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Santo Domingo.- As part of the 60th anniversary of the bilateral relationship between the Dominican Republic and Japan, the National Institute of Transit and Land Transport (Intrant) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have signed a cooperation agreement to develop traffic management capabilities in Greater Santo Domingo.
The agreement was signed at Intrant’s headquarters by JICA representative Sakaguchi Kota and Intrant’s new director, Milton Morrison, with Vice Minister Olaya Dotel of the Ministry of Economy, Planning, and Development and Japanese Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Takagi Masahiro, serving as witnesses.
The project’s primary goal is to enhance urban traffic management in Greater Santo Domingo, with a focus on environmental and social factors, including accessibility for people with disabilities and improved road safety. The initiative aims to modernize and automate the transportation system, easing traffic congestion, reducing travel times, and improving the overall quality of life for residents.
Great, now what?. who is going to actually enforce traffic rules and laws?. They dont understand cause and effect. Everyone here has been in an accident and/or watched someone die on the road and IT STILL DOESNT REGISTER………EDUCATION IS THE ANSWER. Not new deals and partnerships. ENFORCEMENT WITH CONQUENCES OTHER THAN DEATH….. DDDDUUUUUHHHHH
The government does not want to get wise to driver disregard, apathy of traffic laws. It is a confusion of drivers whose behaviors paint the roads with outright disregard of life and limb, they know authorities are not after them. Authorities go after passive road prey, i.e., for no seat belt use or lack of a document. Traffic enforcement has to get some balls, get the whip out, go after menacing operators. Bell, whistles, signs, education sound good on paper. However, enforcement of laws do better to slow the road chaos.