Transport sector - Road transport
The road transport sector is strategically essential to social and economic development and ensures passenger and freight mobility across jurisdictions and countries. It makes an important contribution to economic growth and job creation. Road infrastructure investments and operations have strong impacts onother sectors of the economy.
Urban passenger road transport services and operations keep cities moving. By providing mobility services to all, urban passenger transport services constitute a basic service under public regulation. These services are an enabler of other rights and of access to other vital services. They are a powerful driver of equity, development, sustainability, growth, productivity and employment opportunities.
Resources
Meetings
Joint Action Group to review the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the world’s transport workers and the global supply chain (JAG-TSC)
Geneva, 30 August-3 September 2021
Technical meeting on the future of decent and sustainable work in urban transport services
Geneva, 23-27 September 2019
Meeting of Experts to Adopt Guidelines on the Promotion of Decent Work and Road Safety in the Transport Sector
Geneva, 12-16 October 2015
Tripartite Sectoral Meeting on Safety and Health in the Road Transport Sector