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ARUP has participated in several projects.
Few of them have been listed below.

Accident Reporting Centre (ARC) at Lahore
Commercial Driver Training Institute at Karachi

Accident Reporting Centre (ARC) at Lahore

The need for an Accident Reporting Centre (ARC) and a Driver Training Institute (DTI) was highlighted during the course of interaction with the Traffic Department of the Punjab Police, Lahore and their Dutch consultant. The absence of both establishments (ARC & DTI) was repeatedly raised during the few workshops and seminars held in mid 1999 under the Lahore Urban Transport Programme. The project concerning the establishment of a Driver Training Institute is being progressed with the Government of Sindh at Karachi and we are covering the establishment of an ARC at Lahore. ARUP has been in discussion with the Traffic Department of the Punjab Police, Lahore and have offered them a proposal to participate with the establishment of an Accident Reporting Centre, as a pilot project, where comprehensive details of accidents within the Lahore city limits would be recorded. The jurisdiction of the ARC would gradually be widened to cover the whole of the Punjab and eventually throughout the country. With the data compiled over a period of time, the policy makers and planners would be in a much better position to take road management and engineering decisions based on the analysis of accurate statistics.

The data in the Accident Reporting Centres would be recorded and processed through a comprehensive computer programme which would eventually be linked with other ARCs as and when they are established. The need for ensuring uniformity in adopting a common software platform cannot be overemphasized. It is unfortunate, that the four provinces seldom work under a standardized regime especially related to compiling their records. It is envisaged that with ARUP providing the common bond between the traffic police in all the four provinces, this impediment would be removed to a great extent.

The DIG Traffic, Punjab Police, Lahore and his team, have expressed their complete support to this proposal. They are extremely enthusiastic towards this project and welcome the private participation in assisting them in this matter. The ARC would be located in a separate room at the premises of the DIG Traffic Police but manned and run by representatives of ARUP. With an Internet connection the data can easily be relayed to other locations as and when required. Due to the dearth of suitable accommodation with the Punjab Police it would be necessary for ARUP to build a two-room accommodation on a plot of land adjacent to the office of the DIG, Traffic.

The initial one time cost of establishing this computerized office is over Rs.1 million while the annual running expenses is estimated at Rs.900,000. Anyone interested in assisting ARUP to establish the Accident Reporting Centre may kindly contact us by clicking here

ARUP’s Commercial Driver Training Institute at Karachi

As part of ARUP’s efforts towards the improvement of road safety all over Pakistan, it organized a series of seminars in various cities. During these seminars local and foreign experts identified the need to improve the driving skills of commercial drivers, as according to available statistics the majority of accidents involved a commercial vehicle. Recommendations were therefore, made at these seminars, which were forwarded to the Federal Ministry of Communications and other concerned road agencies in the federal and provincial capitals. The Government of Pakistan has already taken necessary action on some of these recommendations.

ARUP has reached the conclusion that training of fresh commercial drivers and refresher courses for existing commercial drivers is of the utmost importance and is urgently required for reducing the accident rates throughout the country. The association firmly believes that the specialized training has to be imparted by the private sector. In this context it has been in consultation with the Government of Sindh.