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Transport Connectivity

2 October 2018

Mr. Bekhzod RakhmatovAssociate Economic Affairs OfficerTransport Division, ESCAP

Transport and SDGs

� 1 January 2016- the 2030 Agenda for SustainableDevelopment came into force.

� 17 goals and 169 targets

� Transport is not represented by a standalone SDG

� Mainstreamed in a direct or indirect manner intomany of the SDGs

� Food security, health, energy, infrastructure, citiesand human settlements, and climate change.

� Transport services and infrastructure are essentialto achieving most, if not all, SDGs

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Challenges

Over 1 billion

people have

no access to

an all-

weather road

billion

people 1

70 percent of

fuel energy lost

in engine and

driveline

inefficiencies

70Number of

vehicles on the

road expected

to double to 2

billion by 2050

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Road death rate per

100,000 population

increased 32% in

Low Income

Countries (from 18.3

in 2010 to 24.1 in

2013)

32Transport

responsible for 23

percent of energy-

related GHG

emissions and this

share is

increasing

% in road

deaths

% GHG

emissions23% fuel

energy

billion

cars

Source: The World Bank

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Source: The Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT)

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>70%countries are targeting

transportin their NDSs

COUNTRIES

>80cities (affiliated with C40) are tackling climate change

and climate risk

CITIES

>260transportation

companies pledged to reduce GHG

emissions

PRIVATE SECTOR

>$175 billion

committed in loans

and grants for

sustainable

transport

till to 2022

IDBs

15 initiatives have

committed to reducing carbon footprint across

transport modes

LPAA

Call for action

Source: The World Bank

Transport and SDGs - ESCAP

� Integrating three pillars of sustainable development intotransport connectivity agenda in a balanced manner throughthe integrated intermodal transport and logistics system

� SDGs 1, 2, 3 and 11 - ESCAP promotes transport policies toachieve safe, affordable, and accessible transport systems forboth urban and rural communities

� Strengthening their capacities to move towards moresustainable and inclusive transport

� Focus on the road safety, urban mobility, better ruralconnectivity and intelligent transport systems for all,including the poor and the vulnerable communities

� Achieve environmental SDGs based on the environmentaland social comparative advantages of various transportmodes.

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Global Mandate

200620152011

Decade of Action

2020

ESCAP Ministerial Conference on Transport, Moscow, December 2016

The updated Regional Road Safety Goals and Targets for Asia and the Pacific 2016-2020

has been adopted

The overall objective “50 per cent reduction in fatalities and serious injuries on the roads of Asia and thePacific over the period 2011 to 2020”

maintain the 8 goals with additional elements in each goals including the use of ITS, safe

public transport.

Road Safety Situation

Challenges in Transport Connectivity

� Inadequate physical infrastructure

� Lack of modern regulatory and institutional frameworks

� Limited capacity in planning and co-ordination

� Complex transport policies

� High costs due poor transport conditions

� Delays at border crossings due to numerous administrative and clearance requirements.

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ESCAP transport activities

� Development of an intermodal regional network

• the Asian Highway network

• the Trans-Asian Railway network

• the network of Dry Ports

� Optimizing the use of infrastructure

� Increasing the level of integration between thedifferent transport modes.

� The Asian Highway and Trans-Asian Railway as acatalyst

ESCAP transport activities (cont’d)

� Tackling non-physical barriers to cross-borderand transit transport

� Promoting the unhindered and safe movement• Establishment of regional facilitation frameworks• Assistance in formulating and implementingfacilitation agreements

• Development of models and standards• Provision of facilitation tools and the harmonizationof documentation and procedures

• Developing transport logistics policies andenhancing the quality of transport

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Intergovernmental Agreement on International Road Transport along the Asian Highway Network

� Signed by China, Mongolia and the Russian Federation on 8December 2016 during the third session of the MinisterialConference on Transport held on 5-9 December 2016 in Moscow,Russian Federation.

� Under the agreement, each party will grant carriers of the othertwo parties the right to undertake international road transport ontheir respective national territories along Asian Highway routes 3and 4.

� Once it enters into force, the Agreement will be open foraccession by other countries of the Asian Highway Network.

� The Commission, at its 73rd session (May 2017), recognized thisagreement as an important initiative and adopted resolution73/4, which encourages all Parties to the IntergovernmentalAgreement on the AH Network to consider accession to thisAgreement

Possible Synergies

� Raise their awareness as to the potential benefits

� Regulatory frameworks also need to be adjusted

� Transport agreements to promote fibre deployment

� ICT’s transformative role

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ITS and Transport: Example

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Way forward

� Making transport more sustainable

� Development of infrastructure (resilient and sustainable)

� Removal of non-physical barriers to transport

� Affordable and accessible transport services

� Development of urban and rural connectivity

� Improvement of regulatory environment and institutional capacity

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THANK YOU!

rakhmatov@un.org

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