy Services for Preparation of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP)
(IB A1.C5)
Republic of Turkey
Iller Bankası A.Ş. (ILBANK)
ILBANK is implementing the Sustainable Cities Program with technical and financial support from World Bank and EU. The program aims to help Metropolitan Municipalities (MMs): (i) respond to current and increasing demands for urban services; (ii) plan for future infrastructure service needs in a sustainable manner; (iii) mobilize financing to fund investment priorities; and (iv) adhere to new spatial planning mandates and infrastructure service requirements as prescribed by the amended Metropolitan Municipality Law No 6360 in December 2012.
The Sustainable Cities Project (SCP) aims at supporting improved sustainability of Turkish cities. The Sustainable Cities framework recognizes three dimensions of sustainability (environmental, economic/financial, and social) most relevant for Turkish cities and also identifies spatial, environmental, and financial planning instruments that are part of a comprehensive and integrated planning process that would move cities along a sustainability spectrum from planned to healthy, and finally to smart cities.
The SCP is also guided by a methodological understanding of integration, that is, integration is a practice of municipal management that should occur through an interdisciplinary approach to planning and harmonizing the economic, environmental and social dimensions of sustainable development, aligning strategic plans with land-use plans, strengthening MM and District Municipality (DM) cooperation and governance, engaging civil society in developing plans and strategies, outlining the fiscal implications of plans and incorporating into Capital Investment Processes, and defining meaningful and practical indicators to monitor progress toward sustainable development practices.
The SCP is thus designed to support MMs pursue these aims to promote forward-looking, long-term, and informed city planning and development through sustainability dimensions of Turkish cities. A five-stage methodological approach that presented in Project Appraisal Document of the SCP supports this process, including (a) ensuring a baseline study; (b) strategy formulation; (c) structural plans (land use, energy efficiency, solid waste management, urban/rural interface; (d) transportation planning; and (e) capital investment programming.
The SCP is organized around two main components:
Component A – Sustainable City Planning and Management Systems, funded by an EU-IPA2 Grant, but implemented under the World Bank guidance. This component provides for technical assistance to MMs to ensure a more comprehensive and integrated approach to planning which includes support for spatial, social, environmental, financial, and capital investment planning and management. This aims to allow Municipalities to improve each dimension of sustainability (environmental, social and financial/economic). Under the EU-IPA2 Grant Agreement, there is a clear focus on outcomes that demonstrate how plans can be developed in a comprehensive and integrated manner these include Spatial Planning studies and tools, Financial Management tools and Capital Investment Plans.
Component B – Municipal Investments in public transport, water and sanitation, solid-waste management and energy, financed through an IBRD loan.
Urban Mobility and Transportation Planning is one of the compulsory planning tools, which will be supported by Component A of SCP described above.
There is a clear strategy in Europe supporting a sustainable growth based on a modernised and sustainable transport system, and specifically focused in addressing the urban dimension of transport. The document that provides to the local authorities the possibility of implementing strategies for urban mobility that build on a detailed assessment of the current situation and a clear vision for the sustainable development of their urban area is the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP). This SUMP concept considers that action on urban mobility is embedded into a wider urban and territorial strategy.
Since SUMP Guidelines launched in 2013, the development and implementation of SUMP published as part of a European Commission backed project (Eltisplus[1]), in order to provide essential requirements, good practice examples, tools and references for the development of SUMPs.
This assignment covers two metropolitan municipalities namely Eskişehir and Konya:
Eskişehir is the 25th most populated city of Turkey. According to 2018 TurkStat data; the population of the city is 812,320, and its surface area is 13,960 km2 with 14 districts. Eskisehir is located in the mid-western side of Anatolia. From the east to west Eskişehir borders Kütahya, Bilecik, Bolu, Ankara, Konya and Afyonkarahisar. The city located in the northwestern of the Central Anatolia Region, crisscrossed by Porsuk River; has a student city appearance with the presence of Osmangazi and Anatolian Universities with high quality of urban life. Eskisehir, with its advantage created by its geographical position, has been a gateway to west of the Anatolia throughout history. Being located on the junction of railways and highways, Eskisehir have turned into an important centre in terms of economy, industry and trade by the developments in agriculture and industry and richness of subterranean sources such as boron, ceramic, meerschaum, magnesite and chrome. The industrial development has the most significant share in the dynamism of economic life of Eskişehir in recent years. Rapid growth of urban population in comparison with rural population, presence of qualified labour force, proximity of markets, compatibility of energy and raw material sources and sufficient infrastructural investments required for industry have gradually enabled the development of the industry in the region.
Konya is the 7th most populated city of Turkey. According to 2018 TurkStat data; the population of the city is 2,205,609, and its surface area is 40,838 km2 with 31 districts. The province is located in the south-western edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau. From the east to west Konya borders Niğde, Aksaray, Ankara, Eskişehir, Afyonkarahisar, Isparta, Antalya, Karaman and Mersin. Konya has been known mainly for its agriculture, however recent developments show that the economic structure of Konya is changing from agricultural region to an industrial region. In this respect, Konya is regarded as the “Capital of SMEs” with around 45,000 SMEs mostly working in machine production, automotive supply industry, metal casting, agricultural tools and machinery production, food production industry and shoemaking. With her deep-rooted history, Konya has been a cradle to many cultures and civilizations throughout history. In this context, Konya is one of the centers of cultural tourism as well as belief tourism including Çatalhöyük which is one the UNESCO World Heritage Site as well as Mevlana Museum.
The main objective of the Eskişehir and Konya SUMPs are to be the reference instrument from which derives the set of actions planned to achieve a system of sustainable mobility of people and goods in the Eskişehir and Konya metropolitan areas.
Some objectives that derive directly from the main goal are the following:
Preparing a transport model to use as the basis for the assessment of the entire mobility plan
Increasing the modal share of the more sustainable modes of transport (pedestrian, cyclist and public transport) and decreasing the modal share of the private vehicles
Reducing air and noise pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption
Providing a transport system available and accessible to all
Improving safety and security in all modes of transport, and reducing the number of accidents
Enhancing the urban quality of life for all
Gradually decreasing the total number of daily trips
Elaborating a general set of indicators regarding the mobility of the metropolitan municipality, which will be monitored in evaluating the effectiveness of the Plan associated to the established objectives
Developing public infrastructure and parking system related to public transport
Organizing cycling trails in the city and the public bicycle transport system.
Eskişehir and Konya SUMPs will be developed according to Guidelines for Developing and Implementing a Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan - Second Edition[2] (Steps 1 to 3) by following above-listed phases:
Initial consultations
The Consultant shall perform initial consultations with the Beneficiary (Metropolitan Municipalities) and key stakeholders, notably parties identified in target groups. These consultations shall be intended to discuss the current state of transport plan and to perceive problems with current transport system, aspirations for its improvement, proposed actions and plans and desired participation in study performance and outputs. In order to ensure efficient stakeholder engagement, a kick-off meeting shall be held by the Consultant in a close cooperation with the Beneficiary to present study objectives and program and role of the Consultant team. The objectives of the SUMP listed in Section 2 will be discussed by the Consultant and the Beneficiary and finalized before the data collection phase.
Target groups
The exact list of consultees and the communication management plan shall be agreed during the scoping stage of the assignment. The Consultant shall identify urban mobility stakeholders, as well as their objectives, power, capacity and planning resources. The Consultant shall also propose a stakeholder coordination strategy to the Client.
The stakeholders will comprise at least the following:
Local authorities (including both district and metropolitan municipality authorities)
National authorities with competence in terms of mobility
Public and private transport operators
Mobility related associations (i.e. motorist associations, trade unions, cycling groups and etc.)
Mobility related institutions (i.e. university, research institutions and etc.)
Transport system users
Institutions responsible for the preparation of land-use plans and socio-economic plans
Public Participation Program and Web Page
The Consultant will develop a public participation program, including actions throughout the whole period of realization of the Plan.
The public participation program will include at least the following actions:
Presentation of the extents of sustainability principles
Presentation of the start of the works and the participation program
Support in the web publication of the contents of the plan during its preparation
Workshops with all the main stakeholders to analyse the perceived problems regarding mobility
Presentation of the roadmap and dissemination of the Plan
A web page will be developed as a fundamental reference for the public participation program. The Consultant will administer it during the entire duration of the Contract following the instructions of the Client. The Consultant will accompany the Client to the forums or meetings of information or debate related to the Plan, making the support reports, presentations and notes that are required for the fulfilment of the objectives of the contract.
The Consultant will describe the physical framework of the region:
Geographical analysis of the Municipality territory (main topographical features)
Environmentally sensitive areas (location, characteristics, degree of legal protection, evolution and trend of main threats) and cultural heritage areas
The Consultant will review of previous studies, strategies, and plans, other existing, ongoing and planned studies and collect secondary information:
Urban planning policies and urban growth (assessment and diagnosis of the urban planning policies included in relevant urban planning documents collected such as Strategic Plan and Master Plan,
Agglomerations and forecasted developments, regarding the functional expansion / decreasing of the inside territory, increase/decrease of the land use densities, building restrictions) about current urban-planning,
A meta-evaluation over socio-economic, land-use and institutional plans,
A decision matrix that outlines the provisions of related plans including consistencies/or inconsistencies among strategic plans, spatial plans and existing transport plans,
Existing transport plan with respect to sustainable urban mobility concept.
In addition, the Consultant will analyse socio-economic and demographic data and other basic information concerning the target groups both provided by the municipalities and collected from TurkStat and line ministries:
Population (demography, migration trends, population growth, evolution and future estimations, population density and distribution)
Households (assessment of data from household survey in relation with trips generated per household, trips reasons, modal split, etc.)
Economic activity (assessment of economy of MM in terms of employment rate, economic activities, main economic poles, etc.)
Estimate trends in the level of motorization in urban area and its area of influence (correlation of the tendency to purchase cars and evolution of mobility from 1990 to 2030 estimation of growth) based on GDP projections and other socio-economic and behavioural factors;
The Consultant identify the legal and institutional background and structure:
Parties involved in urban development planning
Parties involved in transport infrastructure construction and maintenance and their financing
Parties involved in public transport organizations, transport authorities, licensing/contracting procedures, legal status and organization of operators (both public and private), public transport infrastructure and fleet ownership
Parties responsibilities for transport policy, network planning and operations, fares determination, ticket sale, fare collection
System of financing public transport investments and operations, including City compensation for public service obligations and social fares
National framework, relevant regional, national and European framework conditions for the SUMP including main legal regulations, strategies and objectives that might influence the plan.
With the information gathered, the Consultant shall develop an assessment of the current situation and tendencies of mobility and transport system. The Consultant shall analyse all the quantitative and qualitative relevant parameters to identify the critical aspects.
Based on the availability of data on following assessment areas and validity of data collected for current transport plan, the Consultant will perform a data gathering strategy. The assessment areas will be at least the following:
Metropolitan and district mobility:
Metropolitan and district zoning (assessment of the urban zones based on its different behaviour regarding mobility)
Review of existing origin/destination matrix and transportation mode split (for whole municipality and differentiating by district and district zones, from the urban zoning assessment) (if available for last five years)
Motorization (motorization recent evolution, and motorization trend based on mobility assessment performed)
Distribution of trips including inner trips (inside the districts), metropolitan trips (inside the Metropolitan Municipality) and outer trips (outside the Metropolitan Municipality)
Saturation rates in peak periods at critical road junctions and/or measurements of vehicles speeds, for detecting the most important directional road/street/ring road sections
Top 20 mobility generating centers including tourism hotspots, industrial estates, universities, hospitals, religious centers, shopping centers, cultural centers, sport centers and airports (assessment of location, distribution traffic generated, relation with the road network and the public transport) and their person trip generation by time of day and mode
Road network
Current road network, based on network geometry and operational information
A street network design in terms of sustainable mobility
Calculation of the Level of Service (LOS) per road, with the usual methodology (Highway Capacity Manual)
Identification of the congestion conflicting areas and peak hours
Assessment of the exclusive lanes for public transport, if existing
Assessment of road infrastructure projects (review of projects of new road infrastructure expected to be built before year 2030)
Motorized private traffic
Private car mobility, origin/destination, flows if existing
Characteristics of the vehicle pool, assessment of evolution and trend of pool structure (differentiating age and level of air pollution emissions)
Assessment of the car sharing systems in place (if any), either formal or informal (number of users, fare system, if existing)
Assessment of the electric vehicles current and expected pool, and the electric vehicles current and expected infrastructure (public and private charging points, technology)
Public transport and universal accessibility
Assessment of the public transport fleet including number of vehicles, average age, air pollution emissions, average and peak kilometers per year
Assessment of privately owned transport services (school buses, dolmus, private buses, etc.)
Assessment of the number of service buses, average age, air pollution emissions, average and peak kilometers per year
Origin / destination flows for public transport mobility (geographical assessment of the existing links and the non-existent or low covered connections, with an assessment of its reasons)
Functionality and main problems, including comparison with other public transport systems in Turkey and other European countries
Qualitative data on satisfaction levels of customers.
Assessment of accessibility to public transport vehicles
Public transport stops accessibility
Pedestrian and cyclists infrastructure
Urban and bicycle lanes (assessment of existing infrastructure, in terms of supply / demand, if existing)
Public bicycle rental systems (assessment of existing public bicycle rental systems, diagnosis of possibility of implantation of such systems in some districts, if existing)
Traffic calming and pedestrian areas (assessment and diagnosis of current situation of pedestrian areas on each district)
Assessment of accessibility for disabled persons to public buildings and public spaces (streets, squares, parks, and etc.)
Goods transport and logistics
Assessment of planned and ongoing logistics projects with respect to national logistics master plan and local needs
Assessment of the location of logistics centers in relation with road network
Assessment of backward and forward linkages between city road network to ports and marines
Assessment of itineraries of transport of dangerous goods in relation with population distribution and density
Environmental quality
Evolution and trend of noise and air pollution on the road network
Assessment of the location of congestion points, relation with traffic and modal split, and assessment of current planning to improve the situation (infrastructure and/or managing investments)
Assessment of the barrier effect of the road network in relation with the environmental interesting areas
Road safety
Evolution of trend of accidents and relation with congestion, level of service and modal split
Assessment of the location of critical points in relation with road network congestion
Parking (only for areas where parking demand is known to exceed parking supply)
Inventory of parking spaces by category, distinguishing between on-street and off-street, public and private availability, parking restrictions (e.g. time of day; duration, private etc.), using a detailed and logical geographical division of streets and districts;
Schedule of parking charges, tariffs by type of parking and location
Peak and off-peak parking space occupancies by section/district, by key time periods (e.g. daytime peak; night-time peak)
Distributions of parking duration, by section/district, by time of day
Detailed land use data related to each street section and district
Distribution of parking purposes (resident, visitor, worker, business etc.), by section/district
Inventory of waiting and loading restrictions and facilities
Intelligent transport systems and fare collection
Appraisal of revenue generation procedures, including legal framework, regulation, institutional set-up and procedures
Identification of existing ITS system architecture and institutional set-up, including e-ticketing, vehicle fleet management, real-time information, traffic management, parking management and payment etc.
Review of possible ITS systems for improved transport integration, information, fare collection and parking, benefits of ITS for improved ridership and collection ratios
Assessment of the general and intelligent systems for traffic management (infrastructure works and provision of specific equipment for traffic management)
Transport economy
Definition of current tariff policy, fare structures, pricing schemes for public and private operators and service providers
Assessment of financial figures and revenue structure related to transport cost structure, both public and private
Assessment of the role of public and private operators, and whether there is a proper level of regulated competition amongst the various operators, with a particular focus on practices and opportunities for improvement to the use of competitive route tendering approaches that involve a mix of both public and private sector operators
For each of the previous points, the Consultant will develop a diagnosis, consisting in a synthetic, global and interrelated description of that aspect of mobility. The problems detected will be reflected in terms of weaknesses, threats, strengths and opportunities. Weaknesses will be shown in summary sheets, in a hierarchical way, causes and foreseeable evolution if there is no remedy.
The Consultant will perform a seasonal sensitivity analysis for all collected data due to the extreme changes in transportation figures in Eskişehir and Konya based on high tourism demand on June-September period.
This technical diagnosis will be completed with the perceived diagnosis from the public participation process. The Consultant will compare technical and perceived diagnosis to extract conclusions and build the final integrated diagnosis, with a clear description of the main challenges of Eskişehir and Konya in terms of mobility, a calibration of the stakeholders capacity to intervene (economic, management and competence), and the foundations will be laid to formulate the proposals of the plan.
The SUMP development process needs to be tailored to the local situation. Stakeholder cooperation and policy integration are other fields that need to be addressed in this phase, which should be concluded with an agreement on the work plan and management arrangements.
The Consultant will be responsible for;
Making a Strengths - Weaknesses - Opportunities - Threats (SWOT) Analysis for urban mobility of the city based on public participation meetings based on findings of Task 3
Defining the planning perimeter, ideally integrating functional spatial interdependencies and traffic flows, connection to long-distance transport corridors and present linkages between different transport modes
Establishing the planning of mobility and transport as a shared policy domain, truly serving the different needs of society – economic, social, environmental
Designing sustainable and supported solutions encourage and enable citizens to get informed and to join the debate
Agreeing on management procedures and tasks with all stakeholders responsible for planning tasks
Analysing transport patterns and organizational perimeters. Include also links to long-distance transport corridors.
Outlining gender assessment of transport services (how men and women use different transport services for different purposes), analysing men and women’s attributes and perceptions about a quality transport services, identifying men and women’s priorities for transport services investment within the scope of what it is envisioned in the SUMP
The Consultant will define the detailed basis of the plan. As a minimum, the detailed scope and processes to be addressed are the following:
Define resources including human, technical capacity and financial resources in MM on transport planning
Determine a SUMP timeline considering development and implementation schedule of pre-defined policies and strategies.
Define key stakeholders and authorities within the envisaged planning perimeter and define formal agreements on geographical scope of planning activities.
Develop an open and transparent approach from the outset, securing the involvement of all authorities concerned.
Identify coordination requirements and potential across all relevant policy domains and levels, like the relation between land-use planning and transport.
Check whether the goals and objectives of the plans support or conflict with sustainable urban mobility objectives.
Develop a communication plan that includes an engagement strategy and timeline as well as an overall strategy for PR activities
Analyse economic and financial performance of metropolitan municipalities, current investment program including project portfolio both from national and international sources, investment need and gap on transport planning and alternative funding resources
The Consultant will develop a database for urban mobility based on collected data through this Contract. It will create performance indicators and a M&E mechanism for MM. During the scope of the Contract this database will be managed by the Consultant. Before the end of the Contract the Consultant will train the MM staff on managing the information system. An evaluation framework should be prepared in order to maintain information baseline and ensure systematic reporting by MM.
These scopes and processes will serve as a basis for designing the survey, modelling, and addressing the assessment and diagnosis phase.
Analysing the mobility situation and developing scenarios of possible future mobility situations provides the basis for setting goals in a rational and transparent way.
The Consultant will responsible for;
Defining appropriate policies by using gathered data and information and putting them together to name the related problems which will affect long-term decisions.
Presenting scenarios by illustrating different future situations and examining the effects of these different scenarios enables to set realistic targets for possible outcomes.
By mobility scenario, a forecast of the pattern of displacements in the horizon year based on socioeconomic, territorial and supply hypothesis will be established. The horizon year will be decided with the Client.
One of the scenarios will be the trend scenario, an estimate of the situation that the metropolitan area would reach in the horizon year if current trends and projects were maintained without implementing the present mobility plan. The trend scenario will include:
Current infrastructures and transport services
Foreseeable evolution of the mobility variables
Foreseeable evolution of the transport system social and environmental costs
Along with this trend scenario, the Consultant will propose additional scenarios (at least 3) including concrete proposals to improve the sustainability of the urban mobility plan. These proposals will be based on the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats exposed on the previous phase, and will cover public transport, pedestrian and cyclists modes, parking policies, traffic calmed, accessibility, and environmental sustainability (energy, congestion, noise and air pollution). The various scenarios should include alternatives for restructuring the public transport network and public transport management, improving the pedestrian and cyclist networks, modifying the parking policies to reduce car impact in the city centres, and/or including traffic calming schemes in suitable areas, among others.
The rationale behind the different scenario building will be based on amount of investment (public and/or private) and calendar.
The summary sheets will be grouped in the following blocks:
Metropolitan road network
Public transport
Urban road network
Parking policy
Pedestrian and cyclist mobility
Urban planning and Functional Urban Areas (FUAs)
Urban quality of life
The proposals included in the scenarios will be evaluated through transport modelling and multi criteria assessment, so finally one of the scenarios is selected.
The Consultant is expected to provide the following outcomes:
Prepare a data gathering strategy that outlines the availability and validity of current data and needs for further data collection process
Collect all missing data based on data gathering strategy related to the mobility of Eskişehir and Konya Metropolitan Municipalities, in an orderly manner and building a geographic information system that allows georeferencing all possible data
Analyse mobility from a sustainable point of view and make a diagnosis of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats
Set the priorities and measurable targets to facilitate a transition from the current situation towards a more sustainable mobility model from a social, economic and environmental point of view.
Develop an effective action plan, which organizes the measures to be adopted by activities (pedestrian mobility, cyclist mobility, urban and interurban public transport, road safety, parking, private traffic, accessibility) and provide an estimate of the cost of each measure and a temporary implementation program.
Ensure proper management and communication through all the process with all relevant stakeholders, ensuring the participation of all agents in the analysis and diagnosis, in the decision-making and in the design of the action proposals.
Develop an effective M&E mechanism including performance indicators, data sources, database management strategy.
The Consultant will supply all necessary equipment (including hardware, software, office equipment, and vehicles) required to deliver the services.
The Client will make available to the Consultant all available relevant information, at no cost.
All documentation will remain the property of the Client after completion of the assignment. The Consultant will not dispose, publish or use this documentation without written consent of the Client.
The Consultant will provide to the Client the following reports, in English and Turkish, in electronic copies both in word and pdf, along with the related GIS information:
Six weeks from the start of the works, the Consultant will provide an inception report. This report will provide the documentation related with phases 1 and 2 (target area, target groups, detailed objectives, data gathering strategy) as well as the public participation program proposal. This report will also include the proposed list of surveys to be developed in the following phases, and a detailed work programme of the contract to be agreed with the client.
Three months from the start of the works, the Consultant will provide a surveys report, which will collect all the information obtained in these surveys, as well as the geo-referenced database associated with them.
Eight months from the start of the works, the Consultant will provide a diagnosis report, including all outputs from tasks 3 to 5, comprising urban transport sector analysis, model development and including a SWOT analysis
Eleven months from the start of the works, the Consultant will provide a draft final report, including the diagnosis and assessment of mobility, the definition of scenarios and alternatives, and the action programme.
Twelve months from the start of the works, the Consultant will provide a final report, including the answer to the comments and observations from the client to the draft final report.
All reports will include an executive summary summarising the main findings, analysis, key issues and recommendations. The Consultant will be required to deliver a digital copy (including all relevant files) of the transport model to the client.
ILBANK has set a Project Management Unit (PMU) within its International Relations Department, which will be responsible for the operation of the Program at central level. PMU is the main unit in charge of overall coordination and implementation of the Program. The PMU is led by a department head and unit managers, and it has staff capacity in business development, contract management, financial management and technical management.
The Project Management Unit (PMU) together with related technical departments at ILBANK such as Spatial Planning Department will oversee the work progress and quality of the consultant’s deliverables. PMU will ensure coordination between the Consultant, WB and Metropolitan Municipalities while preparing reports and conducting project activities including field visits. The contract will be signed between ILBANK (referred to as "Client") and the Consultant, and payments to consultant will be made upon Consultant’s submission of deliverables and approval of ILBANK and World Bank.
Eskişehir and Konya Metropolitan Municipalities (referred to as “Beneficiary”) will designate a contact point/unit for the assignment activities. This unit will secure coordination within the municipality, and also facilitate the contacts of the Consultant with appropriate local organizations. Municipalities will provide access to all available related documents, plans, drawings, data and other kind of information necessary to carry out the Consultant's assignment.
The Consultant will be responsible for debriefing to the municipalities and ILBANK. The Consultant team will debrief and consult with the Municipality’s team on the progress every 2 weeks and flag any problems in a timely manner. The Consultant will be in charge of documenting and keeping record of activities and meetings and prepare minutes/notes after each meeting and field visit with the decisions made and suggestions. Depending on the need, the Consultant shall compensate any kind of translation including simultaneous translation, interpreter and translation of documents.
All field visits will be planned and realized in consultation with the ILBANK PMU.
The Consultant shall report to the PMU at ILBANK. All deliverables will be submitted to ILBANK both in hard copy and electronic version in Turkish and in English (2 Turkish and 2 English hard copies as well as electronic copies in word and pdf format in two separate flash memory sticks). In the case of any discrepancies, the Turkish version will prevail. After the submission of draft reports, ILBANK should give their comment in 15 working days. However, revision of the reports shall be made in accordance with the comments. Upon a revision request, the Consultant shall submit the final versions of documents within 15 working days after making the necessary changes.
After the approval of the draft, the final version of all deliverables shall satisfy proper editing and graphic design standards following the visibility rules of the project. All documents collected and prepared during/for the field studies conducted as part of the project will also be submitted to ILBANK.
To develop a SUMP, the Consultant shall provide a team comprising professional staff from a diverse background related to the transport sector, to cover all the needed issues.
The Consultant team shall include at least the following profiles:
A team leader, expert in transport planning
A transport modelling expert
An economic/financial expert
An urban planner
An environmental expert
A social engagement expert
A GIS expert
A junior urban transport professional
The Consultant should encourage participation of national experts, either as main experts if they have the necessary skills and/or in a support role to the main expert.
The requirements for each expert are as follow:
The Team Leader, expert in transport planning, should have:
A background in Engineering and Transport Planning, with a minimum of ten years of experience in consultancy related to transport and urban mobility planning
Already led a Consultant team on more than two projects in the transport planning field (SUMPs, Transportation Master Plans, or similar)
The transport modelling expert should have:
A background in Engineering or transport planning, with a minimum of five years of experience in consultancy related to transport and mobility
A minimum of five years experience in operating four-step traffic model software in an urban environment
Already participated on one or several projects in the transport planning field (SUMPs, Transportation Master Plans, or similar)
The economic / financial expert should have:
A background in Economics and/or Transport Economy, with a minimum of five years of experience in consultancy related to transport and mobility
Already participated in one or several projects in the transport planning field (SUMPs, Transportation Master Plans, or similar)
Experience in financial modelling of infrastructure projects
The urban planner should have:
A background in Architecture and/or Engineering, as well as urban planning, with a minimum of five years of experience in consultancy related to urban planning
Already led a Consultant team in one or several projects in the urban planning field, with SUMP components
The environmental expert should have:
A background in Engineering and/or Environmental Sciences, with a minimum of five years of experience in environmental assessment, in particular referring to Strategic Environmental Assessment and Environmental Impact Assessment
Already participated in one or several projects in the transport planning field (SUMPs, Transportation Master Plans, or similar)
The social engagement expert should have:
A background in Social Sciences/Engineering or relevant field, with a minimum of five years of experience in consultancy related to public participation in planning processes
Already participated in one or several projects in the transport planning field (SUMPs, Transportation Master Plans, or similar)
The GIS expert should have:
A background in Engineering and/or Urban Planning, with a minimum of five years of experience in consultancy related in GIS and/or ITS systems design or application for urban transport systems
The junior urban transport specialist should be:
A Turkish national with a university degree in engineering, planning, or other equivalent technical field and have a master degree on transport planning
A background in survey preparation and monitoring, project analysis, local coordination and logistics etc.
All experts should have good reporting skills in English (knowledge of Turkish language will be considered an advantage, particularly for the Team Leader and the Environmental Expert) and be computer literate.
The Consultant shall be responsible for translating any document provided in Turkish language for the purpose of this study.
The duration of the assignment is 12 (twelve) calendar months.