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Appendix II: Order №65 of Minister of Education of Georgia of March 10, 2000 on Approval of State Standard for Professional Training and Retraining of Drivers of Power-Driven Vehicles
Official Document,
26 November 2017
Appendix II: Order No47 of the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Belarus of 23 October 2012 on approval of training programmes for drivers (in Russian language).
Official Document,
26 November 2017
Appendix I: Information on the Training, Organisations and the Training Programs of the Republic of Belarus for International Drivers
Official Document,
26 November 2017
Rapport de la Belgique sur la mise en oeuvre de la Charte de Qualité
Official Document,
16 October 2017
Managing the Transition to Driverless Road Freight Transport
Case-Specific Policy Analysis, Policy Insights,
30 May 2017
- Continue driverless truck pilot projects to test vehicles, network technology and communications protocols.
- Set international standards, road rules and vehicle regulations for self-driving trucks.
- Establish a temporary transition advisory board for the trucking industry.
- Consider a temporary permit system to manage the speed of adoption and to support a just transition for displaced drivers, while ensuring fair access to markets.
Data-led Governance of Road Freight Transport
Corporate Partnership Board Report, Policy Insights,
30 May 2017
- Use currently available data within existing frameworks.
- Consider a completely new data-driven regulatory approach.
- Develop cross-sectoral approaches to data handling and processing.
- Investigate the best uses of new technologies, systems, and data science.
- Investigate applicability of wider and less structured big data sets.
- Consider impacts of automation of road freight vehicles.
ITF Transport Outlook 2017
Transport Outlook, Policy Insights,
29 January 2017
- The 2016 Paris climate agreement must be translated into concrete actions for the transport sector.
- Policy will need to embrace and respond to disruptive innovation in transport.
- Reducing CO2 from urban mobility needs more than better vehicle and fuel technology.
- Targeted land-use policies can reduce the transport infrastructure needed to provide more equitable access in cities.
- Governments need to develop planning tools to adapt to uncertainties created by changing patterns of consumption, production and distribution.
The Impact of Mega-Ships: The Case of Gothenburg
Case-Specific Policy Analysis, Policy Insights,
11 January 2017
- Develop a focused national ports policy for Sweden.
- Make it easier for the Port of Gothenburg to attract direct calls by container ships.
- Resolve bottlenecks related to mega-ships.
Appendix I: Decree by the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation on Approval of Initial and Periodic Training Programmes for Professional Competence
Official Document,
13 September 2016
Appendix II: Act on the Organisation of Working Time in Transport and on Amendments of the Act No 125/2006 Coll. on Labour Inspection and on Amendments of the Act No 82/2005 Coll.
Official Document,
1 September 2016
Appendix III: Decree of the Ministry of Transport, Construction and Regional Development of the Slovak Republic Implementing the Act No 56/2012 Coll. on Road Transport, of 21 March 2012
Official Document,
31 August 2016
Appendix I: Act on Compulsory Initial Qualification and Periodic Training of Certain Drivers (21 April 2006)
Official Document,
31 August 2016
Capacity to Grow: Transport Infrastructure Needs for Future Trade Growth
Corporate Partnership Board Report, Policy Insights,
8 May 2016
- Develop planning tools to adapt to uncertainties: Good port planning means planning for uncertainties.
- Increase port capacity by optimising existing terminals.
- Take a holistic planning approach to improving port capacity needs as part of the entire supply chain.
- Use funding as a balancing tool in port capacity development.
Establishing Mexico’s Regulatory Agency for Rail Transport
Case-Specific Policy Analysis, Policy Insights,
29 February 2016
- Any reform of the rail concessioning system must preserve the current high level of performance.
- Accept price discrimination to ensure efficiency, with the regulatory agency to adjudicate what prices are reasonable.
- Focus regulation on cases where effective competition does not already exist.
- Collect adequate financial and operating data on the rail companies as the basis for effective regulatory decisions.
- Consider cutting the cost of regulation by including an arbitration mechanism in any further regulatory reform.
- Consider inter-switching rules in any further regulatory reform.
- Interchange traffic rights should not be expected to be used for shippers to specify routes.
- Resource the new regulator with sufficient expertise to convince the courts that its decisions are sound.