Transport JC 19 December 2000

• the exchange of information on the transportation aspects of Northern Ireland's Shaping our Future draft, Ireland's National Development Plan and the proposed National Spatial Strategy and consideration of the implications, if any, for transportation strategies in both jurisdictions especially for cross-border transportation development;
• the review of strategies for the development of cross-border national/arterial roads with a view to the identification of investment priorities and the improved co-ordination of planning for those routes;
• the review of the scope for further development of cross-border rail and bus services and for improved integration of services in areas such as co-ordinated timetables and passenger information;
• the identification of opportunities for practical co-operation on the implementation of specific transport projects;
• the exchange of information and experience on urban transport matters and the identification of specific projects on which practical co-operation might be of value to urban authorities in both jurisdictions;
• the exchange of information and experience on the implementation of public private partnerships in transport;
• the exchange of information and experience on rural/local transport provision, including in particular consideration of possibilities for practical co-operation on projects in border areas;
• the review and co-ordination of activities designed to advance sustainable transport.

• joint road safety campaigns - these will continue to be promoted by the Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland and by the National Safety Council with one such campaign envisaged annually. The Council also decided that co-operation in this area will now extend to post-campaign evaluations and/or attitude surveys to assess the effectiveness of these campaigns;
• examination of the possibility of joint promotion of road safety educational initiatives and the development of a North/South network of professionals operating in the area of road safety education;
• exploration of the scope for developing mutual recognition of penalty points for endorsable road traffic offences and mutual recognition and enforcement of driving disqualification between both jurisdictions to ensure that no driver regards the border as providing the opportunity to escape his or her responsibility to society;
• research undertaken by the appropriate authorities, North and South, on road accident matters in certain border areas;
• exchange of information between authorities North and South on road safety programmes, targets and priorities, and the review of these. Towards this end the Council also agreed that a joint meeting of relevant organisations should be held to assist this process;
• exploration of the scope for developing a common basis of road safety reporting and information systems North and South.

• continuing review of the legislative proposals to update the regulatory framework for railway safety with a view to ensuring complementarity between the future regulatory arrangements in both jurisdictions;
• review of the arrangements for the implementation by the railway companies of railway safety in respect of cross-border rail services and of the arrangements for the notification and investigation of accidents and incidents;
• consultation in relation to EU legislative proposals regarding, or having implications for, railway safety;
• review of the scope for the development of common or complementary railway safety standards, rules and guidelines;
• exchange of information and experience between the railway inspectorates on railway safety generally and on specific railway accidents or incidents.