Steer and Fedesarrollo led the update of the Intermodal Transportation Master Plan (PMTI) 2022-2035 for the National Government, through the National Development Finance, the National Planning Department, the Transportation Infrastructure Planning Unit and the Ministry of Transportation. This planning instrument becomes the Colombian State's commitment to organize the country’s growth efficiently and strategically through an infrastructure network that connects cities, regions, borders, and ports, prioritizing the projects that will have the greatest impact on the economy and national welfare. This update deepens the prioritization of projects that improve the connectivity and accessibility of the territories and populations less served by the transportation system, includes actions that increase the resilience of the transportation system and finally is inserted in the convergence between intermodal networks, information and communications technologies and the energy revolution seeking to accelerate the adoption of smarter ways to move, reducing the impact on the environment and promoting the use of less polluting fuels.

Approaching transportation planning from a gender perspective allows us to recognize the differences in travel patterns and needs among men and women.

In 2020, the Colombian Railway Master Plan was published as the strategy for the reactivation and consolidation of the railway operation in the country, and technical regulation was identified as one of the main elements that required actions to achieve this objective.

The Colombian waterway network has a length of 24,725 km, of which about 18,000 km are navigable and provide connectivity to different populations in the country. Colombia is one of the Latin American countries with the highest density of river network in relation to the extension of its territory, with an indicator of around 1.6 km per 100 km2 (Jaimurzinam Azhar, 2017).

In 2015, Colombia's River Master Plan was published, the main elements were: river infrastructure, institutional planning, operation, promotion, and financing of the mode.

However, many of the shortcomings still persist, few projects have been implemented, and it is necessary to have an updated public policy document that encourages the development of public and private projects and investments, and stimulates the sustainable development of the river mode given its relevance for the country's competitiveness, and for the connectivity and development of the most remote regions of the national territory.