Policy Review

An examination of recent policy and regulatory initiatives

• Transport policy in Iran: Opening of new opportunities

  October 1, 2016
  The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action entered into by the E3/EU+3 (Germany, France, the United Kingdom, the European Union, China, Russia and the United States) with Iran on July 14, 2015, has paved the way for the prospect of an increase in long-term investments by Western companies in Iran after many years of restrictions.

• Smart Urban Mobility in India: Focus under Smart Cities Mission

  September 1, 2016
  With growing economic activity and rising urbanisation in India, several cities are reaching limits to growth because of the inadequate capacity of their transport systems.

• EU's Fourth Railway Package: Creation of a single railway area

  August 1, 2016
  The European Commission (EC) drafted the Fourth Railway Package in January 2013 to remove transportation barriers and create a single European railway area.

• FTA's Final Rule on Transportation Planning: Focus on performance-based approach

  July 1, 2016
  On May 27, 2016, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) published the final rule on State wide and Non-metropolitan Transportation Planning and Metropolitan Transportation Planning.

• Lima Transport Plan 2025: Bus, BRT and metro developments

  June 1, 2016
  Over the past decade, the Lima-Callao Metropolitan Region (LMR) grew rapidly and is now one of the most congested and polluted regions in Latin America.

• Transport Strategy for the Greater Dublin Area 2016-35: A comprehensive plan for the future

  May 1, 2016
  In April 2016, the National Transport Authority (NTA) published the Transport Strategy for the Greater Dublin Area for the period 2016 to 2035.

• Dhaka Transport Policy: Traffic management and infrastructure expansion

  April 1, 2016
  Dhaka's transport policy is focussed on the need to co-ordinate and develop an efficient public transport system to ease traffic congestion, develop transport infrastructure, and co-ordinate service across different means of transportation.

• US Smart City Challenge: Winner to be announced in June 2016

  March 1, 2016
  On February 4, 2016, 78 cities submitted applications in response to the Smart City Challenge launched by the United States Department of Transportation's (USDOT) in December 2015.

• National Transport Plan, Norway: Strategy for 2014-2033

  February 1, 2016
  The Government of Norway aims to develop a modern transport system that enables easier, faster and safer travel for passengers and freight.

• FAST Act: Surface transportation reauthorisation

  January 1, 2016
  The Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act is a five-year legislation to improve the surface transportation infrastructure in the United Sates.

• Transport for Canberra: Balancing car use with public transport

  December 1, 2015
  ‘Transport for Canberra' is the foundation for transport planning for the next 15 years.It updates and replaces the 2004 Sustainable Transport Plan and supplements the Canberra Spatial Plan, now known as the ACT Planning Strategy.

• FTA's Proposed Rule for SGR: Focus on transit asset management

  November 1, 2015
  On September 30, 2015, the United States Department of Transportation's (USDOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) issued a proposed rule for transit agencies to monitor and manage capital assets to achieve and maintain assets in a state of good repair (SGR).

• Final Interim Policy Guidance for the CIG Program: New methods to evaluate projects

  October 1, 2015
  The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has released the final interim policy guidance on the Capital Investment Grant (CIG) programme in August 2015.

• Kenya Vision 2030 : Medium-term strategies to achieve broad goals

  September 1, 2015
  Kenya Vision 2030 is the country's new development blueprint, which aims to transform Kenya into a “newly industrialising middle-income country providing a high quality life to all its citizens by the year 2030”.

• FTA's initiatives for safety : New policies and programmes

  August 1, 2015
  In June 2015, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) released the safety management inspection (SMI) report of operations of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA).

• Malaysia's UPT NKRA: GTP 1.0 review and GTP 2.0 plans

  July 1, 2015
  The Government of Malaysia has set a deadline of 2020 for itself to become a developed, high-income nation. The Government Transformation Programme (GTP) has identified seven pressure points that it has designated as National Key Results Areas (NKRAs).

• Rail ticketing Code of Practice in the UK: Improving transparency and quality

  June 1, 2015
  The UK rail industry recently adopted a Code of Practice (COP) on the provision of retail information for rail tickets and services.

• Colombia's National Development Plan: Progress via 5-year strategy

  May 1, 2015
  The Colombian economy has improved significantly over the recent years. Growth has been robust and accompanied by low inflation, declining public debt and better management of public resources.

• Ghana Railway Master Plan: Need for early and prudent implementation

  April 1, 2015
  The railway infrastructure in Ghana is severely lacking and in dire need of rehabilitation and expansion. Over the past few years, the Ministry of Transport (MoT) and Ghana Railway Development Authority (GRDA) have been moving forward (albeit rather slowly!) with a massive railway improvement plan.

• US FTA's FY 2015 Program: Funds and guidelines

  March 1, 2015
  In February 2015, the United States Federal Transit Administration (FTA) published its Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 Apportionments, Allocations, and Program Information, providing funding for FTA's programs as authorised by MAP-21, pursuant to the FY 2015 Appropriations Act.