The College of Civil Engineers of Mexico (CICM) recommended that the next federal administration develop public policies that promote an increase in the participation of railroads in land modal distribution, so that cargo traffic goes from 25% to at least 40 percent.
This would allow for a reduction in its general cost , including external costs such as environmental and safety costs.
According to the document Importance of Infrastructure in the Social and Economic Development of Mexico, for the government period 2024-2030 , it is necessary to take measures to facilitate and support the modernization of the country’s freight railway axes, this would contribute to the economic and social development of the country.
To this end, he mentioned that work must be done to improve infrastructure and equipment , signage, safe management systems and the construction of bypasses in the main cities, consolidating the multimodal and intermodal land complementarity and redundancy of strategic accesses to land and sea ports and to the main population and production centers.
“This will allow national, intercity and international freight transport to circulate continuously, more quickly and safely, to achieve greater logistical competitiveness for the country,” he said.
Likewise, intermodal services should be increased through the consolidation, expansion and construction of intermodal and cargo transfer terminals in metropolitan areas and large and medium-sized cities in the country.
Also build bypasses in cities with greater interaction between railways and urban mobility (greater number of at-grade crossings with greater frequency of trains and vehicles) and promote the construction of overpasses to improve safe coexistence between roads and railways, considering the existence of more than seven thousand at-grade crossings, establishing priorities in the execution plans and programs.
Preserve the track infrastructure and other railway assets , whether concessioned or non-concessioned, in disuse or reverted, evaluating development opportunities that form part of urban, interurban and regional passenger rail service projects, as well as tourism, industrial, agricultural, mining or energy development projects.
Develop mass passenger transportation on rails with safe and sustainable comprehensive mobility programs in metropolitan areas and regions with high urban population density in the country.
Likewise, improve the design, construction and maintenance of railways, as well as the operation and provision of public railway transport services, to promote the safety and reliability of services.
As well as reviewing, updating and expanding the regulatory system for the design , construction and maintenance of railways, as well as the operation and provision of public railway transport services, incorporating new technologies.
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