Transport Sector Planning in Greater Beirut, Lebanon - Euromedina
Transport Sector Planning in Greater Beirut, Lebanon - Euromedina
Transport Sector Planning in Greater Beirut, Lebanon - Euromedina
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PUBLIC TRANSPORT DECISION-MAKING• Public transport sector has historically lackedcoord<strong>in</strong>ation• Under aegis of M<strong>in</strong>istry of <strong>Transport</strong>, very limitedresources• As part of sector’s restructur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> 2002:new <strong>in</strong>dependent body “Office des Chem<strong>in</strong>s deFer et <strong>Transport</strong>s en Commun” (OCFTC)– jo<strong>in</strong>towner and operator of (skeletal) rail system(possibly to be improved) and government’s buspublic transit system; track record rema<strong>in</strong>s to beseen