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Sustainable Transportation Development – A Trinidad and Tobago Perspective
Presented byDr. Trevor Townsend
Organization of American StatesSustainable Cities Course 2nd Edition
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Quick Description of T’dad & T’bgo
• Twin Island State• Pop 1.3 Mn.• Former British Colony (1962) now Republic
(1976)• Oil/Natural Gas Based Economy (40% GDP,
80% Exports , 5% Employment)• GDP per capita USD$18,400 (2013)
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Trinidad & Tobago Cont’d
AGRICULTURE1%
INDUSTRY59%
SERVICES40%
GDP COMPOSITION BY SECTOR
AGRICULTURE4%
MANUFACTURING & MINING13%
CONSTRUCTION & UTILITIES20%
SERVICES63%
LABOUR FORCE BY OCCUPATION
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Trinidad & Tobago Cont’d
• Unemployment rate - 3.5%
• Median Age - 32.6yr
• Urbanization – 13%
• Pop under 14 yrs - 20%
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Transportation System Characteritics
• Well Developed Highway System linking E-W and N-S communities
• High Per Capita Auto Ownership - 2.5• 90% of public transportation by 25,000
privately –owned 4-5 passenger sedans and 4,500 privately-owned 9-25 seater para-transit vehicles.
• Informal taxis operate on rural routes and unsociable hours.
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Major Highway Interchange
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Transportation System Characteritics Cont’d
• State Owned bus company , PTSC, operating 300 medium, full-sized and articulated buses per day.
• Both Bus and taxi services operate without published schedules.
• Priority Bus Route (PBR) from Arima to Port of Spain
• Heavily Subsidized low-volume luxury Water Taxi System linking North to South.
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Transportation System Characteristics Cont’d
• Ferry Service from POS to Scarborough• Two Major ports handling international and
regional cargo.• Two International airports• State owned International Air carrier
Caribbean Airlines recently merged with Air Jamaica
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• “Sustainable Development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”
Source: 1987 World Commission on Environment and Development – report to the United Nations
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Key Transportation/Land Use Requirements for Sustainability
1. Integrated Land Use/Transportation Planning• No National Physical Development Plan since 1984• National Spatial Development Strategy being drafted• No approved National Transportation Policy since
1967.• Major Government Building Investments during 2002-
2010 encouraged further centralisation of employment opportunities and activities
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2. Develop Clean,Safe, Efficient, Affordable Public Transportation Options
• Without doing a pre-feasibility analysis, GOTT spent USD$100Mn. for design of 120km. Passenger Rail system est. Capital cost USD$3Bn and est. annual cost USD$0.5Bn.
• Each successive Government encourages further encroachment of private cars on the Priority Bus Route.
• PTSC has had increases in fleet but lacks adequate maintenance facilities and mangement capability for existing fleet.
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2. Develop Clean,Safe, Efficient, Affordable Public Transportation Options cont’d
• Apparent “Tacit” Approval of unsafe, inefficient “PH” taxi and van services
• Major Transportation Capital investments are all Automobile Oriented
• Importation of Foreign Used Vehicles has accelerated
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3. Ensure Access to Affordable Rural Transport Services
• We have recommended the establishment of a National Transit Authority to determine and ensure delivery of minimum standards of transportation services to all communities.
• PTSC put 99 buses on 66 new rural routes over the period 2007 - 2011.
• Many Routes exist in name only
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4. Address the mobility needs of special groups e.g. elderly and disabled
• Eldamo para-transit services for the elderly and disabled was implemented. The project is to be extended to include more vehicles and routes.
• There needs to be a focus on Universal Design of vehicles and facilities and the establishment of minimum standards
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5. Facilitate walking & non-motorized transport in urban centers
• There has been no planning or infrastructure development in this area.
• The streets of major urban centers are not pedestrian friendly.
• Bicycles , scooters and motorcycles are underrepresented as a transport mode.
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6. Reduce Air Pollution & Carbon Emissions
• GOTT has set up a high level Task Force mandated to implement measures required to maximize the use of Natural Gas in Trinidad and Tobago. The terms of reference include:
– Updating the Petroleum (CNG) Regulations
– Developing a Public education program for the green fuel
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6. Reduce Air Pollution & Carbon Emissions cont’d
– Moving from less than 1% to 15 – 20% of the vehicle population (i.e. about 75,000 to 100,000 vehicles) to CNG, especially the high mileage vehicles
– A 40% reduction in liquid fuel volumes which in turn will significantly reduce the petroleum subsidy bill
– A 10 – 15% reduction in the carbon footprint of the transportation sector.
– Targeting up to 20 dedicated and 40 multi-fuel CNG filling locations, as well as 20 CNG conversion/repair centers
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7. Improve the Logistics Performance Index
• Estimated to be less than Jamaica (2.53; Rank 108th)
• Management of Port Operations has improved over the last four years.
• Expansion and Capital Investment Required.• Implementation of Asycuda World stalled and
resisted.• Delays in Passing Border Control Legislation
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8. Major Constraints to Progress
• Lack of Desire
• Higher Priority on Affordability than Sustainability
• Short Term rather than Long Term Priorities