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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.

  • Toll motorways

    This article presente the results of a very extensive survey of the status of toll motorways in europe, which illustrates the efficienency of the toll road system very well. At the end of 1992, 13 European countries had part of their road system costs directly met by users; in particular, tolls were levied on 16 239 km of road, of which 15 537 km were motorways. On the basis of an agreement signed in Brussels, the twelve member nations of the Europeas Community (EC), at the time, reached an understanding [...]

  • Road construction in the United Federal Republic of Germany.

    This paper discusess road construction in the reunified germany within a wider context. It considers: German transport policy, the German economy and transport, the development and status of the Germn road network, the Federal Traffic Infrastructure Plan 1992, the Reguirement Plan for Federal trunk Roads, the Five-Year Plan for Federal trunk Road Improvements 1993-97 plu plans for a supplementary period until 2000, and the financial planning pf German transport. A comprehensive forecast for all [...]

  • Roads of Portugal

    This issues of "Routes/Roads" intends to provide an overview of the road sector in Portugal, and the national road network in particular.In 1978, the length of the nationla road network was 18 800 km, which represented 40% of the classified network, an abnormally high percentage. This fact, amongst others, led to the revision of the plan which was completed at the end of 1985.

  • Road safety in residential areas, the dutch experiences

    This article describes the expercience in the Netherlands in tackling a problem, which is relevant fo all countries - hw to cope with increasing numbers of vechiles in often congested residential areas without damaging road safety.

  • Tenderind and procurment procedures of National Road Administrations in Western Europe

    This paper containes the result of an exhange of information between national administrations of Western European Roads Directors Group within PIARC. The admintrative responsibilities for highways and the highways tendering and procurement procedures for the construction of national road networks are described. That is to say the net network which is the responsibility of the Road Dicertors. The purpose of the exercise was to obtain better back ground knowledge of current practices in Western Europe [...]