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Table 37: Origin - destination of international road transit traffic on TAH1
Source: Fimotions (2017).
ITS such as vehicle actuated traffic management and signing is not likely to be built into this
international highway. The only location for ITS will be urban and peri-urban locations and
will have been installed not for transit traffic, but for commuters. Tolling was not revealed
during the appraisal, although it is possibly used in some locations. Traffic levels for feasible
tolling must be greater than 10,000 vehicles per day (WorldBank, 2013, Queiroz and Gautam,
1992) and this level is not experienced for most of TAH1.
It is also worth mentioning that the highway projects to connect Tunisia and Libya along TAH1
are planned to be completed by 2020. The projects to connect Tunisia and Algeria, especially
the section between Jendouba and the border, are facing funding problems. The construction
costs are very high due the mountainous terrain. At the time of this report, the Ministry of
Equipment of Tunisia has not had any solution yet for this funding problem56.
4.5.8. Environmental and Energy Factors
Freight is predominantly carried by road transport in Africa, including the study area. Road
transport is more energy intensive than other modes, so ways of reducing dependency on road
are needed. One way to reduce environmental impacts, emissions and improve energy
efficiency from transport operations would be with great use of intermodal transport.
Improved logistics organization, coordination, and corridor route planning could also reduce
CO2 emissions further. The development and use of intermodal transport corridors for
transportation of goods helps reduce emissions of pollutants and environmental impacts.
Given the lack of a corridor development approach, inter-modality and multimodal operations,
opportunities to promote more environmentally sensitive and sustainable mobility are
restricted.
4.5.9. Corridor Performance Monitoring
In the absence of a transport corridor there is, unfortunately, no systematic collection of
corridor performance monitoring data. For the future, setting up permanent classified traffic
56 Based on the interview with the Directorate General of Bridges and Roadways, the Ministry of Equipment of Tunisia, 2017.
Egypt Libya Tunisia Algeria Morocco W. Sahara Mauritania Senegal
Egypt - 24 7 19 17 - 0 2
Libya 3 - 1 0 4 - - 0
Tunisia 3 22 - 23 8 - 1 2
Algeria 12 1 33 - 10 - 2 0
Moroco 11 0 4 25 - - 7 8
W. Sahara - - - - - - - -
Mauritania 0 - 0 - 9 - - 0
Senegal 0 - - 0 0 - 1 -
Exports Vehicles per
day
Imports vehicles per day