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Publications Routes/Road Road assets management

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

  • Asset Management

    Good asset management is fundamental to every road authority to ensure it can effectively manage its assets through the asset lifecycle. Asset management requires the ability to balance cost, risk and performance. PIARC Technical Committee 3.3 on Asset Management is looking to further improve the collective understanding of asset management with a view to more effective management of assets to optimise asset performance.

  • Asset Management in the Context of Climate Change - Approach of the Bavarian Road Administration

    Transport and road transport in particular, is and remains the biggest ‘CO2 polluter’ in Germany and in Bavaria as well. Looking at Bavaria’s total Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions compared to global emissions, Bavaria was only responsible for 0.2%, Germany for 1.8% of global GHG emissions in 2022. However, this does not absolve Bavaria and Germany from their responsibility to curb the causes and consequences of climate change. The Federal Republic of Germany has set itself legally binding national [...]

  • Award-Winning National Reports - TS4 - Resilient Infrastructure - Improved Life Cycle Management of Road Infrastructure During Digital Transformation

    This report includes a global view of achieved results and potential opportunities for the continuous improvement of road management in the extended system of digitization process, with an emphasis on data acquisition, systematic monitoring of assets as well as construction materials and their multiple reuse (qualitatively hierarchically conditioned) for the next mission in the service of road users. The focus for future is on the continuous improvement of possibilities of this activity using the [...]

  • General Report of the PIARC World Road Congress, Prague 2023

    PIARC was honored and delighted to have partnered with the Czech Republic to organize the 27 th World Road Congress in Prague. Indeed we were “together on the road again”. The success of the Congress is a testament to the cooperation between the Local Organizing Committee and PIARC. The record attendance of over 4000 delegates from more than 120 countries is evidence of the popularity and stature of the quadrennial PIARC World Road Congress. The technical sessions featured over 900 presentations [...]

  • TS3 - Safety and Sustainability - Safety of the Road System in Romania

    Responsibility for the organisation of road safety in Romania lies with the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure through the subordinate unit, National Company for Roads Infrastructure Administration (NCRIA SA).