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<id>tag:en,2015-11-02:19571</id>
<updated>2015-11-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
<title>XXVth World Road Congress</title>
<summary type='html'>(November 2-6, 2015) </summary>
<link href="http://www.piarcseoul2015.org/eng/index.htm" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
</entry>
<entry>
<id>tag:en,2014-09-23:19025</id>
<updated>2014-09-23T00:00:00Z</updated>
<title>12th International Symposium on Concrete Roads</title>
<summary type='html'>(September 23-26, 2014) "Innovative Solutions - Benefiting Society"</summary>
<link href="http://www.concreteroads2014.org/en/welcome" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
</entry>
<entry>
<id>tag:en,2014-06-02:19345</id>
<updated>2014-06-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
<title>FISITA 2014</title>
<summary type='html'>(June 02-06, 2014) "Intelligent transport to solve our future mobility, safety and environmental challenges"</summary>
<link href="http://www.fisita2014.com/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
</entry>
<entry>
<id>tag:en,2014-04-14:18948</id>
<updated>2014-04-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
<title>Transport Research Arena (TRA) 2014</title>
<summary type='html'>(April 14-17, 2014) Transport Solutions: from Research to Deployment - Innovate Mobility, Mobilise Innovation!</summary>
<link href="http://tra2014.sciencesconf.org" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
</entry>
<entry>
<id>tag:en,2014-03-31:19956</id>
<updated>2014-03-31T00:00:00Z</updated>
<title>International Seminar "Road Infrastructure Management: Current Practice and Development Prospective"</title>
<summary type='html'>(March 31st to April 2nd 2014) </summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<id>tag:en,2014-03-25:19561</id>
<updated>2014-03-25T00:00:00Z</updated>
<title>Intertraffic Amsterdam 2014</title>
<summary type='html'>(March 25-28, 2104) </summary>
<link href="http://www.intertraffic.com/intertraffic-amsterdam/Pages/default.aspx" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
</entry>
<entry>
<id>tag:en,2014-02-04:13609</id>
<updated>2014-02-04T00:00:00Z</updated>
<title>International Winter Road Congress</title>
<summary type='html'>(4-7 February 2014) </summary>
<link href="http://www.piarc.org/en/calendar/International-Winter-Road-Congresses-World-Road-Association/International-Winter-Road-Congress-Andorra-2014/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
</entry>
<entry>
<id>tag:en,2013-12-02:19696</id>
<updated>2013-12-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
<title>2nd International New Urbanism and Smart Transport Conference</title>
<summary type='html'>(December 2-3, 2013) </summary>
<link href="http://newurbanism-smarttransport2.com" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
</entry>
<entry>
<id>tag:en,2013-11-11:19043</id>
<updated>2013-11-11T00:00:00Z</updated>
<title>International Seminar National Road Safety Policies and Programmes</title>
<summary type='html'>(November 11-12, 2013) </summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<id>tag:en,2013-11-09:19659</id>
<updated>2013-11-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
<title>17th IRF World Meeting 2013</title>
<summary type='html'>(November 9-13, 2013) </summary>
<link href="http://irf2013.org/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
</entry>
<entry>
<id>tag:en,2013-11-06:18996</id>
<updated>2013-11-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
<title>International Seminar Improved Mobility in Urban Areas with TC2.1</title>
<summary type='html'>(November 6-8, 2013) </summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<id>tag:en,2013-11-06:18994</id>
<updated>2013-11-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
<title>International Seminar Road Network Operations with TC2.2</title>
<summary type='html'>(November 6-8, 2013) </summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<id>tag:en,2013-10-28:19037</id>
<updated>2013-10-28T00:00:00Z</updated>
<title>International Seminar Freight Transport</title>
<summary type='html'>(October 28-30, 2013) </summary>
<link href="http://www.piarc.org/ressources/documents/INTERNATIONALS-SEMINARS-PROCEEDINGS/INTERNATIONAL-SEMINAR-PIARC-MONTEVIDEO-2013/19442,International-Seminar-Montevideo-2013-First-Announcement-World-Road-Association.pdf" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
</entry>
<entry>
<id>tag:en,2013-10-23:19431</id>
<updated>2013-10-23T00:00:00Z</updated>
<title>International Seminar "Sustainable Road Tunnel Operations"</title>
<summary type='html'>(October 23-25, 2013) </summary>
<link href="http://www.piarc.org/ressources/documents/INTERNATIONALS-SEMINARS-PROCEEDINGS/INTERNATIONAL-SEMINAR-PIARC-DA-NANG-2013/19927,International-Seminar-First-Announcement-Vietnam-2013-World-Road-Association.pdf" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
</entry>
<entry>
<id>tag:en,2013-10-14:19423</id>
<updated>2013-10-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
<title>20th ITS World Congress</title>
<summary type='html'>(October 14-18, 2013) </summary>
<link href="http://www.itsworldcongress.jp/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
</entry>
<entry>
<id>tag:en,2013-10-09:18988</id>
<updated>2013-10-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
<title>International Seminar "Risk Management for Highway Infrastructure"</title>
<summary type='html'>(October 9-11, 2013) </summary>
<link href="http://www.piarc.org/ressources/documents/INTERNATIONALS-SEMINARS-PROCEEDINGS/INTERNATIONAL-SEMINAR-PIARC-MERIDA-2013/19914,International-Seminar-Mexico-2013-First-Announcement-World-Road-Association.pdf" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
</entry>
<entry>
<id>tag:en,2013-10-03:19559</id>
<updated>2013-10-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
<title>Intertraffic India 2013</title>
<summary type='html'>(October 03-05, 2013) </summary>
<link href="http://www.intertraffic.com/intertraffic-india/Pages/default.aspx" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
</entry>
<entry>
<id>tag:en,2013-10-02:19950</id>
<updated>2013-10-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
<title>International seminar "Building road safety capacity"</title>
<summary type='html'>(October 2-4, 2013) </summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<id>tag:en,2013-10-01:19387</id>
<updated>2013-10-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
<title>2nd International Symposium UHPC 2013</title>
<summary type='html'>(October 1-3, 2013) "Ultra-High Performance Fibre-reinforced Concrete"</summary>
<link href="http://www.afgc.asso.fr/index.php/uhpfrc2013" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
</entry>
<entry>
<id>tag:en,2013-09-24:19506</id>
<updated>2013-09-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
<title>International Seminar "Performance and Governance of Road and Transport Administrations"</title>
<summary type='html'>(September 24-27, 2013) </summary>
<link href="http://www.piarc.org/ressources/documents/INTERNATIONALS-SEMINARS-PROCEEDINGS/INTERNATIONAL-SEMINAR-PIARC-ARUSHA-2013/19504,International-Seminar-Tanzania-2013-First-Annoncement-World-Road-Association.pdf" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
</entry>
<entry>
<id>tag:en,2013-09-18:13749</id>
<updated>2013-09-18T00:00:00Z</updated>
<title>2nd "Tunnels and ITS" Symposium</title>
<summary type='html'>(September 18-19, 2013) ITS and Road tunnels</summary>
<link href="http://www.itstunnels.no" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
</entry>
<entry>
<id>tag:en,2013-08-26:17091</id>
<updated>2013-08-26T00:00:00Z</updated>
<title>XXVIIIth International Baltic Road Conference</title>
<summary type='html'>(August 26-28, 2013) </summary>
<link href="http://www.brc2013.lt/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
</entry>
<entry>
<id>tag:en,2013-08-25:13947</id>
<updated>2013-08-25T00:00:00Z</updated>
<title>T2013 International Conference</title>
<summary type='html'>(August 25-28, 2013) 20th International Council on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety (ICADTS)</summary>
<link href="http://t2013.com/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
</entry>
<entry>
<id>tag:en,2013-08-25:19907</id>
<updated>2013-08-25T00:00:00Z</updated>
<title>20th International Council on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety Conference</title>
<summary type='html'>(August 25-28, 2013) </summary>
<link href="http://t2013.com/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
</entry>
<entry>
<id>tag:en,2013-07-01:19186</id>
<updated>2013-07-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
<title>Intermodal freight terminals - Challenges and good practice</title>
<summary type='html'>Intermodal freight transport is growing faster than pure road or rail freight transport in many parts of the world. Due to its efficiency and environmental benefits, intermodal transport is gaining more and more importance as a supplement and/or alternative to road-only transport. Intermodality is seen as one possible approach with a high potential to make freight transport more sustainable and to facilitate economic development.
Intermodal terminals - seaport and inland terminals - play a [...]</summary>
<link href="http://www.piarc.org/en/order-library/19186-en-Intermodal freight terminals - Challenges and good practice.htm" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
</entry>
<entry>
<id>tag:en,2013-06-25:19946</id>
<updated>2013-06-25T00:00:00Z</updated>
<title>Road Safety Management System</title>
<summary type='html'>(June 25, 2013) "Impact of Safety Management System on Driver Health and Safety Performance"</summary>
<link href="http://www.piarc.org/ressources/documents/Evenements-calendrier/19945,Seminar-Road-Safety-Management-System-World-Road-Association.pdf" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
</entry>
<entry>
<id>tag:en,2013-06-25:19336</id>
<updated>2013-06-25T00:00:00Z</updated>
<title>BCRRA 2013</title>
<summary type='html'>(June 25-27, 2013) </summary>
<link href="http://www.ntnu.no/bcrra/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
</entry>
<entry>
<id>tag:en,2013-06-20:19523</id>
<updated>2013-06-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
<title>International Conference on Pedestrian and Cyclist Safety</title>
<summary type='html'>(June 20-21, 2013) </summary>
<link href="http://www.pri.kiev.ua/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
</entry>
<entry>
<id>tag:en,2013-05-28:19929</id>
<updated>2013-05-28T00:00:00Z</updated>
<title>Human factors in road design. Review of design standards in nine countries</title>
<summary type='html'>Soon available</summary>
<link href="http://www.piarc.org/en/order-library/19929-en-Human factors in road design. Review of design standards in nine countries.htm" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
</entry>
<entry>
<id>tag:en,2013-05-06:19666</id>
<updated>2013-05-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
<title>Second UN Global Road Safety Week</title>
<summary type='html'>(May 6-12, 2013) Pedestrian safety</summary>
<link href="http://www.who.int/roadsafety/week/2013/en/index.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
</entry>
<entry>
<id>tag:en,2013-05-02:19854</id>
<updated>2013-05-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
<title>Practices on involvement of local community in rural roads</title>
<summary type='html'>A rural road network is a basic community asset which has tremendous bearing on socio-economic development of rural communities, therefore; involvement of communities is critical in projects or works aimed at providing rural accessibility.
The rapport discusses the roles that a community can play in a development project. It analyzes the factors which might affect community participation and the steps for achieving participation. Examples are given of practices of community participation in [...]</summary>
<link href="http://www.piarc.org/en/order-library/19854-en-Practices on involvement of local community in rural roads.htm" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
</entry>
<entry>
<id>tag:en,2013-04-29:19789</id>
<updated>2013-04-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
<title>Greenhouse gas abatement potential in the Australian transport sector</title>
<summary type='html'>The article presents recent efforts to identify options that could significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from Australia's transport sector; determine the potential magnitude of emission reductions for each option, both individually and cumulatively; examine challenges to achieving the options' full potential; and investigate any uncertainties, especially concerning their likely effectiveness.</summary>
<link href="http://www.piarc.org/en/order-library/19789-en-Greenhouse gas abatement potential in the Australian transport sector.htm" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
</entry>
<entry>
<id>tag:en,2013-04-29:19771</id>
<updated>2013-04-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
<title>Evolution in size and weight of commercial freight vehicles</title>
<summary type='html'>This article describes some recent worldwide experience in relation to larger and heavier freight vehicles, and notes some of the challenges and pressures on policy makers.</summary>
<link href="http://www.piarc.org/en/order-library/19771-en-Evolution in size and weight of commercial freight vehicles.htm" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
</entry>
<entry>
<id>tag:en,2013-04-29:19753</id>
<updated>2013-04-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
<title>Road pricing for heavy vehicles: a key for financing road infrastructure? A successful example in Austria</title>
<summary type='html'>This article presents the experience of Austria to introduce an electronic charging system for heavy vehicles. It describes the background, evolution and objectives of the charging system, and concludes on the Austrian experience.</summary>
<link href="http://www.piarc.org/en/order-library/19753-en-Road pricing for heavy vehicles: a key for financing road infrastructure A successful example in Austria.htm" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
</entry>
<entry>
<id>tag:en,2013-04-29:19743</id>
<updated>2013-04-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
<title>Public sector governance of urban freight management</title>
<summary type='html'>The article summarizes the findings of an analysis of case studies and presents a partnership based framework to address the challenges of urban freight management.</summary>
<link href="http://www.piarc.org/en/order-library/19743-en-Public sector governance of urban freight management.htm" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
</entry>
<entry>
<id>tag:en,2013-04-29:19732</id>
<updated>2013-04-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
<title>Europe: key challenges and solution strategies for urban freight transport</title>
<summary type='html'>This article discusses the challenges and some solutions for urban freight management. It highlights the importance of addressing delivery vehicles in any planning for sustainable cities, the importance of partnerships, and the careful consideration of geography, other transport tasks and logistics chains as factors in the success of initiatives to improve urban freight transport.</summary>
<link href="http://www.piarc.org/en/order-library/19732-en-Europe: key challenges and solution strategies for urban freight transport.htm" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
</entry>
<entry>
<id>tag:en,2013-04-29:19798</id>
<updated>2013-04-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
<title>Crossing the Pyrenees thanks to winter maintenance performed on Andorran and French roads in the 1930's</title>
<link href="http://www.piarc.org/en/order-library/19798-en-Crossing the Pyrenees thanks to winter maintenance performed on Andorran and French roads in the 1930-s.htm" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
</entry>
<entry>
<id>tag:en,2013-04-29:19710</id>
<updated>2013-04-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
<title>Introductory Article</title>
<summary type='html'>In recent years, the focus of policy makers and transport planners has shifted from moving vehicles, to moving people and goods and seeking to moderate transport demand.With this shift has come a greater focus on optimising the use of the transport system, although this has often been on a modal basis or with a bias towards particular modes in order to maximise particular outcomes - for example economic or environmental.
The concept of sustainable freight transport is a common theme of the [...]</summary>
<link href="http://www.piarc.org/en/order-library/19710-en-Introductory Article.htm" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
</entry>
<entry>
<id>tag:en,2013-04-29:19762</id>
<updated>2013-04-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
<title>Introducing co-modality</title>
<summary type='html'>This article introduces the concept of co-modality, as,'the efficient use of different modes on their own an in combination will result in an optimal and sustainable utilisation of resources'.</summary>
<link href="http://www.piarc.org/en/order-library/19762-en-Introducing co-modality.htm" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
</entry>
<entry>
<id>tag:en,2013-04-29:19780</id>
<updated>2013-04-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
<title>Impacts from truck traffic on road infrastructure</title>
<summary type='html'>This article explores the impact of heavy vehicles in terms of the impact on road pavements (rutting and asphalt pavement wear) and structures. It concludes that the future challenge is reconciling the optimisation of road freight transport with an optimised road facility management strategy.</summary>
<link href="http://www.piarc.org/en/order-library/19780-en-Impacts from truck traffic on road infrastructure.htm" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
</entry>
<entry>
<id>tag:en,2013-04-22:19680</id>
<updated>2013-04-22T00:00:00Z</updated>
<title>Road Network Operations Manual and ITS</title>
<link href="http://www.piarc.org/en/2013-04-22,19680.htm" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
</entry>
<entry>
<id>tag:en,2013-04-22:19679</id>
<updated>2013-04-22T00:00:00Z</updated>
<title>Road Safety Manual</title>
<link href="http://www.piarc.org/en/2013-04-22,19679.htm" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
</entry>
<entry>
<id>tag:en,2013-04-22:19682</id>
<updated>2013-04-22T00:00:00Z</updated>
<title>Commission Chairs</title>
<link href="http://www.piarc.org/en/2013-04-22,19682.htm" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
</entry>
<entry>
<id>tag:en,2013-04-22:19681</id>
<updated>2013-04-22T00:00:00Z</updated>
<title>PIARC/REAAA Cooperation</title>
<link href="http://www.piarc.org/en/2013-04-22,19681.htm" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
</entry>
<entry>
<id>tag:en,2013-04-18:19683</id>
<updated>2013-04-18T00:00:00Z</updated>
<title>Quiet pavement technologies</title>
<summary type='html'>tyre-pavement noise fundamentals (mechanisms, main systems which act as source, mechanisms complexity and practical needs). Practical solutions (asphalt rubber friction course, poroelastic road surface, porous asphalt-single-layer, porous asphalt- two-layer, stone mastic asphalt, thin and ultrathin surfacing, surface dressing, porous concrete, exposed aggregate concrete, drag textures, diamond grinding, longitudinal tining). Finally, national and multi-national quiet pavement initiatives [...]</summary>
<link href="http://www.piarc.org/en/order-library/19683-en-Quiet pavement technologies.htm" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
</entry>
<entry>
<id>tag:en,2013-04-17:19593</id>
<updated>2013-04-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
<title>Road accident investigation guidelines for road engineers</title>
<summary type='html'>In order to improve road safety, availability of accident data and an understanding of the circumstances that lead to crashes are of vital importance.
The purpose of Road Accident Investigation (RAI) is to help road engineers detect road infrastructure deficiencies that influence an accident, in order to guide them in drafting a preference list of improvement interventions or of black spot treatments, and in designing appropriate improvement measures.
The report describes the acccident data [...]</summary>
<link href="http://www.piarc.org/en/order-library/19593-en-Road accident investigation guidelines for road engineers.htm" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
</entry>
<entry>
<id>tag:en,2013-04-05:19603</id>
<updated>2013-04-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
<title>Monitoring of innovation in road pavements</title>
<summary type='html'>This report examines road administrations and agencies policies for fostering, assessing and implementing innovation in road design and construction. 
From an international survey, eight types of innovation policies were identified: adaptation of existing specifications ; agency led innovation, special organization processes ; technical agreements and certification programs ; value engineering proposals by contractors before and after contract bid ; end-performance and [...]</summary>
<link href="http://www.piarc.org/en/order-library/19603-en-Monitoring of innovation in road pavements.htm" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
</entry>
<entry>
<id>tag:en,2013-04-01:2893</id>
<updated>2013-04-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
<title>Routes/Roads</title>
<summary type='html'>n° 358 // 2013 2nd Quarter - Freight Transport</summary>
<link href="http://www.piarc.org/en/publications/Routes-Roads-Magazine/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
</entry>
<entry>
<id>tag:en,2013-03-20:19376</id>
<updated>2013-03-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
<title>Risk evaluation, current practice for risk evaluation for road tunnels</title>
<summary type='html'>This report is intended to provide discussion on the various established strategies for the evaluation of the results of a risk analysis for the risk assessment of road tunnels. 
After a presentation of background information on risk evaluation, the principles of the different approaches, both qualitative and quantitative, are explained and discussed. Evaluation of quantitative approaches for societal risk forms the main focus of this report which considers evaluations against absolute or [...]</summary>
<link href="http://www.piarc.org/en/order-library/19376-en-Risk evaluation, current practice for risk evaluation for road tunnels.htm" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
</entry>
<entry>
<id>tag:en,2013-03-19:19446</id>
<updated>2013-03-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
<title>Maintenance methods and strategies</title>
<summary type='html'>Abstract not available yet</summary>
<link href="http://www.piarc.org/en/order-library/19446-en-Maintenance methods and strategies.htm" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
</entry>
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