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Enhancing Connectivity and Freight in Central Asia
13 May 2019
- Enhance local connectivity along with improvement of international corridors.
- Price transit traffic to cover its full costs.
- Reform road investment and maintenance funding.
- Pursue private investments for cost efficiency.
- Support the creation of a modern logistics sector.
- Institutionalise best practices in transport planning.
- Set performance standards for customs.
- Straighten regional and international cooperation.
High Capacity Transport
1 May 2019
- Use the potential of High Capacity Vehicles to increase transport efficiency, reduce traffic volumes, lower emissions and achieve better safety outcomes.
- Use well-monitored trials to introduce High Capacity Vehicles on a road network.
- Configure High Capacity Vehicles for the specific area in which they will operate.
Road Safety in European Cities
10 April 2019
- Develop mobility plans and observatories in cities.
- Use appropriate indicators to measure the safety of vulnerable road users.
- Collect traffic casualty data from hospitals and from the population, not only from police records.
- Improve the comparability of road safety statistics. Adopt ambitious targets for casualty number reduction.
- Focus on protecting vulnerable road users.
- Conduct further research on crash risks.
- Local government should demonstrate leadership.
- Gather evidence that can serve as fundament of road safety policy.
- Create strong Metropolitan Transport Authorities.
ДОПОЛНИТЕЛЬНАЯ ИНФОРМАЦИЯ К статьям 8) и 9) главы 2 Руководства пользователя по Многосторонней квоте ЕКМТ, 2014
21 March 2019
Smart Use of Roads
19 March 2019
- Make use of smart technologies part of the response to congestion.
- Invest in improving junctions where these create bottlenecks.
- Use hard-shoulder running and ramp metering to get the most out of trunk road capacity.
- Use congestion pricing for active traffic management as part of integrated urban policies.
- Adopt barrier-free electronic tolling to remove bottlenecks.
Appendix III: I. Decision no 465 of 26 July 2018 on Establishment of Task Force for Improving the Level of Road Control of Motor Vehicles and Trailers II. Responsibilities of GDRTS
10 March 2019
Report by FYR Macedonia on Implementation of the Quality Charter
11 February 2019
Report by Bosnia and Herzegovina on Implementation of the Quality Charter
11 February 2019
Commercial Vehicle On-Board Safety Systems
24 January 2019
- Ensure international harmonisation of regulation for autonomous trucks.
- Use the flexibility within existing regulatory frameworks to accommodate vehicle automation technologies.
- Weigh the advantages, disadvantages and limits to stretching existing regulatory frameworks to cover safe vehicle automation.
- Consider data-led approaches for regulating vehicles with high automation levels. Consider government intervention to address labour issues if and where they arise.
Policies to Extend the Life of Road Assets
20 December 2018
- Introduce a proactive approach for the maintenance of road assets.
- Build a proactive, data-driven approach to the maintenance of road assets.
- Strive for continuous professionalisation in road asset management.
- Move from managing the assets to cross-asset management.
- Adopt regulatory frameworks that treat the use of road assets as an economic input.
- Implement infrastructure pricing for trucks to improve cost recovery.
- Better understand the reasons for non-compliance with truck weight limits.
- Focus on positive incentives for efficiency in regulatory and compliance frameworks.
- Develop use cases and business models for the digital infrastructure of truck traffic management.
- Create incentives for the logistics sector to implement truck traffic management.
- Improve awareness of the mutual impact that policies have on the environmental performance of road freight transport and extending the lifespan of road assets.
- Focus on creating a comprehensive regulatory environment rather than on individual measures.
Appendix IV: Rulebook on amendments to the Rulebook on Requirements for the Issuance of Licences and Driver Qualification Cards
15 October 2018
Appendix II: Implementation of CPC Manager and CPC Driver. Information on Training Centre of General Directorate of Road Transport Services (GDRTS)
13 October 2018
The Social Impacts of Road Pricing
10 October 2018
- Make demand management and congestion reduction the primary objective of road pricing.
- Differentiate road pricing by location and time.
- Combine road pricing and public transport planning to improve efficiency.
- Examine the combined effects of scheme design and mitigation to understand distributional impacts.
- Consider the use of discounts and exemptions carefully.
- Develop road pricing as part of an intervention package to achieve better utilisation of urban space.
- Reconcile economic, practical and political aspects in the design of road pricing schemes.
- Differentiate charges and consider adopting a rules-based pricing approach.
Appendix IV: Rulebooks Amending the Law on Road Transport as Regards Driver & Manager CPC, Training Centres and Examination Procedures
2 October 2018
Appendix III: Rulebook on the Criteria & Rulebook on the Knowledge Examination Program for a Driver Candidate
2 October 2018
Appendices I and II on Implementation of CPC Manager and CPC Driver
15 September 2018
Appendix III: Rulebook on ECMT Licences ("Official Gazzete of BiH" no:52/17, Published on 21 July 2017)
28 August 2018
Appendix II: A) Implementation of Training Capacity in Bosnia and Herzegovina B) Standard Curriculum of Driving Schools for Practical and Theoretical Training
27 August 2018
Appendix I: Rulebook on Requirements for the Issuance of Licences and Driver Qualification Cards ("Official Gazzete of BiH" no:77/14, published on 29 September 2014)
27 August 2018
Доклад о выполнении Хартии качества международных автомобильных грузовых перевозок по Многосторонней квоте ЕКМТ
2 August 2018
Appendix I: Checklist on Implementation of CPC Manager and CPC Driver (Initial and Periodic Training)
1 August 2018
Explanations on the Turkish National Legislation In Terms of Compliance with the Quality Charter and Related Annexes
1 August 2018
Appendix III: Comparative Analysis of Implementation of the Quality Charter in Russian Federation as Regards Minimum Qualification and Training Requirements for Drivers
1 August 2018
Private Investment in Transport Infrastructure: Dealing with Uncertainty in Contracts
21 June 2018
- Pursue private investment in infrastructure on the merits of improved efficiency.
- Invest more into upfront preparation of projects to reduce inefficient risk pricing by suppliers.
- Undertake a comprehensive analysis of how to assist suppliers.
- The pursuit of certainty in delivery should be balanced against cost.
- Stimulate innovation through early contractor involvement or alliancing, not public-private partnerships.
- Avoid transferring demand risk to public-private partnerships if service levels do not strongly impact demand.
- Bundle and cross-fund public-private partnerships to reduce demand risk.
- Adopt the regulatory asset base model where competition is absent or demand not strongly endogenous.
- Introduce a transparent public accounting standard to maximise the value for money of private investment.
- Foster competitive markets to achieve cost-effective infrastructure.
- Pursue data collection on how contract design affects project outcomes.
- Support the development of an evidence-supported procurement tool.
The Shared-Use City: Managing the Curb
23 May 2018
- Establish a system of street designations according to their primary purpose.
- Anticipate and plan for the revenue impacts of shifting curb use from car parking to passenger pick up and drop off.
- Make room for ride services at the curb where this fits strategic priorities.
- Build on or create adjudication bodies to manage diverse demand for curb space in flexible ways and ultimately in real time.
- Help develop common standards for encoding information about curb use.
- Rethink streets and their curbs as flexible, self-adjusting spaces and plan accordingly.
- Manage curb space dynamically so it adapts to different uses and users.
- Establish effective tracking and monitoring of overall transport activity, including ride services.
Safer Roads with Automated Vehicles?
22 May 2018
- Reinforce the Safe System approach to ensure automated vehicles are used safely.
- Apply Vision Zero thinking to automated driving.
- Avoid safety performance being used to market competing automated vehicles.
- Carefully assess the safety impacts of systems that share driving tasks between humans and machines.
- Require reporting of safety-relevant data from automated vehicles.
- Develop and use a staged testing regime for automated vehicles.
- Establish comprehensive cybersecurity principles for automated driving.
- Ensure the functional isolation of safety-critical systems and that connectivity does not compromise cybersecurity or safety.
- Provide clear and targeted messaging of vehicle capabilities.
British-Romanian researcher wins global award for analysis of drink-driving crashes
8 May 2018