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Holy Makah Smart City Action Plan
Dr. Ibrahim S. Abdullah
Holy Makkah Municipality
25th of June 2014
Seoul Metropolitan Government International Program on e-Government ;
Smart Seoul Strategies
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World population is over 7 Billions
Muslims population is over 1.6 Billion
Makkah number of visitor is over 20 Million annually
By 2020, number of visitor expected to increase to over 30 M
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1. Religious Seasons
2. Transportation
3. Crowd Management
4. Fast urban development
5. Land Topology
Holy Makkah Challenges
High-rises around the Mosque
Action Plan
• Define the requirements • Use Big-data analytics • Design metro routs and capacity • Design bus routs • Define projects and Develop RFPs • Biding and contracting the projects • Project Management Consultant • Testing • Operation and Marketing
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Makkah Public Transport Program
Line Length (km) No. Of Stations
A 54.2 27
B 32.1 15
C 48.1 21
D 47.3 25
Total 181.7 88
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Metro Network
Category Parameter
Number of Routes 12
o BRT Routes 5
o Local Routes 7
Number of Vehicles 400-500
Number of Bus Stops 600-700
Length of all Routes (in one direction) 300 km
Headways 8-20 min
Number of Shelters 400-500
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Bus Network - Phase 1
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Reduced Pollution:
Major reduction in pollution levels:
Over 50% in pollutant reduction
Over 21.5 billion SAR
Quality of Life
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Better sense of community through connectivity
Investment in Human and Social Capital
Station designs provide:
Social space for residents
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Investment in Human and Social Capital
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Automatic Vehicle Location System (AVL)
Intelligent Transportation Systems
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Smart Card Payment System:
Efficiency
Ease
Convenience
Economical
Flexible
Intelligent Transportation Systems
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Real-Time Information to Customers via:
Internet (PC and mobile phone)
At Stations
Onboard buses and trains
Intelligent Transportation Systems
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Automatic Passenger Counting
Cameras
Intelligent Transportation Systems
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Recommendations
• Smart cities revolves around strategic visions of urban and human development
• Communication is the most critical requirement for the success of smart cities.
• Smart cities require graduate and integrated planning and implementation
• Cooperation among stakeholder is an important success factor
• Partnership between public and private sectors speed up the progress of smart cities