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Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Programs : International Experience and Best Practices

By International Development Agency

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Title: Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Programs : International Experience and Best Practices  
Author: International Development Agency
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Language: English
Subject: United Nations., United Nations. Centre for Economic and Social Information, AID project impact evaluation report
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Excerpt: Poor urban air quality in cities in the developing world takes a terrible toll in terms of human health and economic losses. Governments at all levels and donor organizations are grappling with the challenge of reducing air pollution. Vehicle emissions ar ...

Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1. INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 1.1. Background and Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 1.2. Structure of the Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 1.3. The Fundamental Challenges in I/M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 1.4. Assessing I/M Program Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 1.5. Key Questions for Policymakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 2. INSTITUTIONAL DESIGN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 2.1. Test-Only Versus Test-and-Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 2.2. Public Versus Private Operation of Test Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 2.3. Contracting Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 2.4. Oversight and Quality Assurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 2.5. Government Coordination and Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 2.6. Phase-In and Adaptation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 3. TEST PROCEDURES AND EMISSION STANDARDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 3.1. Fleet Characterization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 3.2. Test Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 3.3. Emission Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 3.4. Frequency of Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 4. COMPLIANCE PROMOTION AND ENFORCEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 4.1. Enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 4.2. Compliance Promotion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 5. MANAGING RESOURCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 5.1. Financial Resources: Setting Fees, Recovering Costs . . . . . . . . . . . 69 5.2. Managerial and Technical Resources: Ensuring Capacity . . . . . . . . . 72 5.3. Political Resources: Ensuring Popular Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 6. Summary of Best Practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 6.1. Eight Essential Best Practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 6.2. Best Practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 6.3. Recommendations to Donors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 APPENDIX A AIR QUALITY BENEFITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 APPENDIX B CASE STUDY OF MEXICO CITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 APPENDIX C CASE STUDY OF DELHI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 LIST OF BOXES AND FIGURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 LIST OF PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

 
 



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