Brief news from Ministry of Transport
Partnership between the Ministry of Transport and Superior Educational Institutions.
Ministry of Transport concluded a partnership agreement with the
Polytechnic University and Technical Construction University of Bucharest. These actions
are included within the Ministry of Transport training program in the railway field of and
the Educational Ministry reform program. The purpose is to create a team of professionals
on activity branches. Proposals will be done in order to improve the educational programs
so that we should obtain the qualified professionals depending on the economic
agents’ demands that work with the Ministry of Transport.
In order to have a more efficient collaboration, the Ministry of
Transport will provide the necessary technical specifications and will propose the norms
and provisions applicable by the universities involved in this process that will submit
their due diligence to the Ministry of Education. Thus, students specializing in
activities subordinated to the Ministry of Transport will be able to apply and elaborate
their diploma projects in these units.
The Ministry of Transport also decided to annually transmit to the two
universities concerned, a list with the specialists that are about to be employed,
together with the recruitment and selection criteria.
This collaboration has as purpose this blending the procedures and
practice within the field of professional training with the standards stipulated in the
European Union programs.
Those who retired from CFR met the Minster of Transport
Representatives of the retired people union trades within CFR and
other transport units met on October this year, the Minister of Transport, Miss Daniela
Anca Boiagiu. Gabriela Ion, president of the Transport Health Insurance House, and George
Buruiana, general manager of the Freight Transportation Company, were also present to this
reunion.
After the discussions they had, there had been decided that the retired
union representatives should participate at the activities of the Administrative Board
with the Transport Health Insurance House (CAST), as stipulated by the present
legislation. In this sense, the bylaw of the CAST will be changed as well as the members
of the Administrative Board.
The Ministry of Transport expressed its will of supporting from now on
the retired people unions of CFR . In order to do that, some provisions of the Railway man
Bylaw that will have as aim a material protection of the retired people of CFR in certain
cases as death for example. The possibility of creating some cantinas was also analyzed.
Another project proposes that the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare should insure for
all retired people from CFR, a retribution in housekeeping activities.
The Retired People Association will receive from the National Railway
Company CFR-SA a real estate in which they will be able to activate. Supported by the
units created after the restructuring process from SNCFR, the Association will be equipped
with computers and office supplies that will insure a good activity process for the
Association.
Carriages for the passengers’ luggage
The Minister of Transport, Miss Anca Boiagiu,
stated, during a recent press conference, that each tourism agency is now allowed to let
old trains for a price of $ 30/km. She also mentioned that the Ministry of Transport
provide for those who use railway transportation, another package of services. Thus, all
the accelerated and rapid trains will be equipped with a supplementary restaurant or bar
wagon. Rehabilitation of this type of wagons was made within the Public Wagons’
Repairs and Maintenance Titu Company – SIRV, one of the subsidiaries of the National
Public Transportation Company.
Another facility is offered for the travelers that arrive in North
Railway Station. They will be the beneficiaries of a new way of carrying their luggage
from the train to the car – special carriages led by a specialized agent , for the
amount of ROL 10.000. The Minister of Transport added that in the future this service will
be provided for free, so that Romania should alienate to the European standards.
Official opening of the Bucharest-Pitesti highway
On October 3, 2000, the highway Bucharest-Pitesti was opened for the
international and national traffic, after termination of modernization works financially
supported by European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (BERD) and the Romanian
Government.
In order that the traffic should be safe and fluent, certain rules have
been established by the authorities, rules that the drivers must obey while using it:
- the drivers must the two unidirectional section only: 1st section for the heavy traffic and 2nd section for the emergency traffic;
- the section for stationing /for emergency must be used in case of emergency only ( damages, exceptional situations);
- passengers mustn’t station on the emergency section or cross in the median area;
- mechanical vehicles, and tractor-trailers are not allowed on the highway; they will go solely on the 26 superior passageways (16 old and 10 new) that make the connection with the districts from the highway neighborhood.
To prevent robbery, theft and vandalism of the equipment on the highway (metallic bares, fences, signaling panels, etc.), AND hired a special security agency that will insure the security in the area.
Reporting Silvia Mitulescu and Oana Bran
