With a perfect quality score of 100/100, Ho Chi Minh City wants to extend the pilot of 5 electric bus routes.

Reporting to the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, the Department of Transport said that the D4 electric bus route (Vinhomes Grand Park - Saigon Bus Station) is the first pilot subsidized bus route using electric energy to be put into operation from March 9, 2022.

Chất lượng đạt điểm tuyệt đối 100/100, TP.HCM muốn kéo dài thí điểm 5 tuyến buýt điện - Ảnh 1.

The D4 bus route is equipped with good facilities to serve passengers and the results of the passenger satisfaction survey, quarterly evaluation are all above 89 - 95 points (100 points scale). According to the service quality assessment criteria of the Public Transport Management Center (GTCC), the D4 electric bus route is being evaluated as completing its task well with a score of 100/100 points.

To date, the average passenger volume in 2022 reached 22.5 passengers/trip and in the first 6 months of 2023, the average was 27.6 passengers/trip. Transport volume has continuously increased, from an average of 14.1 passengers/trip to 28.7 passengers/trip (June 2023). Average ticket revenue per trip increased from VND 80,900 to VND 154,000. However, this revenue only accounts for about 20.9% of operating costs (calculated according to the unit price of vehicles using CNG).

According to the Department of Transport, the D4 electric bus route belongs to the subsidized bus route system, the route is unique, nearly 70% of the route operates on routes that are not served by buses, connecting many important passenger attractions. In addition, it also helps reduce the number of personal vehicles on the road, contributing to reducing congestion, traffic accidents and especially reducing emissions that pollute the environment.

During the past period of operation, although passenger volume has grown steadily, this route still faces many difficulties such as: the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic, the progress of infrastructure construction, untimely and prolonged charging stations...

On the other hand, the City People's Committee's pilot policy of organizing public passenger transport by electric buses allows ordering with CNG vehicle unit price, the subsidy/cost ratio is 44.1% during the 24-month pilot period. This ratio is built on the basis of statistics of the average subsidy ratio in 10 years (from 2009 - 2019) of the subsidized bus system.

Currently, according to statistics from the Traffic Management Center, the average subsidy/cost ratio of the whole system from 2020 - 2023 is 63.7%. It can be seen that the current subsidy ratio of route D4 is low compared to the average of the whole system.

In June and July, the Department of Transport held meetings with representatives of a number of relevant departments. Most of them acknowledged the difficulties and impacts of the pandemic on public passenger transport activities and agreed on the need to adjust the subsidy rate to promptly resolve difficulties for electric buses.

From the above analysis, the HCM City Department of Transport recommends that the City People's Committee allow the continued application of the method of ordering the supply of subsidized public passenger transport services by bus in the area for 5 electric bus routes during the pilot period.

At the same time, apply the rate of 64.8% according to the fixed unit price issued by the city in 2019 for CNG vehicles of group 4 (cost 24,224 VND/km). The pilot implementation period is from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2025.

In case the City People's Committee issues technical economic norms and unit prices for electric buses during the pilot period, the new unit prices will apply during the remaining pilot period.

Specifically, if the newly issued unit price is lower than the temporarily applied unit price for CNG buses of group 4, the difference in subsidy funds will be recovered from January 1, 2023 until the new unit price is issued. In case the new unit price is higher than the temporarily applied unit price, the temporary unit price during the pilot period will be applied.

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