Informe final de la Reunión de Expertos sobre Problemas de Facilitación y el Fortalecimiento de las Instituciones de Transporte = Final report of the Meeting of Experts on Facilitation Problems and the Strengthening of Transport Institutions

Informe final de la Reunion convocada para identificar los principales problemas de facilitacion que se confrontan en cada ambito, fijar prioridades y sugerir medidas que puedan contribuir a la superacion de dichos problemas por parte de los paises, y prestar asistencia a la Secretaria para establecer un programa de accion mas permanente y estable en la materia.

Draft report of Meeting of Experts on Facilitation Problems and the Strengthening of Transport Institutions

Informe de la reunión sobre facilitación del comercio y fortalecimiento institucional del transporte internacional de los países miembros del CDCC. Contiene un resumen de los debates, recomendaciones para un programa de cooperación entre los países del Caribe, lista de participantes y lista de documentos.

Public transport fares in Latin American cities: systems, values and problems

Although public transport has undergone a series of changes over the last few decades, fares are still strongly affecting the budget of low-income families. This is despite the fact that, with very few exceptions, public transport fares are one of the few prices still fixed by the government authorities. The introduction of integrated networks made up of trunk lines and feeder services is not guaranteed to reduce the cost for users. It would be possible to reduce fares if free transport provided by the authorities to various groups of citizens were financed by the authorities themselves, and not by other groups of passengers.

Energy efficiency potential in Jamaica: challenges, opportunities and strategies for implementation

Incluye Bibliografía

Coordination of public expenditure in transport infrastructure: analysis and policy perspectives for Latin America

Includes bibliography

Bridging infrastructural gaps in Central America: prospects and potential for maritime transport

Includes bibliography

Report on maritime transport and the environment for Latin America

Includes bibliography

Institutional framework, co-modality and sustainable transport services

This issue of the FAL bulletin focuses on the problems which public institutions encounter when formulating transport policies and the challenge of designing and implementing systemic, integrated, sustainable transport policies in the current institutional framework in the countries of Latin America.

New information and telecommunications technology in the transport sector

The growing use of e-commerce and the need to generate efficient solutions to problems such as traffic jams and the physical distribution of merchandise have created a new scenario for transport in general, particularly in urban areas. Because of this, the application of new information and telecommunications technologies presents a strategic challenge that enables maximum advantage to be obtained from the deregulation of markets and the opening up of economies, as well as addressing other urgent needs of this sector. This issue of the Bulletin is based on a study of the application of information and telecommunications technologies to fleet management and urban transport, being carried out by the ECLAC Transport Unit. Although the study focuses on the impact of these technologies in these fields, its reflections, analysis and conclusions are also applicable in other areas of the transport sector.