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 Americas & Beyond | June 2008 
Mexico, US and Canada Seek More Safety on Highways
 Presidencia de la República
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| | Proposals include implementing ITS technologies to reduce traffic jams at border crossings. | | |
Mexico, the United States and Canada agreed to continue the work to implement initiatives that will enable them to harmonize regulations concerning vehicle safety and identify specific areas of regulatory cooperation to reduce or prevent highway accidents and establish pilot projects for implementing technologies at priority points for reducing traffic jams at border crossing points.
During the Second Meeting of North American Transport Ministers, held in Ottawa, Canada, Transport Secretary of the host country, Lawrence Cannon; US Transport Secretary Mary Peters and Secretary of Communications and Transport, Luis Téllez, agreed that an efficient, integrated transport system constitutes a key factor in the success of Latin America. Thus, in order to maximize the benefits of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), they confirmed their commitment to reinforcing the safe, efficient flow of goods and persons.
They also agreed to follow up strategic policies and approaches within the regional transport system in order to facilitate trade and economic growth.
The transport ministers in the NAFTA countries expressed their governments’ willingness to continue working to propose various initiatives, including the harmonization of vehicle security resolutions by implementing a pilot program to evaluate the feasibility of regulatory cooperation between the three countries.
To this end, a cost-benefit analysis will be carried out to identify the specific areas of regulatory cooperation to reduce and prevent accidents.
The measures agreed on include establishing pilot programs for implementing Intelligent Transport System (ITS) technologies at key points to reduce traffic jams at border crossing points, as well as for implementing infrastructure planning initiatives to promote and support strategic projects, in close cooperation and coordination with the parties involved.
Regulatory cooperation was also proposed to review the recent advances in pre-notification and other collaboration strategies and other collaboration strategies as well as reviewing the regulations for railroad safety and promoting regional compatibility.
At the meeting, held on June 9 and 10, the Transport representatives of the three countries expressed their willingness to undertake a diagnosis of Next Generation systems to formulate recommendations regarding harmonization, priorities and pilot projects, which will be undertaken at the North American Trilateral Aviation Meeting.
They also agreed to continue cooperating over information and experiences in Public and Private Associations and other innovative approaches for financing infrastructure, to encourage the use of private capital.
Likewise, they agreed to arrange a trilateral meeting of experts to compare national policies and priorities aimed at improving the charging systems that will ensure their viability, security and complementariness.
Acknowledging the fact that transport and trade opportunities require permanent attention to enable the region to compete successfully in the global economy, the ministers confirmed the agreements made at the Tucson, Arizona meeting held in April 2007, where they evaluated the success achieved.
Lastly, they highlighted the joint efforts to reinforce security in all forms of transport and pledged to promote national infrastructure initiatives for the development of border bridges and trade corridors.
Source: Communications and Transport Secretariat (SCT) |
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