Connected Muscat to offer seamless, efficient door-to-door journey

Muscat: The Greater Muscat Structure Plan is expected to offer a roadmap for the inclusive urban growth strategies for the futures, which can be implemented in other cities.

One key aspect of the plan is Connected Muscat, which will offer connectivity centered on an efficient metro and intermodal hub.
According to officials, every proposed projects has allocated a specific time frame and location, as if it had been reserved for that project and taken into account in this plan.

Connected Muscat will facilitate seamless door-to-door journeys through integrated BRT corridors, last-mile soft mobility, and walkable station areas. The strategy shifts focus from private vehicles to public transit, maximizing land value capture and connectivity.

The transit hubs will increase of the share of public transport to 20 percent, by offering 30 percent of soft mobility routes within a 15-minute of neighbourhoods. Around 80 percent of people will reside within walking distance of public transport.

The key envisioned projects are a compact, mixed-use district centered on Burj Al Sahwa rapid transit hub to reduced traffic congestion, simplify daily travel, while the Light Rail Transit (LRT) is expected to create around 350,000 jobs within its catchment areas.

Metro Muscat will be backbone linking , jobs, schools and the waterfront, and also environment friendly by taking dependency on private vehicles.

Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) will link the places where people live, work, and play to high-quality public transport. It builds compact, mixed-use, walkable neighbourhoods around stations.

TODs in Greater Muscat areas of Al Seeb, Burj al Sahwa, Ghala, Downtown Al Khuwair, Al Qurum and Ruwi will link busy streets and key destinations by offering smooth transfers between metro, buses, and soft mobility.