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Technical Reports Road policies

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

  • Public Value Creation By Transport Agencies - A PIARC Literature Review

    Transport agencies around the world are facing a shift in their role within society. Traditionally tasked with building and maintaining physical infrastructure—roads, bridges, tunnels, public transport systems—these agencies have been historically evaluated by their technical efficiency: whether they delivered projects on time, within budget, and according to engineering standards. Today, however, transport agencies are increasingly judged by the broader impact they have on citizens’ lives. [...]

  • The Role of Innovative Its Technologies In Transport Sustainability - A PIARC High Impact Summary

    Global transport systems face increasing pressure to decarbonise, improve equity, and enhance resilience. ITS play a pivotal role in this transition, offering data ‑ driven, digital solutions that support sustainable, efficient, and user ‑ centric mobility. This high ‑ impact summary synthesises global developments across Europe, North America, Asia ‑ Pacific, and emerging economies, highlighting practical applications, technological innovations, and systemic challenges in embedding [...]

  • Envisioning The Transport Agency Of The Future - A PIARC Literature Review

    Over the last decade, there have been unprecedented changes impacting the roads and transport sector with the rise of new technologies and service models, climate change, new forms of work and leisure, and the evolution of a complex and technology-enabled mobility ecosystem at a fast pace. This creates a context of the sector facing important challenges originating from systemic and ongoing changes in society, economy and environment. Transportation agencies must keep on track of these trends while [...]

  • Envisioning the Transport Agency of the Future - A PIARC High Impact Summary

    Over the last decade, there have been unprecedented changes impacting the roads and transport sector with the rise of new technologies and service models, climate change, new forms of work and leisure, and the evolution of a complex and technology-enabled mobility ecosystem at a fast pace. This creates a context of the sector facing important challenges originating from systemic and ongoing changes in society, economy and environment. Transportation agencies must keep on track of these trends while [...]

  • Measures for Reducing Carbon Footprint of Pavements - A PIARC Collection of Case Studies

    This report contains a collection of case studies on measures to reduce the carbon footprint of pavements, leveraging the collective expertise and efforts of the authors, including contributions from experts worldwide, including from low and middle-income countries. The case studies include the various stages of emissions of the materials across their life cycle, including the Product Stage (A1-A3), Construction Stage (A4-A5), Use Stage (B1-B7), End of Life Stage (C1-C4), and reuse, recovery [...]