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2017/TPTWG44/PLEN2/002c Agenda Item: 3.3

Land Experts Group Meeting - Final Report

Purpose: Consideration Submitted by: LEG Chair

44th Transportation Working Group Meeting Closing Plenary

Taipei, Chinese Taipei28 April 2017

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Land Experts Group (LEG)

Final Report

Submitted by: LEG Chair (Australia)

SUMMARY OF LEG REPORT TO HOD2 FOR THE CLOSING PLENARY

1. Mr Marcus James (Australia) chaired the TPT-WG44 LEG meeting, supported by Mr Lee, Jae-Pyeong (Korea) as Deputy Chair. Fifteen economies attended: Australia, Canada, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, the Russian Federation, Thailand, the United States, Viet Nam and Macau China.

2. The LEG discussed three concept notes: 1) Capacity Building Course on Road Safety by Malaysia; 2) Inventory of Motorcycle Facilities in APEC Economies by Malaysia; and 3) Cooperation in the Field of Transport Education for the Benefit of Transport Connectivity in APEC by Russia. The first two concept notes were previously endorsed by LEG and have been submitted for BMC1 decision. Russia provided an overview of the third, which is a self-funded project.

3. Indonesia also flagged its intention to circulate a concept note on the development of APEC standards for rail safety and security. It intends to seek LEG support for this proposal out of session in time for submission in the next BMC funding round.

4. Papua New Guinea reported outcomes of a workshop to develop a framework for heavy vehicle safety for developing economies under PNG’s self-funded project. The workshop was held in the first week of April 2017 in Brisbane, Australia, which was attended by a number of APEC economies.

5. Economies heard presentations from:

• Canada on Transportation 2030: A Strategic Plan for the Future of Transportation in Canada;

• Malaysia on the proposed development of an ASEAN Road Safety Observatory for the Southeast Asian Region;

• Russia on New Opportunities of Logistics Integration in the Eurasian Area;

• Australia on recent work on road safety in Australia; and

• U.S. on Automotive Dialogue’s Electric Vehicle Roadmap.

6. Economies reported on major developments in land transport including initiatives to support the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020; vehicle standards harmonization, and rail safety.

7. Within LEG-VSHG, member economies shared information on vehicle standards development. A key focus of discussions was on automated driving technologies. Korea and Australia were re-elected as Chair and Deputy-Chair respectively.

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8. Within LEG-SAF, member economies reported on matrices for sharing information on road safety strategies and targets; heavy vehicle safety in APEC transport logistics supply chains; rail safety projects and updates on initiatives for the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020.

9. The LEG noted the outcomes from the Women in Transport side-meeting held as part of the TPT-WG44, especially relating to progress on pilot activities for the WiT Taskforce.

10. LEG updated the TPT-WG 2017 Workplan to reflect the Lead Shepherd’s Policy Direction on TPT-WG44.

11. Nominations for the LEG Chair were sought but with none received at this stage.

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INTRODUCTION

Mr Marcus James (Australia) as Chair, and Mr Lee, Jae-Pyeong (Korea) as Deputy Chair, welcomed delegates to the TPT-WG44 LEG meeting and thanked Chinese-Taipei for its excellent hospitality and seamless arrangements.

The attendees included delegates representing 15 economies: Australia, Canada, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, the Russian Federation, Thailand, the United States, Viet Nam and Macau China.

A list of participants is at Attachment A.

CHAIR’S REMARKS AND POLICY DIRECTIONS

The Chair highlighted key issues for the meeting, including:

• information sharing on economy initiatives in support of the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020; and

• information sharing on road and rail safety strategies; the harmonization of vehicle standards regulations with UN Regulations and Global Technical Regulations (GTR).

The Chair noted the Lead Shepherd’s directions to consider the TPTWG structure review and asked economies to discuss this within the subgroups.

Nominations were sought for the LEG Chair. No nominations were received.

SUB-GROUP REPORTS

The LEG-VSHG Chair reported on the outcomes from the previous meeting which included economies’ progress of harmonization with UN vehicle regulations and standards development.

The LEG-SAF Chair reported that the sub-group would be discussing at this meeting matrices for sharing information on road safety strategies and targets; heavy vehicle safety in APEC transport logistics supply chains; rail safety projects and updates on initiatives for the UN Decade of Action for road Safety 2011-2020.

PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES

Concept Notes

The status of three concept notes were discussed at the LEG meeting:

1. Capacity Building Course on Road Safety – Malaysia

2. Inventory Study of Motorcycle Facilities in APEC Economies – Malaysia

3. Cooperation in the Field of Transport Education for the Benefit of Transport Connectivity in APEC – Russia.

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The first two concept notes from Malaysia have been endorsed by LEG and submitted to the APEC secretariat for BMC1 decision.

The third concept note is a self-funded project which has also been endorsed by LEG. Russia gave an overview of this concept note. Moscow will be hosting a three-day conference along with an annual international transport event “Transport week – 2017”. Plenary sessions and discussions will be held during the first two days and the third day will be dedicated to the visit of “Transport of Russia” exposition and other technical visits. The conference “Cooperation in the field of transport education for the benefit of transport connectivity in APEC” will become a discussion platform for government and transport authorities on the topics of human capital influence on the transport industry efficiency. The main objective of the conference is elaboration of recommendations for the further actions, aimed to the APEC economies cooperation development in the field of transport education.

Activities

Papua New Guinea also provided an update on its self-funded project on regulatory approaches to managing overloaded/overmass heavy vehicles including on the recent project workshop held in Brisbane, Australia which was attended by Viet Nam, Chinese Taipei, Malaysia, Thailand, Papua New Guinea and Australia.

Presentations

Four presentations were made to the LEG.

i. Canada presented Transportation 2030, the federal government's strategic plan for the future of transportation in Canada. Based on extensive engagement and consultations, Transportation 2030 consists of five cross-cutting themes: the traveller; safer transportation; green and innovative transportation; waterways, coasts and the North; and trade corridors to global markets. This framework also includes taking a "whole of system" approach in areas such as good data for making evidence-based decisions; modern Acts, regulations, and policies; and strong partnerships.

ii. Malaysia presented a proposal for the development of an ASEAN Road Safety Observatory (ARSO) for the Southeast Asian Region. ARSO is set to serve as an ASEAN repository of road crash data and information. Among the information that would be made available are national and in-depth road crash statistics of ASEAN, traffic exposures and road safety performance indicators, to name a few. Additionally, ARSO would also involve the standardization of protocols and procedures relevant to road crash data. LEG acknowledged and supported this initiative. Malaysia would welcome further discussion with economies.

iii. The Russian Federation (JSC Russian Railways) presented on logistic integration in the Eurasian area. Development of the railway infrastructure in Russia was a major concern. The key element of the Russian transport infrastructure is the Trans-Siberian Railway, where the traffic volume is increasing year by year.

The Trans-Siberian Railway takes on enormous importance as a transcontinental "economic bridge" which ensures trade routes between the European, Asia-Pacific and South-Asia economic areas. Nowadays the most attractive and dynamically developing

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segment is transit container transportation between Europe and Asia. JSC Russian Railways is on target to ensure the growing container flows and is ready to offer a wide range of opportunities in the field of transport and logistics to Asian cargo shippers.

The transportation cost is the important issue for cargo shippers. JSC Russian Railways has a number of tariff solutions that ensure the attractiveness of rail transport between Asia and Europe.

Furthermore, JSC Russian Railways implements certain programs in the field of energy efficiency and green logistics, allowing to reduce the negative impact on the environment and to obtain cost savings.

iv. Australia presented on the status of actions under its National Road Safety Strategy 2011-20 including initiatives aimed at reducing head-on-collisions on highways, the successful introduction of the pole side impact UN regulation, plans for the introduction of ABS for motorcycles and the introduction of nationally consistent reporting for serious injuries.

v. The United States provided an update on the APEC Electric Vehicle Roadmap. As a reminder of the origins of this initiative, APEC Trade and Foreign Ministers endorsed and the CTI tasked the Automotive Dialogue to draft the EV Roadmap, in cooperation with the Energy Working Group and Transportation Working Group. The aim of the Roadmap is to facilitate the adoption and implementation of international standards pertaining to electric vehicles. The APEC EV Roadmap Workshop 1 & 2 discussions held last September in the Philippines identified the following as potential work areas:

• Recycling - such as protocols for re-use and re-manufacturing of batteries

• Cybersecurity – hacking prevention

• Personal Data - issues with autonomous vehicle routing info, driver information

• Emergency Rescue - protocol and rescue manual, ability to let outside community know what kind of help is required

• Interoperability standards – High power and wireless charging, building integration

• 2 and 3-wheel vehicle related standards issues

The APEC EV Roadmap calls for Workshops 3 & 4 to occur in 2017. The workshops are to address the following topics:

Workshop 3: APEC economies to discuss the establishment of an APEC Interoperability Center, with the goal of proposing the creation of the APEC Interoperability Center for endorsement by CTI. Outline key technical areas of interest, exchange information on existing interoperability centers (including at Argonne National Laboratory and the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre) and identify opportunities for collaboration. (APEC Action 11)

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Workshop 4: Discussion, in coordination with industry, of a list of priority standards for promoting widespread usage of electric vehicles in the region, work which was substantially advanced during the 2014 China host-year. In a second session, this workshop could address EV-specific first responder education and training efforts in support of the safe and energy efficient operation of EVs. (APEC Actions 8, 9)

Economy Reports and Major Developments in Land Transport

Economies reported on initiatives to support the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020, road safety vehicle standards harmonization, and rail and level crossing safety.

• Korea provided an update on the implementation of its “Comprehensive Plan to reduce traffic fatalities 2013-2017”.

• Philippines reported on UN regulations that have been harmonized, measures taken to enforce their Anti-Drunk and Drugged Driving Act of 2013, proposed repairs of eight motor vehicle inspection centres, road safety workshops (including engaging the motorcycle industry to conduct training seminars) and changes to tests for driver licences to reflect specific vehicles driven.

• Russia provided an update on the status of its GLONASS initiative.

• Thailand gave an overview of its road safety initiatives and its aim to reduce road fatalities.

OTHER BUSINESS

Women in Transportation

During the morning of April 25, 2017, the Women in Transportation (WiT) Task Force held a side meeting during TPTWG 44. Louise Williams of US-ATAARI gave a brief overview of the WiT Data Framework, which provides the basis for data-related projects addressing the five key areas identified as critical aspects to increases women's participation in the transportation sector.

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Updates from the economies conducting pilot projects followed:

• Malaysia gave a detailed update on how they are hoping to expand women’s employment at Malaysian ports, particularly in management positions;

• Papua New Guinea explained how they are focusing on connecting the skills taught (curriculum) to the available jobs, hoping to help more women find employment opportunities in the transportation sector by better meeting the skills needed for available jobs;

• New Zealand discussed the mentoring program they have developed for women employed in the maritime sector, since that has the lowest participating rate of women in the transportation field;

• Viet Nam explained how they hope to use education to close the gender employment gap; and

• The United States explained that it is still in the process of identifying the best opportunity, and will focus on access and use of women as end users of transportation systems.

Canada also made a presentation regarding data collection efforts intended to validate the assumption that women are underrepresented in transportation sector jobs, and ongoing initiatives intended to attract women to work in this sector.

Viet Nam discussed plans for the WiT event at the Women and the Economy Forum (WEF) that is scheduled to take place in Viet Nam in September 2017. The Task Force is currently taking input regarding agenda development for this event.

PROGRESS TOWARDS TPTWG-44 ACTIONS AND 2016/17 TPT-WG WORK PLAN AND LEG WORK PLAN

Overall, APEC economies will continue to implement activities in support of the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020 to raise awareness of the problem and to reduce road deaths and serious injuries.

Economies will also continue to provide information for the matrices on national road safety strategies and targets in accordance with the TMM5 directives. LEG also agreed to continue to collaborate with other relevant fora and international organisations.

It was agreed the LEG work plan will be updated inter-sessionally to reflect activities and priorities identified at the meeting.

The TPT-WG 2017 Workplan was updated by the group.

CLASSIFICATION OF MEETING DOCUMENTS

All the documents tabled at the meeting are allowed for public access except for the Preliminary Report on the Heavy Vehicles Safety in APEC Transport Logistics Supply Chains – Papua New Guinea and Australia.

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ATTACHMENTS

A – Attendance

B – Sub-group Reports

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ATTACHMENT A – LEG ATTENDANCE

Economy Title Surname First name Organization Position Email

Australia Mr James Marcus Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development

General Manager

[email protected]

Australia Mr Hicks Timothy Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development

Engineer [email protected]

Australia Ms Deer Kate Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development


Canada Ms LaFortune Sandra Transport Canada Director General

[email protected]

Indonesia Mr Ihwan Baitul Directorate General Railways

Legal Division [email protected]

Indonesia Mr Koermiawan Ghoefron Directorate General Railways

Deputy Director [email protected]

Indonesia Mr Nursalam Edi Directorate General Railways

Director of Safety

[email protected]

Korea Mr Jae-Pyeong Lee Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport

Director [email protected]

Korea Mr Hyoung-gu Kim Korea Automobile Testing and Research Institute

Chief Researcher

[email protected]



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Korea Ms Lee Elisabeth Kirim Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport


Korea Dr Jang You-Lim Korea Transportation Safety Authority

Senior Researcher

[email protected]

Korea Ms Hyun Young Lee Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport

Assistant Director

[email protected]

Korea Mr Lee Hyunwoo KATRI Principal Researcher

[email protected]

Korea Mr Kim Hee Chu KATRI Researcher [email protected]

Malaysia Mr Eusoff Roslan Road Safety Department, Malaysia

Deputy Director General

[email protected]

Malaysia Ms Azhar Aziemah Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS)

Research Officer

[email protected]

Papua New Guinea

Mr Ponege Poya National Roads Authority, Papua New Guinea

Chief Executive Officer

[email protected]

Philippines Mr Cortez Richard Land Transportation Office

Supervising Transportation Development Officer

[email protected]

Philippines Mr Belarmino Jose Jobel Light Rail Transit Authority Chief Legal Counsel Deputy Admin

[email protected]



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Philippines Mr Kabiqting Enrique Light Rail Transit Authority Manager, Administrative Department

[email protected]

Philippines Mr Berroya Reynaldo Light Rail Transit Authority Administrator [email protected]

Russia Ms Baskina Svetlana Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

Expert, International Office

[email protected]

Russia Ms Bykova Irina Ministry of Transport Advisor [email protected]

Russia Ms Borozdina Natalia Russian Railways Senior Expert [email protected]

Russia Ms Lomashkevich Larisa Russian Railways Head of Division

[email protected]

Singapore Mr Kee Roy Land Transport Authority of Singapore

Director, Vehicle Engineering

[email protected]

Singapore Mr Png Kong Jin Land Transport Authority of Singapore

Manager, Traffic Management

[email protected]

Singapore Mr Ng Lok Yee Gabriel Land Transport Authority of Singapore

Principal Engineer, Vehicle Technology and Standards

[email protected]



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Chinese Taipei Mr Tai-Sheng Hsu Road Traffic Safety Commission, Ministry of Transportation & Communications

Division Chief [email protected]

Chinese Taipei Mr Huey-Chih Chen Kuozui Motors Executive General Manager, Purchasing Division

[email protected]

Chinese Taipei Ms Wen-Yuh Leu National Freeway Bureau Director of Department

[email protected]

Chinese Taipei Mr Hsin-Hung Liu Department of Railways and Highways

Senior officer [email protected]

Chinese Taipei Mr Tai-Hsin Wen Railway Reconstruction Bureau

Secretary General

[email protected]

Chinese Taipei Ms Tien-Tien Ou-Yang Institute of Transportation Researcher [email protected]

Chinese Taipei Mr Hsi-Jen Wu Institute of Transportation Researcher [email protected]

Thailand Mrs Jatuporn Wongta Ministry of Transport Director, International Cooperation Bureau

[email protected]

USA Ms Williams Louise US-ATAARI Gender Consultant

[email protected]



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USA Mr Clement Christopher U.S. Department of Transportation

Senior Advisor [email protected]

USA Ms Davis Kristen U.S. Department of Transportation

Air Services Negotiator

[email protected]

Viet Nam Ms Kieu Thi Diem Transport Safety Department, Ministry of Transport

Deputy Director General

[email protected] [email protected]

Viet Nam Mr Nguyen Dong Phong Viet Nam Register – Ministry of Transport


Macau China Mr Ka Meng Lo Transportation Bureau Technician [email protected]

Macau China Mr Io Fai Chan Transportation Bureau Head of Vehicle Division

[email protected]

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ATTACHMENT B – LEG-SAF REPORT

2017-TPTWG44/LEG-SAF/001 Agenda Item: N/A

Road and Rail Safety Sub-group (LEG - SAF) Final Report

Purpose: Consideration

Submitted by: Chair of LEG-SAF (Malaysia)

26 April 2017 44th Transportation Working Group Meeting

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Road and Rail Safety Sub Group

Wednesday, 26 April 2017

Summary of LEG-SAF Report to LEG 1. Australia, as the lead economy in the ‘Matrix Project for Economies to Share

Information on Road Safety Strategies and Targets’ updated that from the last TPT-WG in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in September 2016 and encouraged all economies to provide updates on the Matrix.

2. Australia, on behalf of Papua New Guinea, presented the status report on Regulating High Mass Heavy Road Vehicles for Safety, Productivity and Infrastructure Outcomes. The Heavy Vehicle Overloading Workshop was held in Brisbane, Australia from 3 until 6 April 2017. The outcome and full version report of the workshop will be out by the 3rd quarter of 2017 and will be circulated between the economies for further comments or inputs. As agreed during the previous 43rd APEC TPT-WG meeting, Vietnam is conducting a survey on regulatory practices relating to overloading vehicles in APEC economies. On that note, the meeting has agreed that all the economies to submit the information to the survey by the end of May 2017 to Vietnam.

3. Malaysia informed the meeting that the two (2) Concept Notes titled ‘Capacity

Building Course on Road Safety’ and Inventory of Motorcycle Facilities in APEC Economies have received the scoring and are waiting for APEC Board Management Committee decision. Indonesia presented a new project proposal by on Standard of Railway Safety and Security Management System. The purpose of this project not only to decrease the total cost of logistic but also to improve the speed and certainty of transactions in trading include dwelling time. The LEG-SAF agreed to support the proposal from Indonesia and welcomed other economies to co-sponsor. Indonesia will provide a draft concept note for member economies’ consideration before the next submission window.

4. There is no new collaboration with other international fora reported in this

meeting. 5. With regards to the rail safety issues and development, Philippines update the

meeting on the rail safety issues and developments through a presentation titled “Making Travel Safer For The LRT Riders”. While Australia also shared the “National Rail Safety Regulation Reform” during the session. Republic of Korea also presented two initiatives which are “Railroad Facility Maintenance & Management System Improvement Plan” and “Railway Vehicle Cab Verification and Standardization”.



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6. Australia, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines and Chinese Taipei provided updates on their respective road safety initiatives as per their commitment to the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020.

7. There were two (2) presentations on Road Safety Education in Malaysia by

Malaysia and Transportation Information Service Systems in Korea – recent work by Republic of Korea.



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Agenda Item 1. Welcome and Introductions

LEG-SAF Chair, Datuk Roslan Eusoff (Malaysia), the Deputy-Director General of Road Safety Department of Malaysia welcomed the delegates and opened the meeting. He expressed his anticipation for an active participation, fruitful ideas and views with all delegates for the purpose of the meeting. He also hope that this meeting will take the existing cooperation to a higher level with many more new initiatives to come. He took the opportunity to say thanks and appreciation to Dato’ Arifin for giving him the opportunity to replace him as chairman of this meeting in TPTWG44. The meeting also was informed that Dato’ Arifin will be retiring soon in May, so he will not chair the meeting anymore. His contributions in chairing previous LEG-SAF meeting is greatly appreciated and may he will be given good health throughout his retirement. The following economies were represented in the meeting: Australia, Indonesia, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, Thailand and Vietnam. Agenda Item 2. Adoption of Agenda The agenda was adopted without amendment. Agenda Item 3. Matrix project for economies to share information on road safety strategies and targets – Australia Australia has presented on the Matrix Project for economies. The meeting further discussed on the information from each economy. Once again, the meeting encouraged all economies to provide updates on the latest information from the respective economies on the Matrix accordingly. Agenda Item 4. Heavy Vehicles Safety in APEC Transport Logistics Supply

Chains – Papua New Guinea and Australia

4.1. Report on the Papua New Guinea self-funded heavy vehicles safety for selected APEC economies – Papua New Guinea

Australia, on behalf of Papua New Guinea, presented the status report on Regulating High Mass Heavy Road Vehicles for Safety, Productivity and Infrastructure Outcomes. The Heavy Vehicle Overloading Workshop was held in Brisbane, Australia from 3 until 6 April 2017. The workshop explored the themes of Safety, Regulation, Technology, Enforcement, Industry, Training and Education. The outcome and full version report of the workshop will be out by the 3rd quarter of 2017 and will be circulated between the



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economies for further comments or inputs. Appreciation was expressed for the participation of Viet Nam, Thailand, Papua New Guinea, Chinese Taipei, Malaysia and Australia in the workshop and all economies were encouraged to consider the draft Heavy Vehicle Overloading Safety Toolkit when it becomes available. 4.2. Report on the progress of a survey on heavy vehicles safety to

supplement the PNG-self-funded heavy vehicles safety – Viet Nam As agreed during the previous 43rd APEC TPT-WG meeting, Vietnam is conducting a survey on regulatory practices relating to overloading vehicles in APEC economies. However, until today, only Chinese Taipei and Hong Kong, China has submitted the information to Vietnam. On that note, the meeting has agreed that all the economies to submit the information to the survey by the end of May 2017 to Vietnam. Agenda Item 5. Project proposals (current and new) 5.1. Capacity Building Course on Road Safety – Malaysia 5.2. Inventory Study of Motorcycle Facilities in APEC Member Economies

– Malaysia Malaysia updated the status of two (2) Concept Notes titled ‘Capacity Building Course on Road Safety’ and ‘Inventory Study of Motorcycle Facilities in APEC Member Economies’. The list of co-sponsors is as below:

i. ‘Capacity Building Course on Road Safety’: 9 co-sponsors – Australia, Vietnam, Chinese-Taipei, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, United States, Mexico, Chile and Canada.

ii. ‘Inventory Study of Motorcycle Facilities in APEC Member Economies’: 9 co-sponsors – Vietnam, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, United States, Mexico, Chile, Canada, Chinese Taipei.

Malaysia has received the scoring for both concept notes and are waiting for APEC Board Management Committee decision. Chinese Taipei expressed their support towards the Inventory Study of Motorcycle Facilities in APEC Member Economies proposal and will provide the technical support if needed.

5.3. New project proposals by Indonesia on Standard of Railway Safety and

Security Management System The purpose of this project not only to decrease the total cost of logistic but also to improve the speed and certainty of transactions in trading include dwelling time.



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Indonesia is developing railway transportation for uban and intercity, freight and passanger. Railway transportation as a part of link among the logistic supply chain in economic. It has a significantly role to the economic mechanism and process. The scope of this proposal would include conducting a study among the APEC members about the situation of railway safety and security, to promote industry and trading on railway and freight transportation as well as to develop Standard of Railway safety and security among APEC members. The LEG-SAF agreed to support the proposal from Indonesia and welcomed other economies to co-sponsor. Indonesia will provide a draft concept note for member economies’ consideration before the next submission window. Agenda Item 6. Collaboration with other international fora There are no updates on any new collaboration with other international fora. Agenda Item 7. Project on rail safety 7.1. Projects to gather information on rail safety issues and developments

The Philippines update the meeting on the rail safety issues and developments through a presentation “Making Travel Safer For The LRT Riders”. The safety and security of LRT passengers are among the top priorities of the Authority. As such, Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) continued embarking on a series of safety and security enhancement programs. Currently, there are 15 initiatives under these program that include rehabilitation of its existing systems and facilities to address the problems of deteriorating rolling stocks, tracks and facilities, conduct of safety and security awareness trainings, Implemented speed limits to reduce passenger risk and inconvenience from lateral train movement (sideways swaying) while rail rehabilitation was ongoing and few others. 7.2. National Rail Safety Regulation Reform – Australia

Australia presented on the reform of its rail safety regulation arrangements with the creation of the National Rail Safety Regulator. Historically, rail safety has been separately regulated by each State and Territory jurisdiction. The Rail Safety National Law passed in 2012 and Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator was established. A 2009 Regulation Impact Statement estimated the incremental benefit of national rail safety reform at between A$36 million and A$67 million over ten years. The national scheme will be reviewed by the Productivity Commission which would focus on measuring the extent of efficiency improvements, compliance cost



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reductions and national productivity benefits of the national rail safety regulation reform. 7.3. Railroad Facility Maintenance & Management System Improvement Plan

– Republic of Korea Severe aging of railroad facilities may be threatening the safety of train operation and train passengers. In Korea, around 42% of the bridges and 44% of the tunnels are at least 30 years old. Also, 46% of signaling devices and 35% of electric devices have exceeded their service life. Neglecting safety and performance degradation caused by aging of railroad system may result in safety accidents as well as massive recovery costs. To resolve the problems, Korea establishes the plan on “Railroad facility maintenance and management system”. The plan has three components as below:

i. First, reinforce railroad safety management system, ii. Secondly, establish railroad maintenance and management system

based on condition assessment, iii. Third, establish railroad facility historical data management system.

7.4. Railway Vehicle Cab Verification and Standardization – Republic of Korea

Republic of Korea has achieved many safety improvements by implementing a railway safety act, which was enacted in 2004. In 2014, the railway safety act was reinforced to include the type approvals. There are independent technical standards defined for rolling stock and supplies. Type approval for rolling stock involves in type approvals of each train vehicle as well as approvals of manufacturer and completed inspection based on the technical standard. To conduct the type approvals of rolling stock and reduce human errors, Republic of Korea tried to standardize the railway vehicle cab and develop a virtual engineering-based railway vehicle cab ergonomics verification simulator from 2011 to 2016. The developed technology consists of three technical components:

i. First, technology evaluating driver cab ergonomics design, ii. Second, variable driver cab simulator technologies in virtual reality, iii. Third, technology linking a variable operation simulator to signaler and

controller simulators to evaluate and jointly train Non-Technical Skills (NTS) such as information exchange, communication, etc. in emergency situations.



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It is important to consider ergonomic elements for the placement of workspace and equipment. In economies which want to reduce accident and human errors, the experiences of Republic of Korea would be helpful, how and what to prepare before the opening of a railway for the safety. Agenda Item 8. Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020 The economies reported on their respective initiatives as a commitment to the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020. Australia Australia alerted economies to the forthcoming Australian National Road Safety Conference to be held in Perth in October 2017 and encouraged economies to attend. There may be some assistance for attendance by road safety students from Low and Middle Income Economies. Republic of Korea Traditionally Korean Road Transport has appeared more dangerous to the physically weaker user such as elderly pedestrian. Therefore, Korea is trying to reduce urban speed limit by around 10km per hour, restructuring road junction, using the roundabout, implementing new technologies on vehicle for the protection of the pedestrian. Malaysia Malaysia has informed the road traffic fatalities slightly increased last year compared to the year 2015. 7,152 road traffic fatalities recorded last year are equal to 6.5% increase. Malaysia is currently redeveloping the Road Safety Education module in schools to ensure the module is up to date with current road safety issues and improve its effectiveness by adjusting the module in line with the new standards of learning and teaching curriculum. The rapid development of technology has provided benefits to this milestone with the introduction of the eCall system. eCall is a system that automatically triggers an emergency call in case of a severe accident. Studies conducted in the European Union found shows that eCall will benefit especially if the accident happen in rural areas and at night as it will reduce the response time of up to 50%. Reduced response time will lead to a reduction in the level of injury to 15%. Malaysia informed an improved version of the Awareness Automated Safety System (AWAS) and the new KEJARA Demerit Points System has been implemented effectively on April 15, 2017. AWAS cameras will be installed in stages at accident-prone areas on highways, federal roads and intersections. Implementation covers beating the traffic light and speeding offenses, from all 23 offences that will be covered by stages before end of this year. Singapore Singapore reported that the road traffic accidents statistics are closely monitored by the Government. The road safety situation in 2016 continued to show improvements.



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Fatal traffic accidents and fatalities continued to fall. Singapore informed that there were 140 fatal accidents recorded in 2016, compared to 148 fatal accidents in 2015. The number of fatalities fell slightly from 151 in 2015 to 141 fatalities in 2016. The fatality rate per 100,000 persons has been declining steadily over the past several years. In 2016, the fatality rate fell to 2.51 from 2.73 in 2015. Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei updated the meeting on a few initiatives that is currently being implemented here. Motorcycle and Scooter Safety Management During the past three years, motorcycle casualties still accounted for roughly 75% of total traffic casualties, in which young (under age of 24) and older motorcyclists have the highest crash risk. This year, Chinese Taipei initiated a “Road Safety Action Plan” with the goal of reducing total traffic fatalities from 3000 to 2500, and reducing traffic fatalities of young motorcyclists from 400 to 250 by 2019. Specific actions to improve motorcycle safety are as follows:

i. Driver Licensing Management: • Motorcycle licenses are classified based on different models of

motorcycles. • Age requirements: applicants must be 18 or above to be eligible to take

the driver’s test for the light and general heavy motorcycle license, and 20 or above to take the driver’s test for the large heavy motorcycle license.

• Driver tests comprise a written test and a road test (applicants advancing to the large heavy motorcycle license are exempt from the written test).

• Driver Training Program: to elevate driver risk perception and safety awareness, drivers are required to attend a safe driving seminar before collecting their licenses. Specific road test items for motorcycle licenses are under development.

ii. Traffic Engineering: Motorized two-wheel vehicles waiting zones, hook-turn zones, and Permissive Motorcycle Lane are widely implemented to improve the motorcycle and scooter safety. In recent years, we also initiated “traffic calming zone” plan to improve pedestrian safety. Speed limit 30kph will be enforced in residential areas and school zones.

iii. Campus Transit Program: Promote public transit to college students to reduce young driver’s crash risk. Road-safety campaigns at colleges and universities are also provided.

Road Safety Performance Measures and Traffic Safety Management Chinese Taipei recommends the use of problem-oriented performance measures, with focuses on crashes involve motorcycles, pedestrians, and young drivers as



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these types of crashes are the crashes with the most severe safety needs in this region. Chinese Taipei recommends the use of surrogate measures to better and more quickly link traffic safety investment and crashes with the most severe safety needs. One of the advantages of surrogate measures is that they can not only be used to complement crash data, but also be used at sites where crash data is not available. Chinese Taipei recommends that all economies to work together to put together a “Traffic Safety Handbook” or “Manual” to document countermeasures that have been proven to be effective to assist all economies to maximize the return of traffic safety investment Philippines Of the 19 UN Regulations that the Philippines has agreed to adopt, ten (10) harmonized Regulations are in place, pending confirmation for Regulation 13 (R13 – Breaking), and an additional six (6) UN regulations are intended to be harmonized subject to modification. Motor vehicle inspection system is being upgraded to address the issues on road worthiness of motor vehicles. Road safety seminars are being conducted and partnership with the major players in the motorcycle industry is being considered for training of motorcycle riders. Other steps to promote road safety include the plan to revise the current driver’s license written examination questions to make them specific to the type and restriction of license being applied for. Further, the “Anti-Drunk and Drugged Driving Act of 2013” is enforced to minimize, if not totally eradicate accidents caused by driving under the influence alcohol and banned substance.

Agenda Item 9. Other business

9.1. Invited Speakers 9.1.1. Road Safety Education in Malaysia: Malaysia

Road Safety Education (RSE) Program has been implemented in stages since 2007 in primary and secondary schools throughout Malaysia. The objectives of the RSE in Malaysia schools intends to teach the students about road safety skills and knowledge to produce polite, considerable and responsible future road users. It is also aimed to teach students to understand and appreciate ways to ensure individual’s safety and to respect the rights of other road users. RSE in Malaysia was incorporated in Malaysia’s language syllabus in school which is Bahasa Melayu.



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Malaysia is currently redeveloping the Road Safety Education module in schools to ensure the module is up to date with current road safety issues and improve its effectiveness by adjusting the module in line with the new standards of learning and teaching curriculum. The readjustment of the module was crucial to ensure that the topic was prepared in accordance with the times and in tune with the present culture. The meeting noted Malaysia presentation and acknowledged the LEG-SAF support for such initiative and welcome interested economies to take the opportunity to discuss further with Malaysia.

9.1.2. Transportation Information Service Systems in Korea – Republic of Korea

Bus information systems are very active in Korea. Bus Information Center is required to operate this bus information system. However, small local governments outside the metropolitan area lack financial resources to operate such a bus information center. In order to provide bus information to these small local governments, the Korea Traffic Safety Authority operates an integrated bus information center. TIMS is a system for efficiently managing operating information, business information, and driving Behavior information for taxis. TIMS collects information through a taxi-mounted fare terminal and a Digital TachoGraph which records driving behavior. By using TIMS, taxi companies can efficiently manage their income and drivers, and the government can establish taxi policies such as determining the appropriate number of taxis. TAGO is an abbreviation for Transportation Advice on Going Anywhere, which means a system that provides traffic information to go anywhere. TAGO collects all the information of city buses, taxis, express buses, railways, high-speed railways, airlines, and ships nationwide and provides them to the portal site. Republic of Korea’s new approach to traffic safety management is to take advantage of big data and artificial intelligence. Republic of Korea’s goal is to analyse the large amount of data held by the Korea Transportation Safety Authority and the private sector, through big data analysis techniques and to develop traffic safety management techniques using these data. 9.2. Other matters Discussed on the Draft Workplan for 2017, Fora: Transportation Working Group (TPTWG). The details of the proposed actions plan and outcomes are in the table below (Annex 1).



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Agenda Item 10. Classification of meeting documents All the documents tabled at the meeting are allow for public access except for Preliminary Report on the Heavy Vehicles Safety in APEC Transport Logistics Supply Chains – Papua New Guinea and Australia. Agenda Item 11. Preparation of Sub Group final report for Chair of LEG



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Attachment List of attendees and email addresses to be updated after TPT-WG 44

Road and Rail Safety Sub-Group (LEG - SAF)

List of Attendees and Email Addresses

No. Full Name Economy Agency Email

1 Mr. Roslan Eusoff Malaysia Road Safety Department of Malaysia [email protected]

2. Mr. Marcus James Australia Department of

Infrastructure and Regional Development

[email protected]

3 Mr. Edi Nur Salam Indonesia Directorate of Railway Safety [email protected]

4 Mr. Ghoefron Koerniawan Indonesia Directorate of Railway

Safety [email protected]

5 Mr. Baitul Ihwan Indonesia Legal Division, Directorate General of Railway [email protected]

6 Mr. Huang Yu Chia Chinese Taipei

The Ministry of Transportation and Communications

[email protected]

7 Ms. Wen Yuh Leu Chinese Taipei National Freeway Bureau [email protected]

8 Mr. Jawchang Laiw Chinese Taipei Expressway Bureau [email protected]

9 Dr. Kun Feng Wu Chinese Taipei

National Chiao Tung University [email protected]

10 Mr. Pan Cheng-hsin Chinese Taipei

Road Traffic Safety Commission [email protected]

11 Mr. Fan Yuan-Gang Chinese Taipei


12 Mr. Hsu Tai-Sheng Chinese Taipei


13 Mrs. Li Pei-Yun Chinese Taipei

General Administration of Highway [email protected]

14 Mr. Wen Tai-Hsin Chinese Taipei

Railway Reconstruction Bureau [email protected]

15 Ms. Hyun Young Lee

Republic of Korea

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure & Transport [email protected]

16 Dr. Chan Woo Park Republic of Korea

Korea Railroad Research Institute, Railroad Safety &

Certification [email protected]

17 Dr. You Lim, Jang Republic of Korea

Korea Transportation Safety Authority [email protected]

18 Mr. Seong Kyun Cho

Republic of Korea


19 Mr. Bo Kyoung Sim Republic of Korea




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No. Full Name Economy Agency Email

20 Ms. Aziemah Azhar Malaysia Malaysian Institute of

Road Safety Research (MIROS)

[email protected]

21 Mr. Mohd Afzainizam Aziz Malaysia Ministry of Transport [email protected]

22 Mr. Reynaldo Berroya Philippines Light Rail Transit Authority [email protected]

23 Mr. Jose Jobel Belarmino Philippines Light Rail Transit Authority [email protected]

24 Mr. Enrigue Kabigting Philippines

Light Rail Transit Authority [email protected]

25 Mr. Richard M. Cortez Philippines Land Transportation Office [email protected]

26 Mr. Siripong Koomprapan Thailand State Railway of Thailand [email protected]

27 Mr. Chitkamon Pondate Thailand State Railway of Thailand [email protected]

28 Mrs. Jatuporn Wongta Thailand Ministry of Transport [email protected]

29 Mr. Png Kong Jin Singapore Land Transport Authority, Singapore [email protected]

30 Ms. Kieu Thi Diem Viet Nam Transport Safety

Department, Ministry of Transport

[email protected]

31 Ms. Svetlana Baskina Russia

Moscow State University of Railway Engineering, International Department

[email protected]



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Annex 1

Expert Group

Work programme

Actions required Authorising group/source

Proposed TPTWG actions in 2017

Outcomes

Land

Safety Capacity building Safety

Promote rail and road safety initiatives including in relation to heavy vehicles. Promote harmonization of vehicle standards, including in the areas of automated driving technologies, safety enhancements, and environmental protection. Enhancing transportation safety and security: in support of relevant international agreements, we encourage economies to push forward with the implementation of relevant activities to raise awareness on road safety issues to reduce road deaths and serious injuries. We instruct the TPTWG to continue to share information on economies’ road safety strategies and targets, and maintain coordination with other relevant APEC sub-fora, the International Transport Forum, the Asian Development Bank and other organizations dealing with road and rail safety. We also encourage economies to share their best practices and research on road safety policies and programs.

APEC Leaders APEC Leaders TMM9

Completing the workshop report. Finalizing the heavy vehicle overloading toolkit. Cooperation in the field of transport education for the benefit of transport connectivity in APEC. The guideline for APEC transport education and joint educational programs, discuss the preparation of staff for certain infrastructural project. The conference will be held in December 2017, in Moscow. Indonesia to set up plan on conducting a study for best practice among members’ economies regarding the rail safety. Other economies to consider co-sponsorship of the proposal.

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Land

Safety Capacity building

Heavy vehicles: a self-funded project to develop a framework covering a range of regulatory, educational and other aspects to address the impacts of heavy vehicle overloading for selected economies, including: China, Indonesia, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand and Viet Nam. APEC Workshop on Sharing Best Practices and Research on Road Traffic Safety Policies and Programmes: intended to provide a platform for knowledge sharing on designing, building, managing and maintaining a safe road system. It will also help APEC economies in enhancing their management capacities in road traffic safety management since a structured and well-designed program is essential for capacity development and enhancement.

Economy (Papua New Guinea) initiative LEG initiative

Chinese Taipei is calling for cooperation in information sharing and exchange to share the best practices on motorcycle and pedestrian study Philippines proposed to upgrade motor vehicle inspection system Economies would continue to share the best practices on road traffic safety policies and program.

Best practices toolkit for motorcycle and pedestrian safety in this region To address the issues on road worthiness of motor vehicles from motorcycles to medium size vehicle, up to heavy vehicle Best practices toolkit for heavy vehicle overloading and greater economies understanding of heavy vehicle overloading intervention

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ATTACHMENT B – LEG-VSHG REPORT

2017-TPTWG44/LEG-VSHG/02

Agenda Item: N/A

Vehicle Standards Harmonization Sub-Group (LEG-VSHG)

Final Report

Purpose: information

Submitted by: LEG-VSHG Chair (Korea)

26 April 2017

44th Transportation Working Group Meeting25 – 28 April 2017



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Vehicle Standards Harmonization Sub-Group Final Report 1. The 44th LEG-VSHG meeting was held on 26th April 2017, chaired by Mr. Jae-

Pyeong Lee of the Republic of Korea. Ten economies attended, including Australia, Canada, Japan, Korea, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, Viet Nam, Malaysia and Macau China.

2. Korea provided an overview of the outcomes of the 170th and 171st meetings of the World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29).

3. As an ongoing activity within LEG-VSHG, Korea, Chinese Taipei and Vietnam presented their progress on harmonizing with UN regulations by updating and sharing agreed templates. Economies also provided verbal reports during the meeting. All economies are encouraged to update the three agreed templates for VSHG meetings.

4. Japan provided an update on activities relating to Revision 3 of the 1958 Agreement and the status of IWVTA. Japan emphasised that proposed changes to voting arrangements may be attractive to Asian and emerging economies and updated the expected working schedule for the 1958 Agreement, IWVTA and R0.

5. Japan delivered a presentation summarizing the current status of ITS-AD under WP.29, the 11th session of the ITS-AD IWG and Policy for Automated Vehicles in Japan. The policy update included examples of AV trials and an important alert to manufacturers to explain to consumers the limitations of current automated driving functions (SAE Level 2).

6. Korea provided an overview of their progress and future goals for Automated Vehicles. This included the current permit requirements, trials of AV, and future projects.

7. Singapore provided an overview of its autonomous vehicle initiatives and activities of the Committee on Autonomous Road Transport for Singapore (CARTS) which was formed in August 2014.

8. Korea outlined its activities within WP.29 concerning Vehicle Interior Air Quality (VIAQ), panoramic sunroof glazing, and Deployable Pedestrian Protection Systems (DPPS). The IWG on VIAQ has prepared a draft of recommendation for consideration by GRPE and WP.29. The IWG on panoramic sunroofs, co-chaired by Korea and Germany, has lengthened the mandate though to 2018 with NHTSA starting fracture analysis. The DPPS TF has prepared a draft proposal that will be presented at the 61st GRSP meeting in May 2017. Expected future outcomes are for a final proposal to be presented to GRSP in May 2018 and for adoption of the proposal at the November 2018 meeting of WP.29.


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9. Chinese Taipei introduced plans to study the system of test data disclosure and rating of vehicle safety regulations. For this, Chinese Taipei requested economies share information on their NCAPs.

10. Malaysia from MIROS introduced their information sharing system to develop a product safety incident information sharing system in the form of a web portal among APEC economies.

11. With regard to future direction of VSHG, Canada suggested automated and other emerging vehicle technologies be a focus for the group, in terms of sharing information on best practice and lessons learned. The chair suggested that VSHG discussions need to be more broadly based to increase participation.

12. Korea and Australia were re-elected as Chair and Deputy Chair respectively for 2018 to 2019.


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List of acronyms

AD Automated Driving ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations CARTS Committee on Autonomous Road Transport for Singapore DPPS Deployable Pedestrian Protection Systems GR WP.29 expert group GTR Global Technical Regulation ISO International Standards Organisation ITS Intelligent Transport System ITS-AD Intelligent Transport Systems-Automated Driving IWG Informal Working Group IWVTA International Whole Vehicle Type Approval OTA Over The Air R0 UN Regulation No. 0 R.E.3 Consolidated Resolution on the Construction of Vehicles ToR Terms of Reference UN United Nations VIAQ Vehicle Interior Air Quality WP.1 United Nations Working Party on Road Traffic Safety WP.29 United Nations World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations


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Agenda Item 1. Welcome and introductions

The 44th LEG-VSHG meeting was held on 26 April 2017, chaired by Mr. Jae-Pyeong Lee of the Republic of Korea and assisted by the Deputy Chair, Mr Tim Hicks of Australia. The Chair welcomed delegates from Australia, Canada, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, Vietnam, and Macau China. The Chair asked for active participation and cooperation by all delegates. He noted the meeting is about sharing information and is an opportunity to foster close international cooperation.

Agenda Item 2. Adoption of agenda

Chinese Taipei added a presentation for sharing information on test data disclosure and rating vehicle safety regulations. Malaysia also added a presentation on the APEC Product Safety Incidents Information Sharing System (PSIISS). The agenda was adopted.

Agenda Item 3. Summary of outcomes from the 43rd LEG-VSHG meeting

The Deputy Chair summarized the outcomes from the 43rd VSHG meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Ten economies attended the previous VSHG meeting. Economies reported on their progress with harmonizing their local vehicle standards with United Nations (UN) regulations and Global Technical Regulations (GTRs). Korea, Japan, and the USA delivered presentations on a range of topics including:

• activities within the World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29) (Korea) including progress on IWVTA and Revision 3 of the 1958 Agreement (Japan);

• Korea provided a report on the 9th Intelligent Transport Systems and Automated Driving International Working Group (ITS-AD IWG);

• efforts to implement the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020; • efforts by USA to promote green technology in transportation; • the Korean work on panoramic sunroof glazing and Vehicle Interior Air Quality

(VIAQ); • a summary on the BMVI inquiry into VW defeat devices by Korea


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Agenda Item 4. Progress reports of action plans to introduce UN regulations and GTRs

4.1. Summary of recent WP.29 sessions Korea summarized the outcomes of the 170th and 171st meetings of WP.29 held in November 2016 and March 2017 respectively. Forty countries attended the 170th meeting, including eight APEC economies. Thirty-five countries attended the 171st meeting, including nine APEC economies. 170th meeting

• 1958 Agreement (UN Regulations) – One new UN regulation (Heavy Duty Dual-Fuel Engine Retrofit Systems) and 34 amendments of UN regulations were adopted.

• New consolidated resolution for the common specification of light source categories (R.E.5)

1998 Agreement (UN GTRs) – Two new GTRs (The crankcase and evaporative emissions for two-or-three wheeled motor vehicles, and On-board diagnostics for two-or-three wheeled motor vehicles) and 2 amendments of GTRs were adopted.

171st meeting

• 1958 Agreement (UN regulations) – 43 amendments of UN regulations were adopted.

• Amendment to the Consolidated Resolution on the Construction of Vehicles (R.E.3) to incorporate guidelines for cyber security and data protection for autonomous vehicles

Korea gave an update on activities within the Informal Working Groups (IWGs) on Automated Driving (ITS-AD) and IWVTA (International Whole Vehicle Type Approval). Notably:

• a finalised list of UN regulations applicable to IWVTA;

• regulatory work on SAE level 3 and 4 automation should start for ITS-AD

4.2. Harmonization progress – economy reports As an ongoing activity within VSHG, before each meeting economies are required to update three templates designed to share information on their progress with harmonizing with UN regulations as well as contact details of representatives for each of the WP.29 expert groups (GRs), where applicable.


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Some economies provided this information before the meeting and presented their reports to VSHG, including Korea, Japan, Australia, Chinese Taipei and Singapore, as reflected in the latest templates. Other economies provided updates on harmonization during the meeting. The following economies made presentations on their harmonization efforts:

• Chinese Taipei

Chinese Taipei has completed the periodical harmonization based on 49 revisions of UN vehicle regulations which came into force in 2016.

Since 2013, Chinese Taipei has established a three-stage plan to introduce newly developed UN Regulations. The third stage is under preparation, and nine vehicle safety regulations are covered by this. The newly announced regulations are UN R134 (Hydrogen-fuelled vehicles) and UN R138 (Quiet Road Transport Vehicles).

• Korea

Korea has introduced 59 UN Regulations and 11 UN GTRs into the Korean Motor Vehicle Safety Standard since 2006 and plans for harmonization with eight UN Regulations including mandatory installation of ESC in all vehicles based on UN R13H this year.

Korea explained its plan to introduce two requirements (speed limit device and light transmittance of all windscreens and panes for vehicle for children) for improving the safety of children.

• Viet Nam

Viet Nam has a number of new and revised regulations to be enforced in 2017. It was highlighted that Viet Nam has applied the Euro 3 emission standard for motorcycles and Euro 4 for passenger vehicles from 1 January 2017.

The Chair emphasised the importance of providing harmonization updates before VSHG meetings. Economies agreed to continue to update these templates as necessary.

Agenda Item 5. Policy and technical discussions

5.1. Progress towards IWVTA and Revision 3 of the 1958 Agreement Japan provided an update on major activities relating to the development of IWVTA as well as Revision 3 of the 1958 Agreement. Japan emphasized that harmonizing vehicle regulations has benefits for governments, users and manufacturers.


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Revision 3 of the 1958 Agreement in WP.29 Japan noted that the purpose of revising the 1958 agreement is fostering participation of more countries and of regional economic integration organizations in the activities of the World Forum. The revised 1958 Agreement was endorsed in the June 2016 meeting of WP.29. Official notification from UN Secretary General to Contracting Parties was provided in December 2016. Entry into force of Revision 3 is expected September 2017.

Draft UN Regulation No.0 Japan provided an overview of the IWVTA process and updated VSHG on the status of IWVTA developments at WP.29. UN R87 was added in List A of UN R0 in the March 2017 meeting of WP.29. The number of UN Regulations included in IWVTA will increase. It is planned that the formal document of the final proposal for UN R0 will be submitted to WP.29 in June 2017. UN R0 is expected to enter into force in June 2018.

5.2. Status of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) / Automated Driving (AD) Japan delivered a presentation summarizing the results of the 11th ITS-AD IWG, the 171st WP.29 meeting, and the current status of automated driving in Japan. This included:

• Adoption of guidelines on cybersecurity and data protection

• Establishment of a Task Force on Cyber Security and Over The Air (OTA) issues

• The approach to promoting automated driving in Japan

Korea also presented updates on Policy for Automated Vehicles in Korea, including:

• Goal of commercialization of Level 3 AV by 2020 and level 4 AV by 2026

• Outline of AV operating permit procedure

• Current and future pilot projects and construction of test-bed (K-City)

• Road infrastructure including progress on high definition maps and high definition GPS

Singapore provided an overview of its autonomous vehicle initiatives:

• The demographics of Singapore and how AV technology offers Singapore the opportunity to overcome its unique challenges

• Committee on Autonomous Road Transport for Singapore (CARTS) was formed in August 2014 comprising of both government agencies, academics and private organisations


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• Vision for AV Deployment

• AV testing and future trials

• Singapore will be the host for the 26th Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) World Congress, 2019

5.3. Status of VIAQ, panoramic sunroof glazing and active deployable system in the bonnet area at WP.29

Korea outlined its activities within WP.29 regarding VIAQ, panoramic sunroof glazing and active deployable system in the bonnet area. VIAQ In 2013, Korea proposed the development of a GTR on VIAQ at WP.29. In January 2015, draft ToR and Rules of Procedure were established for an IWG on VIAQ under GRPE. The IWG scheduled to have a draft document of VIAQ recommendations no later than 2017. This schedule has been met with the draft recommendation provided to GRPE as an informal document for the January meeting (Document Reference ECE-TRANS-WP29-GRPE-2017-10). A final draft will be submitted at the June GRPE meeting for consideration. The final document is expected to be endorsed at the November WP.29 session. Panoramic sunroof glazing Within WP.29, Korea proposed amendments to GTR No.6 and UN Regulation No.43 to mitigate the sudden shattering of panoramic sunroofs and proposed to establish an IWG on panoramic sunroof glazing. WP.29 endorsed establishment of the IWG at the November 2014 meeting. The aim of this IWG was to have draft amendments by 2016. The IWG agreed to concentrate on limiting the ceramic print area of panoramic sunroof glazing. The members of the IWG agreed to amend the scope of GTR No.6 to include all types of panes. In line with an extension of the mandate to June 2018, NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, USA) has begun work on fracture analysis and related survey. Deployable Pedestrian Protection Systems (DPPS) Korea proposed to develop a test procedure on DPPS under GTR No. 9 phase 2 at the 56th GRSP in 2014. WP.29 endorsed a task force to look at this issue at the 170th session in 2016. This task force consists of Korea as chair and OICA (The International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers) as Technical Secretary.


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The scope of the work is to develop a new test procedure that includes:

• Classification of relevant devices such as active hood systems and bonnet airbags

• Test dummy and devices

• Verification method and test procedure

• Headform test determination

The first draft proposal will be presented at the 61st GRSP meeting in May 2017. Expected future outcomes are for a final proposal to be presented to GRSP in May 2018 and for adoption of the proposal at the November 2018 meeting of WP.29.

5.4. Introduction of policy, technical discussions, type approval systems Australia presented on its recent vehicle standards developments. The update included:

• Australia is advanced in its progress towards accepting the revised 1958 Agreement as well as IWVTA

• Progress on Australia’s domestic safety strategy, the National Road Safety Strategy (NRSS) 2011-2020, which aligns closely with the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety.

UN R135 for pole side impact performance was mandated in December 2015 for light vehicles. The requirements will begin to take effect from November 2017 for light passenger vehicles and July 2018 for light commercial vehicles

Consideration of implementing ABS on motorcycles is well advanced. The Regulation Impact Statement is due for public consultation in the first half of 2017

Consideration of implementing ESC for heavy vehicles is currently in progress. The Regulation Impact Statement is expected to be released in the second half of 2017

Future steps include considering Advanced Emergency Braking, ITS/AD developments and increased occupant safety standards

• Recent emission standards developments include:

A draft Regulation Impact Statement on introducing fuel efficiency standards to reduce CO2 emissions from light vehicles


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A draft Regulation Impact Statement on introducing tighter noxious emissions standards (Euro 6/VI) for light and heavy vehicles

A discussion paper on possible options to improve Australia’s fuel quality standards

• The release of the National Policy Framework for Land Transport Technology in August 2016. This action plan provides an integrated approach for Australian governments to develop and adopt emerging vehicle technologies

5.5. Progress toward implementation of the efforts to Promote Green Technology USA was not available to provide an update on this item.

Agenda Item 6. Policy under TMM9, UN Decade of Action for Road Safety, and the Joint Transport and Energy Ministerial Conference (TEMC)

6.1. Efforts to implement the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety No further updates were provided beyond the earlier presentations.

Agenda Item 7. Other business

7.1. Introduction of Policy for EV/FCEV Vehicle in Korea Korea presented on its policy for electric and fuel cell electric vehicles (EV/FCEV). The presentation provided background on the current market for EV/FCEV in Korea, the effect of the technology in relation to climate change, and a goal of making electric vehicles more mainstream by 2020. Korea listed vehicle technology issues, infrastructure needs and economic measures to increase use of electric vehicles. There is an EV/FCEV pilot project to make Jeju Island a carbon free island by 2030. Korea has proposed a vehicle supply target to reach one million EV/FCEV cars by 2020 through government-led growth with expected greenhouse gas emissions reductions of 3.8 million tonnes (2016-2020) and creation of 9.8 million jobs over the same period.

7.2. Minimum Ground Clearance for Motor Vehicles Korea asked economies about their minimum ground clearance requirements, due to pressures to amend its minimum requirement of 12cm. It was noted that the consolidated resolution by the UN R.E.3 does not have any minimum ground clearance requirement except for off-road vehicles of category N1 and M1. Japan has no quantitative requirement for type approval. Vehicle inspection requires a minimum of 9cm and allows some special cases of 5cm.


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Viet Nam has prepared a draft template for economies to report on their requirements that will be circulated to the group. Economies have agreed to update this intersessionally. Finally, Korea indicated that it would consider and report on this issue at the next VSHG meeting.

7.3. Test data disclosure and rating of vehicle safety regulations – Chinese Taipei

The initial concept includes M1 category vehicles, as well as test data (Frontal and Lateral Collision, Dynamic Braking and ABS), a working group, and regulation revision. Chinese Taipei would appreciate information from all economies about the questions mentioned at VSHG, specifically around different NCAPs.

7.4. PSIISS portal – Malaysia The Malaysian Association of Standards Users (Standards Users) in collaboration with the Department of Standards Malaysia has developed the PSIISS portal. This portal, which has been managed and maintained by Standards Users, is to improve the current product safety system not only in Malaysia but also in other APEC developing economies. The APEC PSIISS system ensures that the relevant regulators in the respective economies will have access to and collect this information to support their regulatory work. Businesses too will have the opportunity to address their responsibility to consumers by reporting safety incidents related to their product or brand which have been brought to their attention by consumers. Something similar can be considered by LEG-VSHG for vehicle safety-related products (such as product recall for airbag issues). PSIISS could also be enhanced to include recall mechanisms for vehicle products. Malaysia also noted that it has withdrawn its proposal for a workshop on the use and harmonization of UN regulations and UN GTRs, but encouraged other economies to take up this proposal if possible.

7.5. Future directions for VSHG – discussion on the needs of participants and identification of future capacity building requirements

Discussion of future direction In response to the review of the TPTWG structure, the Chair asked the group for comments on the future of the VSHG. Canada suggested automated and other emerging vehicle technologies be a focus for the group, in terms of sharing information on best practices and lessons learned. The possibility of collaborating with the IIEG, as well as other international organizations, on these issues was discussed.


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The Chair suggested that we need to make the group more accessible to increase participation. There is often a focus on technical information that not all economies find useful. Update of TPTWG 2017 Workplan Information sharing is a key action and outcome of this group and should be recorded for the TPTWG Workplan 2017.

7.6. Election of Chair and Deputy Chair It was unanimously agreed that Korea continue as Chair and that Australia continue as Deputy Chair.



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Attachment 1 – VSHG attendance


Australia Mr Hicks Tim Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development


Australia Ms Ratcliff Kate Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development


Canada Ms Sandra LaFortune Transport Canada Director General [email protected]

Chinese Taipei Mr Simon Hsu Vehicle Safety Certification Center Director [email protected]

Chinese Taipei Mr Chin-Wei TSAO Ministry of Transportation and communications Section Chief [email protected]

Chinese Taipei Mr Hsin-Hung Liu Ministry of Transportation and communications Senior officer [email protected]

Chinese Taipei Mr Hung Chi Nien Vehicle Safety Certification Center Specialist [email protected]

Chinese Taipei Mr Huey Chih Chen TTVMA(Kuozui Motors) Executive General Manager [email protected]

Chinese Taipei Mr Huan-Chuan Tseng TTVMA(Yulon Nissan Motors) Expert Manager nuan-chuan.tseng@yulon-

nissan.com.tw

Chinese Taipei Mr Yao-Hui Chang MTOC.THB Section chief [email protected]



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Chinese Taipei Mr Yi-Yu Chen MTOC.THB Engineer [email protected]

Chinese Taipei Mrs Pei-Yun Li MTOC.THB Section Chief [email protected]

Chinese Taipei Mr His-Jen Wu MOTC, Institute of Transportation Researcher [email protected]

Chinese Taipei Mr Tien-Tien Ou-Yang MOTC, IOT Associate Researcher [email protected]

Chinese Taipei Mr Tai-Hsin Wen RRB Secretary General [email protected]

Japan Mr Wataru Imamura Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Chief [email protected]

Japan Mr Takeshi Korenori

Japan Automobile Standards Internationalization Center

Chief Representative Jakarta Representative Office

[email protected]

Korea Mr Lee Jae-pyeong Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport

Director [email protected]

Korea Ms Lee Kirim Elisabeth Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport


Korea Mr Lee Hyun-woo Korea Automobile Testing and Research Institute

Principal Researcher [email protected]



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Korea Mr Kim Hyoung-gu Korea Automobile Testing and Research Institute

Chief Researcher [email protected]

Korea Mr Kim Hee-chul Korea Automobile Testing and Research Institute

Researcher [email protected]

Korea Ms Kim Jihye Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport

Advisor [email protected]

Macau/China Mr Lo ka Meng Transport Bureau Functional Chief [email protected]

Macau/China Mr Io Fai Chan Transport Bureau Head of Vehicle Division [email protected]

Malaysia Ms. Aziemah Azhar Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research(MIROS)

Research Officer [email protected]

Papua New Guinea Mr Ponege Poya National Roads Authority CEO [email protected]

Singapore Mr Gabriel Ng Land Transport Authority Principal Engineer [email protected]

Singapore Mr Roy Kee Land Transport Authority Director, Vehicle Engineering [email protected]

Vietnam Mr Nauyen Dong Phong MOT-Vietnam Register-Vehicle Certification Deputy Director [email protected]



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Attachment 2 – Economy presentations/reports

Australia • Recent Vehicle Standards Developments in Australia

Chinese Taipei • Progress Report on Harmonization • Test Data Disclosure and Rating of Vehicle Safety

Regulations

Japan • Progress Towards IWVTA and Revision 3 of 1958 Agreement

• Current status of ITSAD under UNECEWP29

Singapore • Singapore Autonomous Vehicle Initiatives

Malaysia • APEC Product Safety Incidents Information Sharing System

Korea • Overall Status of Recent WP29 plenary meetings • Status of Harmonization with UN Regulations • Policy for Automated Vehicle in Korea • Activities of Korea in UNECEWP.29 • Policy for EV FCEV Vehicle in Korea

Viet Nam • Viet Nam Update of Regulations



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Attachment 3 – Templates of Certification Circle, Summary of Progress on Promotion of UN Regulation, and Status of adopted /accepted/referred UN Regulation list

Australia • Updated

Chinese Taipei • Updated

Japan • Updated

Singapore • Updated

Vietnam • Updated

Korea • Updated

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