From paper to road and back again: a comparison of the implementation of high capacity vehicles in Latin American countries

Implementation of innovative freight transport policies face challenges regardless of geography or level of economic development. Financial concerns, social/cultural acceptability and perceived political returns have been identified as key barriers to successful implementation of transport policy, more so than institutional, technical, environmental and legal barriers or needs. This paper describes the successes, failures and current status of the implementation strategies for High Capacity Vehicles (HCV) in selected countries in Latin America. The paper concludes that virtually all implementation strategies for HCVs in the selected countries have encountered challenges where regulatory authorities have been lobbied by stakeholders, both for and against, with varied degrees of success. Implementation of new heavy vehicle technologies could be influenced by the different stakeholders’ agendas, regardless of evidence. The authors hope that interested parties in countries in the region and elsewhere will draw lessons from the study, for the future implementation of policies associated with HCVs and other type of new vehicles and technologies.

• Record URL:
  https://hvttforum.org/conference-papers/2016-hvtt14/
• Authors:
  • Efrón, A
  • Corvalan, G
• Conference:
  • HVTT14: International Symposium on Heavy Vehicle Transport Technology, 14th, 2016, Rotorua, New Zealand
• Publication Date: 2016-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 12p
• Monograph Title: Future pathways: International Symposium on Heavy Vehicle Transport Technology (HVTT14), 15-18 November 2016, Rotorua

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Freight transportation; Heavy vehicles; Innovation; Policy; Policy, legislation and regulation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Freight transport logistics; Vehicle Regulations
• Geographic Terms: Latin America; South America
• ATRI Terms: Freight transport; Heavy vehicle; Innovation; Policy; Transport regulation
• ITRD Terms: 1112: Freight transport; 1236: Lorry
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Policy; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01641728
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Jul 25 2017 9:54AM