Socio-Economic Demands and Modifications of Bridges

Bridges provide vital links in the road network. Bridges are one of the network elements that require the most attention because the investment in bridges represents approximately thirty percent of the total investment. Road users, road owners and other interested parties - in the following referred to as society - are currently setting up new socio-economic (S-E) demands on the road network including bridges e.g. demands for increasing passability or a reduction of the impact on the environment. [...]

Social Acceptance of Road Infrastructure Projects

This report, which has been drawn up on the basis of an initial questionnaire distributed to the PIARC C4, aims primarily to provide answers, illustrated by a number of annexed examples, to the following questions: 1) What are the different levels of acceptance or recognition of projects that can be considered as universal values able to explain the social acceptance concept? 2) Based on examples of project development processes provided by the countries, what are the key stages in which it [...]

Towards a Multimodal Approach of the Transport System

Sustainable development is already used world-wide to represent the need to direct the future of the earth and human beings. The transportation sector plays a major role both for the economic development and the environmental balance of the world. A comprehensive multimodal approach to the transport system is a major step toward the sustainable mobility in addition to the contribution available from various technological advances in cleaner and energy-saving vehicles. Later in this report [...]

Intermodality: Measures to Stimulate Public Transport Usage

This is the report of the activities from PIARC Committee on Urban Areas sub-group on intermodality, which deals with traveller intermodality in which public transport plays a major role. The activities of this subgroup have been focused on public transport measures and other measures that affect public transport use, and on transport interchange facilities. The aim of the study is to provide information and pass on ideas to countries and cities on measures that can help achieve a traveller intermodality [...]

Transport and Urban Development

Because of the close relation between land use, environment, economic and transportation, it is necessary to co-ordinate land use and transportation planning. Professionals seek integrated approaches to ensure that urban, regional and economic development takes place in an environment that addresses social needs. This general aspect applies to all types of industrialised countries, countries in transition and the developing countries. However, in different countries, and regions within those countries, [...]