Achievements of my work in Ground Transportation

Dekolor, HS is the international company that the Dominican Government awarded the contract for issuing plastic driver's license for driving motor vehicle in the country. They began operations in 2005, in the cities of Santo Domingo and Santiago, then in La Romana. Its headquarters are at the outset in the building of the Directorate General of Traffic DGTT-Terrestrial-Secretary of Public Works and Communications, an institution that represents the Dominican State. The General Directorate of Traffic is the organ of the Ministry of Public Works, whose function is responsible by law to grant such a document among many other responsibilities. For this reason it is within your powers to monitor the activities of Dekolor. Several months into the contract to which we have referred, we were given the opportunity to lead the transformation of the Directorate General of Land Transit because a report had shown serious flaws that prevented forward traffic to the governing body against expectations of government and population. It was in November of that year, when I take responsibility and certainly mark a before and after.

Before, to me a deplorable market without controls. The first action was to submit to the company contracted for the licenses, through successive meetings and harmonious, to fulfill some commitments in the agreement, without any problems accessing glad to be exceeded in some cases in their care to improve services. He immediately began work on the supply and installation of the technological platform for system security that their operations are audited and inspected by the DGTT. Also installed at all costs a television system for the entertainment of the taxpayers while they wait their turns in the various rooms of the main building. The computer system and is constantly updated communications and security issues licenses to prevent counterfeiting. Another aspect that has helped the company Dekolor, which I have to admit to liking, is its availability to the development of road safety in our country every time it is requested your help. The activation at the time of the System Safety Office was very important for the project to show transparency as we saw in successive audits we perform. As a trade body and service to the public conceive the idea of ​​creating a Customer Service Office that works yet.

Ten licensing offices, 6 were installed in our management of the love that operates in Madrid, Spain, who left in the pipeline in its final phase. By agreement with the National Police and the Ministry of Interior and Police Certificate Offices install Loss of License and Certification of No Criminal Record, as proof of interconnected state to satisfy these requirements, transparency and speed in obtaining driver's licenses. With this procedure we adopted to Electronic Government advocated by the President of the Republic as visionary and should be expanded in the licensing system and other services of the Secretariat. We had the opportunity also to rearrange the media, the Management Review process and the label of Emission Vehicle Journal, both of which suffer from large weaknesses yet. But with more controls to concentrate and make new procedures and responsibilities in the capital city, near our facilities. Obviously, these elements of the licensing system should, in the near future, may lease such as medical examinations by psychometric devices or modules. For the first time, develop programs and strategic work plans recorded in annual reports in public settings.

Among which we emphasize, the Operational Review National Emission Vehicle, Driver License Issuance through mobile units properly constructed for such purposes, in coordination with the Reserve Bank for payment of taxes, also coordinated with the Governors or failing that, with the Municipal Trustees. Enabling the road signage shop for quick response, providing economic resources, vehicles and work were a clear objectives achieved. We developed specific programs and road safety education through constant advertising, training courses and construction of partition walls in the streets and avenues for traffic rearrangement and repair pathways and lifts for signage. On the other hand, activate departments had years without work, such as: Accident Analysis, the Supervise Works, Design and Operations and the Department of Signals. One aspect we have to note is the installation of fingerprint devices to enter the mandatory driver education talks as serious anomalies were detected in the procedure. The grant edit the Official Manual of Traffic Safety Driving and the Dominican Republic Dominican Automobile Club Foundation was one of the most important and wise decisions for all the weaknesses that it involved the public administrative system.

Today we can say we have a modern manual for aspiring drivers. Viable addition to the expansion of the Reserve Bank at our facilities in the Public Works installed a camera surveillance system, both in the building's exterior and interior. We take measures to control visitors both employees of the institution as taxpayers, to prevent the passage of tax in the areas of parking and services. We managed to motorize nearly ten firms interagency collaboration agreements, leaving others to materialize in the country and with foreign agencies. The contracts were then reactivated paralyzed primarily that of Pro Signs, for signaling avenues and roads thermoplastic traffic light system upgrade and the National District SOINCO-SEOPC contract for the maintenance and operation of the Centre for Management and Control Traffic in the central city perimeter. The Traffic Control Centre restructured its operations to restore 24 hours when we reached about 90% of intersections connected to the system, as about 40% were out of service for technical and financial problems. Finally, I address four elements that seem inconsequential, 'management has a physical area supervisor;-promote the revision of the contract-Dekolor SEOPC to update Dekolor financial conditions.

Which was implemented after my departure in September 2007. -To promote the provision of licenses to motorists before driver education program and enabling a Mobile Unit for such purposes, implemented recently, after my departure. -Promoted to the Driving Test will be concessions, which seems to go into service soon. -Finally, enter the Dominican Republic in the Global Road Safety Nets and Regional. But missing all be done, especially to strengthen the Directorate General of Traffic, institutionally.