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• The concept of institutional capacity building and review of road sector projects

  

  Institutional capacity building (ICP) is one of the leading challenges in developing countries and countries with economies in transition.Road sector-related ICB refers to investment in people, institutions and practices that will enable these countries to achieve their road sector development objectives.It [...]

  • Date : 2010
  • Pages : 63
  • PIARC Ref. : 2010R02EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-231-8
• The use of monetised values for socio-environmental impacts of road projects

  

  This report presents the current practice of monetising socio/environmental impacts in road project appraisal methodologies. It presents: a synthesis of the responses from 13 countries to an international survey; an overview of the HEATCO study on road project appraisal techniques across 25 countries [...]

  • Date : 2008
  • Pages : 107
  • PIARC Ref. : 2008R19EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-219-9
• Anticipating the impact of climate change on road earthworks

  

  Climate change and its consequences are one of the main preoccupations of the beginning of the 21 st century. The first part of the report presents, as an example, regional scenarios of the climate evolution for Quebec and Switzerland. The second part focuses on water: lack or excess of water and its [...]

  • Date : 2008
  • Pages : 69
  • PIARC Ref. : 2008R12EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-212-1
• Review of the growth and development of recycling in pavement construction

  

  This report presents an overview of the use of recycling techniques in pavement construction in many countries. It highlights the barriers to recycling and describes systems and approaches that assist in overcoming these barriers. The incentives that are discussed are related to client awareness, [...]

  • Date : 2008
  • Pages : 203
  • PIARC Ref. : 2008R05EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-205-9
• Road tunnels: a guide to optimising the air quality impact upon the environment

  

  Air quality has become a topic of concern in the planning, design and operation process of road tunnels. This is a state-of-the-art report on the knowledge and regulations in the field of road traffic impact on air quality. It also provides a detailed description of air quality optimization at tunnel [...]

  • Date : 2008
  • Pages : 179
  • PIARC Ref. : 2008R04EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-204-0
• CD-ROUTE

  Minimum Equipment Required CD-ROUTE can be used on PC (386 at least, Windows 3.1, 95 & NT) and Macintosh® (68020 at least), Power Mac®, Mac OS version 7. Minimum equipment required: 16 Mo RAM, a hard disk and a 14'' colour screen (256 colours or more). The program is very easy to install. [...]

  • Date : 2000
  • PIARC Ref. : CD-ROUTEEN
• How to apply the concepts of sustainable development to transport?

  

  This report has been produced by Technical Committee C2.1. Sustainable Development and Road Transport and provides an analysis of "How to apply the concepts of Sustainable Development to Transport?" from the approaches implemented in a few cases - either policies, programmes or projects. These cases [...]

  • Date : 2007
  • Pages : 127
  • PIARC Ref. : 2007R08EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-198-2
• Modelling Road User and Environmental Effects in HDM-4

  This document is the seventh volume in the series of seven volumes of HDM-4 documentation. It covers modelling road user and environmental effects (RUEE). The report presents an overview of how they are introduced in studies and describes representative vehicles. The second section deals with road [...]

  • Date : 2004
  • Pages : 412
  • PIARC Ref. : HDM4-Volume7EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-103-6
• Impacts of road construction and maintenance activities on road users and the adjacent land use

  

  This technical report synthesizes information on techniques to reduce the impact of road construction, rehabilitation and maintenance activities on road users (driving public and construction workers) and the adjacent land use (homeowners, businesses, etc.). The study included a survey to collect [...]

  • Date : 2007
  • Pages : 133
  • PIARC Ref. : 2007R05EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-194-X
• ITS Manual - 2nd edition

  Following the success of the ITS Handbook 2000, the PIARC Technical Committee on Network Operations has completed a new and extended edition. This new edition takes into account the experience gained over the last years; it provides information about the status of implementation of ITS technologies [...]

  • Date : 2006
  • Pages : 450
  • PIARC Ref. : Manuel STI - 2e edition / ITS Handbook - 2nd editionEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-188-5 Edition française / 1-58053-103-2 English version
• Survey of focused funding of environmental mitigation

  

  Concerns about environmental quality, social equity and economic vitality have converged to produce a growing interest in the concept of sustainable development. Efforts are being made all over the world to increase the sustainability of development patterns and road transport. In countries throughout [...]

  • Date : 2007
  • Pages : 35
  • PIARC Ref. : 2007R03EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-191-5
• Measures promoting alternatives to the road and intermodal terminals

  

  La croissance très importante du transport de marchandises par la route rend nécessaire la recherche d'une utilisation optimale des différents modes de transport dans une perspective de développement durable. Ce rapport présente les tendances et problèmes clés dans le transport intermodal. Il [...]

  • Date : 2007
  • Pages : 175
  • PIARC Ref. : 2007R02EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-192-3
• Social and environmental approaches to sustainable transport infrastructures

  

  Based on a survey performed in different countries facing various economic development contexts and on case studies, this report studies: how is sustainable development dealt with in politics, planning, strategy and operation; what are the methods, targets and criteria used to assess sustainability; [...]

  • Date : 2007
  • Pages : 124
  • PIARC Ref. : 2007R01EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-190-7
• A Conceptual Performance Indicator Framework for the Road Sector

  

  This paper deals with two strategic themes that the PIARC committee C15 on the Performance of Road Administrations was given to examine, namely: to propose an effective performance management framework and to identify internationally comparable measures of performance of the road system and road administrations. [...]

  • Date : 2004
  • Pages : 80
  • PIARC Ref. : 15.07.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-171-0
• CD-7802 - Pavement Recycling (Guidelines)

  This document, realised by the PIARC Technical Committee on Road Pavements (C7/8), is avaible only on CD-ROM. It contains three different guidelines: cold in place recycling of pavements with cement, cold in place recycling of pavements with bitumen emulsion or foamed bitumen, and hot mix [...]

  • Date : 2003
  • Pages : 160
  • PIARC Ref. : 78.02.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-153-2
• Cost Recovery and Dedication of Road User Fees

  

  Under the jurisdiction of PIARC Committee on Financing and Economic Evaluation (C9) an investigation was undertaken within PIARC member countries on the related topics of cost recovery of road user fees and the dedication of such fees to road or transportation purposes. The material that follows is [...]

  • Date : 1999
  • Pages : 60
  • PIARC Ref. : 09.03.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-056-0
• Decision-Making Processes in the Implementation of Sustainable Road Policies

  

  Investment and policy decisions in road transport infrastructure are often significant decisions in the life of governments and communities because of the large amounts of money involved and the impact that the construction and operation of the infrastructure can have on stakeholders, communities and [...]

  • Date : 2003
  • Pages : 144
  • PIARC Ref. : 14.04.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-148-6
• Development of tools for Performance Measurement

  This report constitutes the synthesis of the work carried out by the C15 PIARC Committee on the theme: "Development of Performance Measuring Tools". It aims at showing the principal performance indicators used in the PIARC countries and the use which can be made of them in order to improve the efficiency [...]

  • Date : 1999
  • Pages : 92
  • PIARC Ref. : 15.02.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-054-4
• Efficient Allocation of Financial and Budgetary Resources

  This report covers the work of PIARC Committee C15 on Performance of Road Administrations (C15) on efficient allocation of financial and budgetary resources. An evaluation of the efficiency of existing systems and economic appraisal methods to allocate financial and budgetary resources and a comparison [...]

  • Date : 2000
  • Pages : 120
  • PIARC Ref. : 15.03.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-123-0
• Environment and Construction of Road Projects

  One work area of the PIARC Committee on the Environment concerns the consequences of the construction of road projects. In July 1997, an inquiry was sent to all PIARC member countries. It dealt with the five major topics identified by the Working Group: soil and water protection; how to deal with contaminated [...]

  • Date : 2000
  • Pages : 80
  • PIARC Ref. : 14.03.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-122-2
• Environmental and Health Aspects Related to Working with Bituminous Mixtures

  This report describes the arrangements made to limit the impact of dust and gaseous emissions in particular, both at the production and laying stage of bituminous mixtures. It also reviews the state of the art in the evaluation of health risks to workers on paver, with emphasis on the large difference [...]

  • Date : 1995
  • Pages : 32
  • PIARC Ref. : 08.04.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-032-3
• Environmental Impact of Existing Pavements

  The management of negative consequences such as the deterioration of the living environment, road hazard, energy consumption, air pollution, noise, biotope modification and road congestion are today's major challenges. We often talk about the long term but work on a short-term basis without any realistically-targeted, [...]

  • Date : 2000
  • Pages : 136
  • PIARC Ref. : 14.02.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-121-4
• Evaluation and Limitation of Impacts social and environmental for Road Networks and Transport Policies

  

  One work area of the PIARC Committee 14 on "Sustainable development and Road Transport" concerns the evaluation and limitation of impacts of road networks and transport policies. The Road is life (Via Vita). This are the words contained in the logo of the World Road Association established in 1909. [...]

  • Date : 2004
  • Pages : 274
  • PIARC Ref. : 14.05.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-163-X
• Highway Performance Monitoring Systems (HPMS)

  In 1996, PIARC launched a project linked to Highway Performance Monitoring Systems (HPMS). The objective of this project was to assess existing HPMS-systems to provide road administrations (especially from Central and eastern Europe) with efficient short-term and long-term maintenance strategies and [...]

  • Date : 1997
  • Pages : 68
  • PIARC Ref. : 06.02.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-052-8
• Integrated Intermodal Strategies for Road, Rail and Water Transport

  This publication reports on the proceedings of a seminar entitled 'Integrated Intermodal Strategies for Road, Rail and Water Transport' held in Helsinki between 22nd and 27th October 2000. Organised by the World Road Association (PIARC) and the Institute for Highway and Maritime Education (IHME) [...]

  • Date : 2001
  • Pages : 148
  • PIARC Ref. : IHMEEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-136-2