Policy and Institutional Reform
Transport policy and institutional reform establish a foundation for sustainable, accessible, and efficient transportation. Together, these initiatives empower authorities to adapt to emerging challenges while ensuring that transport systems remain responsive to public needs. Through thoughtful policy and reform, countries can improve service delivery, attract investment, and build infrastructure that supports economic growth and social well-being.
Example Project:
– Creation of Road Access Authorities and Road Funds in Nigeria
– Creation of Road Access Authorities and Road Funds in Nigeria
Highways and Roads (HDM-4)
The Highway Development and Management Tool (HDM-4) is a powerful model to analyse roads projects, networks and programmes and is used widely in development projects. It can be used to manage road networks, predict the performance of road pavement technologies and determine detailed funding requirements for sections of roads across the entire network.
Example Project
– Millennium Challenge Corporation Due Diligence Consultancy
– Millennium Challenge Corporation Due Diligence Consultancy
Public Transport
Public transport planning is crucial for creating accessible, efficient, and sustainable urban mobility solutions. By designing transit networks that meet community needs, public transport planning helps reduce traffic congestion, lower emissions, and improve the quality of life for residents. It involves assessing demand, optimizing routes, coordinating schedules, and integrating various modes of transport. Thoughtful planning also supports economic growth and social inclusion, ensuring that reliable public transit options are available to everyone.
Freight Connectivity to Facilitate Trade
Improving freight connectivity is a key ambition for many countries and regional blocs, to secure access to essential goods (food security, raw materials) and to drive economic growth by increasing exports. However, fragment transport networks, bottlenecks, inefficient hauliers, and un-coordinated customs severely increase logistic costs and time.
DTS advise on the prioritisation of hard and soft infrastructure to establish transit corridors, resilient multi-modal networks, and efficient green freight operations. Including port and border post improvements, digitisation to align custom processes, intermodal transfer facilities, logistic hubs, marketisation and coordination of hauliers.
Decarbonisation, E-mobility and Air Quality
DTS develops strategies and roadmaps for cities and countries to achieve their decarbonisation goals. We consider not just technological and regulatory feasibility, but also the socio-economic impact of policies. For the energy transition to be successful, it must improve livelihoods and living conditions for all. As part of this, we have significant expertise developing motorisation management policies that support economic growth and deliver air quality improvements as well. We also conduct feasibility studies for the operation of e-buses and develop policy to support the shift to electric vehicles.
Data Tools to Plan and Manage Transport
DTS are proponents of data led transport planning – as fair and robust analysis of data is necessary to inform good decision making. We are data literate, technologically adept and innovate in our use of data to better understand our complex world. We know how to lever existing datasets, big and small, and how to intelligently collect new datasets.
As demonstrated by our team’s history of developing new techniques to survey, model and optimise paratransit, and the transit networks of mega-cities, which have been followed by the wider industry. We have also developed new techniques to model decarbonization and air quality pathways related to vehicle fleet evolution.
Economic and Financial Appraisal
Transport economic and financial appraisal is essential for evaluating the viability and impact of transportation projects. Through rigorous cost-benefit analysis, it assesses the economic value of proposed investments by examining factors like travel time savings, environmental effects, and safety improvements.
Financial appraisal then considers funding, revenue, and long-term financial sustainability, helping decision-makers prioritise projects with the highest returns. This process ensures that resources are allocated effectively, maximizing public benefit while supporting sustainable economic growth and enhancing overall transportation infrastructure.
Example Project:
– Moldova Roads Rehabilitation V Programme funded by the EBRD
– Moldova Roads Rehabilitation V Programme funded by the EBRD
Demand Modelling and Forecasting
To ascertain the viability of any transport project it is vital to forecast the demand for the infrastructure and this requires sophisticated economic modelling. We bring experience in identifying and employing the appropriate modelling tool for the project ranging from off-the-shelf modelling software to bespoke modelling services. These insights empower governments, planners, and transport agencies to make data-driven decisions that address traffic congestion, improve safety, reduce emissions, and enhance accessibility.
