Transportation and Public Safety

This publication is issued in the framework of a project aiming at strengthening the capacity of Central Asian countries to develop sustainable urban mobility policy on car sharing and carpooling initiatives. It targets policy makers from Tajikistan seeking to set up and regulate such initiatives at the national and local levels. This publication provides information on the economic and legal context related to urban mobility and recommendations on the possible measures that can support the development of car sharing and carpooling activities in Tajikistan.

This publication is issued in the framework of a project aiming at strengthening the capacity of Central Asian countries to develop sustainable urban mobility policy on car sharing and carpooling initiatives. It targets policy makers from Tajikistan seeking to set up and regulate such initiatives at the national and local levels. This publication provides information on the economic and legal context related to urban mobility and recommendations on the possible measures that can support the development of car sharing and carpooling activities in Tajikistan.

This publication is issued in the framework of a project aiming at strengthening the capacity of Central Asian countries to develop sustainable urban mobility policy on car sharing and carpooling initiatives. It targets policy makers from Kyrgyzstan seeking to set up and regulate such initiatives at the national and local levels. This publication provides information on the economic and legal context related to urban mobility and recommendations on the possible measures that can support the development of car sharing and carpooling activities in Kyrgyzstan.

The Manual of Tests and Criteria contains criteria test methods and procedures to be used for the classification of dangerous goods according to the provisions of the “United Nations Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods Model Regulations” as well as of chemicals presenting physical hazards according to the “Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS)”. It therefore also supplements national or international regulations which are derived from the Model Regulations or the GHS. Originally developed by the Economic and Social Council’s Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods which adopted a first version in 1984 the Manual of Tests and Criteria has been regularly updated and amended. Currently the updating is done under the auspices of the Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods and on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals which replaced the original committee in 2001.

The Review of Maritime Transport is a recurrent publication prepared by the UNCTAD secretariat since 1968 with the aim of fostering the transparency of maritime markets and analysing relevant developments. Any factual or editorial corrections that may prove necessary based on comments made by Governments will be reflected in a corrigendum to be issued subsequently.