The participants in the meeting discussed the results of the Comprehensive Public Transport Safety Programme from 2010 to 2012.
Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov said among other things that the programme had been addressing organisational, legal, financial and engineering issues. The Ministry of Transport, in cooperation with the federal executive authorities, agencies and transport infrastructure ventures concerned, has been updating transport safety legislation and drafting new laws in this area. A total of 36 statutory acts have been approved, including seven federal laws, 11 government acts and directives, and 18 Transport Ministry orders.
Deputy Transport Minister Alexei Tsydenov reported on the status of the comprehensive programme as of January 1, 2013. Between 2010 and 2012, Russian Railways allocated 4.6 billion roubles in subsidies for rail safety. In the same period, 7.2 billion roubles was spent on metro safety precautions by the constituent entities of the Russian Federation; inspection systems were initiated at 13 civilian airports; vulnerability assessment and transport security plans were drawn up for 43 airports run by three federal treasury enterprises.
From 2010 to 2012, the federal budget allocated over 1.3 billion roubles for state safety monitoring and oversight.
As the programme coordinator, the Transport Ministry has coordinated and monitored the programme’s various elements. Currently the Ministry of Transport, jointly with the federal executive authorities concerned, is drafting proposals on extending the comprehensive programme for a period from 2014 to 2016.
