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PIARC (World Road Association), founded in 1909 and comprising 125 member governments from all over the world, is the global forum for exchange of knowledge and experience on roads, road transport policies and practices. With consultative status to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, the Association is contributing to a stable and sustainable global development of the road and transport sector.

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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.

  • Roads of Hungary

    This paper presents various aspects of the Hungarian road system. Aspects discussed in the paper include organisation, transport and road policy, finance, road network development and repairs, motorways, urban local roads, cycle tracks and private roads.

  • Roads in Mali

    Overview of the road network in Mali from 1960 to nowadays.

  • Intelligent transport systems (ITS), activities at the European Union level

    Description of the current state of play with deployment of ITS in Europe. Analysis of its contribution to the provision of safe, efficient and sustainable transport, fit for the twenty first century. List of the domains that need to be pursued to safeguard interoperability between systems and services across organisational and jurisdictional boundaries.

  • For major projects, risk management brings real-world rewards

    Risk management approach used by State transportation authorities so as to reach their objectives on time and within budget.

  • Motorways concessions and tolls in Italy

    Current context of the Italian concession system, law and application frameworks of concessions and future developments.