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ROADLETTER
July - August 2023

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EDITORIAL

The entire 27th World Road Congress team is currently fully mobilised, despite the extreme summer heat that the Czech capital is currently experiencing, to make the Prague Congress a memorable event. And that's exactly how it's shaping up to be, in terms of the number of registrants and national pavilions, the square metres of exhibition space sold and the number of ministers who have accepted the invitation from their Czech counterpart. But even more than the numbers, the main attraction is the richness and quality of the technical programme, which has just been published.

Rarely has a conference been so comprehensive, with such a wealth of parallel events beyond the traditional technical sessions. Attendees should come away from the conference delighted

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Robin SEBILLE
PIARC Deputy Secretary General

PIARC PUBLICATIONS

Routes/Roads Magazine

The last issue “Women’s portraits - Women Paving the Way” is available! 

This issue (#397) presents PIARC's strategy for promoting gender inclusion and diversity. A number of articles by women road experts demonstrate the extent to which they are actively contributing to the exchange of knowledge [...]

>> Read it here

Briefing Note

New Rehabilitation Materials and Technologies for Road Bridges 

Learn about innovative methods like Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer, Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polymer and Ultra-High Performance Fiber-reinforced Concrete. Let's encourage new techniques for safer bridges!

>> Read it here

Technical Report

It's All About People – Defining and Promoting Diversity and New Talent Management 

Our Technical Committee 1.1 on "Performance of Transport Administrations" has been investigating how Transport [...]

>> Read it here

Collection of Case Studies

Specific Road Safety Issues for LMICs 

Through its report, our Technical Committee 3.1 on "Road Safety" shares measures addressing crucial issues like road safety culture and sustainable roads. Let's work together and build strong policies for a safer future!

>> Read it here

HIGHLIGHTS

See you in Prague in one month's time for the World Road Congress! 

This 27th edition will give you the opportunity to engage with road experts and practitioners from all over the world, and to take stock of the 50+ technical reports and knowledge products prepared by PIARC Committees during the 2020-2023 cycle.

>> Register here

Register for our two September international webinars on Road Safety! 

Take part in two webinars covering the main aspects of road safety: infrastructure, tunnels, management, speed, data, human behaviour, vulnerable road users and vehicles.

>> Register here

A look back at the webinar presenting the Road Asset Management Manual! 

Our Technical Committee 3.3 on "Road Asset Management" presented the French version of their Road Asset Management Manual. Watch the webinar and discover the different chapters of the Manual as well as examples of concrete applications.

>> Watch here

Discover the interview with our President, Nazir Alli, on decarbonisation and diversity! 

Justin Ward (Chartered Institution of Highways and Transport in the UK - CIHT), spoke with Nazir Alli about a global perspective on roads, decarbonisation and diversity, and much more!

>> Listen to the podcast

UPCOMING EVENTS

Find all the events in the calendar 

Webinar on Road Safety "Infrastructure, tunnels, speed, data" 

September 05
Online, at 2pm (CET)

European Transport Conference 2023 

September 06 - 08
Milan (Italy)

Webinar on Road Safety "Management, Behaviour, VRUs, Vehicles" 

September 15
Online, at 2pm (Paris time)

Vision Zero International Course 

September 18 - 22
Stockholm (Sweden)

World Road Congress 2023 

October 02 - 06
(Czech Republic)

D-A-CH-Information-Conference 

November 09 - 10
Winterthur (Switzerland)

12th International Conference "Tunnel safety and ventilation" 

April 16 - 18
Graz (Austria)

Find all the events in the calendar 

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