ASTUD: Greater Dhaka Sustainable Urban Transport Corridor Project

Promote energy efficient, low-carbon transport and urban systems in the Gazipur area of north Greater Dhaka, through the delivery of a 20 kilometer Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor and associated infrastructure, systems and capacity building.The project is a “first of its kind” in Bangladesh with important demonstration effect and replication potential as no modern mass-transit system currently exists in Bangladesh. The GEF financing will be used to finance the incremental cost gap of leapfrogging to and demonstrating low carbon bus and street lighting technology.