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Technical Reports Urban Mobility

This page lists technical reports of PIARC in the field of urban mobility. These publications are classified chronologically.

  • Urban Road Design and Architecture

    This report develops further ideas (see 10.04.B page 49) on the organization and design of the urban road network, with the following main objectives: to develop the "environmental capacity" concept introduced by Buchanan report (1963), to explore the relationship between functional and visual aspects (concept of visual hierarchy) and the means to integrate them better, to focus on main roads (apart from motorways) by developing the concept of "urban boulevard" for main arterials integrated [...]

  • Priority to Public Transport and Other High Occupancy Vehicles (HOV)on Urban Roads

    The PIARC Committee on Urban Areas has reviewed the measures used by its member countries to assist the movement of public transport and other high occupancy vehicles [HOVs] on urban road networks with a view to disseminating more widely knowledge of good practice in the efficient use of congested road space. Replies to a questionnaire were received from 30 towns and cities in 15 countries. The report discusses the results of this study and some of the issues raised. This special issue also contains [...]

  • Traffic Management and Quality of Service

    The Topic Area Traffic Management and Quality of Service deals with several issues from the PIARC Strategic Plan for the period of 1995 - 1999. It deals with (1.2) "improving quality standards for design, construction, equipment and maintenance", (4.1) "improving traffic planning and management, taking account of all categories of users, (4.6) "effectiveness of measures to moderate traffic speeds" and (6.5) "addressing problems of traffic congestion, environment and mobility in urban areas of developing [...]

  • Through Traffic in Small Towns

    This report was written by two Technical Committees of PIARC, PIARC Technical Committee on Interurban Roads (C4) and PIARC Technical Committee on Roads in Urban Areas (C10). The report summarizes the experience of several countries (Belgium, Federal Republic of Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, France, Austria and Switzerland) in finding solutions to the problems of through traffic in small towns and it places particular emphasis on safety and environmental aspects. The information has been [...]

  • Parking Policies

    This report attempts to provide a global insight into parking policies. It describes the parking systems in several large cities (Brussels, Montreal, Quebec City, Prague, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Grenoble, Lyons, Nice, Budapest, Milan, Nagoya, Yokohama, London). The report contains a comparative analysis and makes recommendations.