Bungoma County Transport Policy 2020

Abstract

This Transport policy deals with the development of a set of constructs and propositions that are established to achieve particular objectives relating to social, economic and environmental development, and the functioning and performance of the transport system. The goal of this transport policy is to assist the making of effective decisions concerning the allocation of transport resources, including the management and regulation of existing transportation activities. Thus, transport policy is concomitantly of public and private interest. Public policy is the means by which governments attempt to reconcile the social, political, economic and environmental goals and aspirations of society with reality. These goals and aspirations change as the society evolves, and thus a feature of policy is its changing form and character. The Policy has to be dynamic and evolutionary. Policies are frequently, though not exclusively, incorporated into laws and other legal instruments that serve as a framework for developing planning interventions. Planning does not necessarily involve legislative action, and is more focused on the means of achieving a particular goal, often within the existing regulatory framework. Transport policies arise because of the importance of transport in virtually every aspect of economic, social and political activities of nation states. Transport is taken by governments of all inclination, from those that are interventionalist to the most liberal, as a vital factor in economic development. Transport is seen as a key mechanism in promoting, developing and shaping the national economy Issues of employee safety have for a long time led to the development of policies requiring driving licenses, limiting the hours of work of drivers, imposing equipment standards, establishing speed limits, mandating highway codes, seat belts and other accident controls. More recently, environmental standards and control measures are being instituted, in response to the growing awareness of the environmental impacts of transport.