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Appendix 1
Main drivers of contemporary transport policy
Sectors Subsector
1. Transport Sector
Policy
 creating equitable/fair conditions for all modes of transport that will create
choice and lower costs;
 applying the principle of the user payments to all modes of transport;
 governing the transport sector-separation of roles between policy-planning
and funding-implementing and supplies- customer/user quality
 being socially responsible, guaranteeing citizen rights to compensation;
 being sensitive to environment and energy efficiency;
 taking advantage of advance technology and using communications to
reduce the need to travel;
 integrating and planning, management that will use scarce land and
resource better;
2. Passenger Transport
Policy
 being sensitive to the needs of users – improving urban and rural mobility,
promoting non-motorised transport;
 liberalising and opening the market to provide choice, expand the networks
increase investment and improve commercial performance;
 applying quality licensing to operators and vehicles that will ensure safety
reliability and compliance to standards;
 investing in public transport infrastructure to provide priorities for buses,
encourage rail passenger transport;
 support public transport services where there are not commercial but
socially desirable;
 apllying pro-active traffic restraint measures;
 enforce higher standards to obtain quality;
3. Freight and Trade  lowering the cost of freight;
 providing new services for small business, consolidation, helping the
economy to grow;
 transport corridor development;
 land-liking land locked countries;
 promoting trade facilitation, removing non-tariff barriers;
 internalisation of external costs of road freight transport, paying for
infrastructure, accidents, pollution and congestion;
 promoting industry self-regulation, being more responsible, operating safer
and greener;
 improving road side services;
 respecting citizens’ rights;
4. Road Networks  making sure that road development is aligned to economic need, providing
value and affordability;
 refining the way roads are planned, developed, maintained to reduce costs
and obtain better value;
 transforming the way roads are managed, autonomies. Government
responsible for policy, roads authority for planning, funding and public
participation, they provide sector for maintenance to improve decisions
making and performance;
 improving technical standards in construction and maintenance;
 reducing mistakes and being more attentive to design, reducing risk and
benefiting economy;
 being more sensitive to environment, managing traffic better and reducing
congestion thus saving time;
 ensuring citizen’s right to compensation when incurring loss and injury due
to negligence – like all other models of transport;