Santo Domingo. – President Luis Abinader this Sunday ordered a profound reorganization of the Integrated Transportation System, aimed at optimizing the planning, operation and sustainability of mass public transportation throughout the national territory.
As part of these provisions, contained in decree 652-25, the president appointed engineer Jhael Isa Tavárez as executive director of the Office for the Reorganization of Transportation (OPRET).
Likewise, in compliance with the decree, Isa will also serve, in an honorary capacity, as executive director of the Trust for the Development of the Mass Transportation System (FITRAM), the body responsible for the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the National Mass Public Transportation Network.
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Isa Tavárez has a career linked to the development of mass transportation. To date, he served as executive director of FITRAM, from where he supervised key projects such as the Santiago Monorail and Cable Car, as well as Lines 1, 2 and 3 of the Santo Domingo Cable Car, which are part of the Integrated Transportation System.
He is a civil engineer graduated from INTEC, he has a master’s degree in Transportation Engineering obtained at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in New York, through the prestigious Fulbright scholarship. He is currently pursuing a doctorate in Civil Engineering Systems with a concentration in Transportation at the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM).
From the Ministry of the Presidency, where he has worked for more than a decade, he has promoted strategic mobility initiatives and has coordinated the implementation of infrastructure projects aimed at the modernization of public transportation. His experience includes specialized consultancies and constant participation in international forums and conferences on sustainable mobility.
The engineer has been cited as one of the most influential technical figures in the transformation of mass transportation in the country, providing a vision oriented towards sustainability and the integration of mobility models adjusted to international standards.
President Abinader’s decree recognizes that the mass transportation system constitutes a national service for public use, which is why it is of priority interest to the government to incorporate alternative modes of land transportation that contribute to a more balanced distribution of heritage and stop the progressive deterioration of the environment, improving urban mobility.
For these purposes, it provides that the effectiveness of the service and efficiency in the management of resources for its provision be prioritized, ensuring that the different public entities involved work in a coordinated, timely and transparent manner.
