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Publications Routes/Roads policies

This page lists Routes/Roads articles of PIARC in the field of road policies. These publications are classified chronologically.

  • Road transport and disabled people

    This article points out that the road environment today is more often than not insufficiently adapted to the needs of disabled people and claims for measures to be taken, in close cooperation with accessibility experts, in order to ensure that everybody, including disabled people, can benefit from a safe and accessible road transport environment.

  • Non-motorised trips, sustainable yet vulnerable!

    This article deals solely with non-motorised means of transport (going by foot, cycling, rollerblading, etc) generally known under the terms "slow", "active", "non-polluting" or "green".

  • Road safety and automatic enforcement in France: results and outlook

    Automated enforcement is a promising means of improving road safety. For 15 months, France has been implementing an important programme involving 1000 radars by the end of this year. This article describes the technical and organisational aspects of this programme and shows that the first results are encouraging and show promise for what is to come.

  • Reforms in financing road maintenance in Tanzania: achievements, challenges and strategies

    Status report following 15 years of institutional reforms within Sub-Saharan road administrations Beginning in the 1970's, most African countries were experiencing economic and financial hardship faced with extremely tight cash flow situations. These difficulties led to a slowing of capital investment flows into the transportation sector and a reduction in annual budgets allocated to the road network. The magnitude of these difficulties incited reflection on the types of structural adjustments [...]

  • The situation in Togo

    Status report following 15 years of institutional reforms within Sub-Saharan road administrations Beginning in the 1970's, most African countries were experiencing economic and financial hardship faced with extremely tight cash flow situations. These difficulties led to a slowing of capital investment flows into the transportation sector and a reduction in annual budgets allocated to the road network. The magnitude of these difficulties incited reflection on the types of structural adjustments [...]