ROAD SAFETY EXPERTS GROUP (CHINESE TAIPEI)

1. The draft final report for Phase I Questionnaire of Road Safety Experts Group (RSEG) has been finished and distributed to all APEC Member economies seeking comments.

2. To date, the replies to the questionnaire for the twelve major road transportation safety problems have been received from 11 member economies, including Australia; Canada; Japan; Republic of Korea; Mexico; New Zealand; Papua New Guinea; Peru; Singapore; Chinese Taipei; and Thailand.

3. According to the consensus of the RSEG meeting, Chinese Taipei invited the World Bank and Asian Development Bank officials to make presentations in the Road Safety Experts Group meeting.

4. There were 21 experts from 12 APEC member economies (including Brunei Darussalam; People’ s Republic of China; Hong Kong, China; Japan; Republic of Korea; New Zealand; Papua New Guinea; Republic of the Philippines; Singapore; Chinese Taipei; Thailand; and United States) and two guests (from Asian Development Bank and World Bank) participating in the meeting.

5. Mr. Charles Melhuish from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) gave a presentation about statistics of accidents around the region and the plans of the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) and the ADB for improving road safety.

6. Japan announced an Asian GRSP seminar around March 2001 and will send information of the seminar to all APEC Member economies.

7. The ADB presentation prompted/stimulated a discussion on many road safety issues, such as safety indicators, accident reporting systems, estimating of social cost of accidents, young people involving in accidents, etc.

8. New Zealand will provide a questionnaire for surveying the social cost of road crashes to all APEC Member economies. The questionnaire was developed in research in New Zealand.

9. New Zealand and United States shared their experiences of road safety policies and actual implementation. Experts agreed that implementing low cost-high return measures is the most important way to advance road safety objectives of all APEC Member economies.

10. United States announced an International Transportation Summit which is planned in late September-early October 2000, in Washington DC. At the Summit, road safety will be an important topic on the agenda. United States will send an invitation to all APEC Member economies.

11. Although ADB funding can not support the project of RSEG, it can be applied for by economies with an implementation plan. Further information should be addressed to Mr. Charles Melhuish.

12. Experts agreed to develop directions and/or action plans of RSEG for the future work. It will be discussed in the 18^th TPT-WG meeting and submitted to the next Transportation Ministerial Meeting in Peru. All APEC Member economies are welcome to provide their proposal to Chinese Taipei. Experts also agreed to invite representatives of ADB to give a presentation at the next APEC Ministerial meeting.

13. The draft final report for Phase I Questionnaire of Road Safety Experts Group (RSEG) will be sent to all APEC Member economies. The comments on the report are to be sent to Chinese Taipei before May 15 2000.

14. The summary of the questionnaire for the twelve major road transportation safety problems will be sent to all APEC Member economies. The replies to the questionnaire and the comments on the summary are requested to be sent to Chinese Taipei before May 15 2000.

15. Members invite representatives of the Asian Development Bank to make a presentation on road safety at the next APEC Transportation Ministerial Meeting in Peru.

16. Members note the scheduled meeting of the Global Road Safety Partnership in Japan and the International Transportation Summit in the United States.

17. Members are welcome to provide the new proposal for the RSEG future work to Chinese Taipei.

18. Members are requested to send comments on the reports to Chinese Taipei before May 15 2000.

19. Members note the need to implement results stemming from reports and discussions of the Road Safety Experts Group.

 

This page was last updated on 15 May 2000