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• 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 [...]

  • Date : 2000
  • Pages : 110
  • PIARC Ref. : 10.11.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-120-6
• ITS HANDBOOK 2000

  Compiled by the World Road Association (PIARC) Committee on Intelligent Transport, ITS Handbook 2000 provides a full review of operational tests and early deployment of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) in various countries around the world. This unique reference delivers evaluation results and [...]

  • Date : 2000
  • Pages : 436
  • PIARC Ref. : 16.01.BEN
  • ISBN : 1-58053-103-2
• Methods to Obtain Public Participation in Road Project Development

  

  Informing and consulting the public in the development of major highway projects are important issues for decision-makers and can pose major challenges. This report summarizes some countries' requirements and practices for public participation. It also contains a brief description of several techniques [...]

  • Date : 2000
  • Pages : 60
  • PIARC Ref. : 04.05.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-132-X
• Optimizing the Existing Interurban Road Network

  As part of the PIARC 2000-2003 work program, the Committee on Interurban Roads (C4) decided to discuss and investigate the links between the various measures available for optimising the existing interurban road network. The objective of the group is to establish the measures which work best to improve [...]

  • Date : 2003
  • Pages : 56
  • PIARC Ref. : 04.06.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-142-7
• Parking Policies

  This report attempts to provide a global insight into parking policies. It describes the parking systems in several large cities (Brussels, Montreal, Quebec City, Prague, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Grenoble, Lyons, Nice, Budapest, Milan, Nagoya, Yokohama, London). The report contains a comparative [...]

  • Date : 1995
  • Pages : 77
  • PIARC Ref. : 10.06.BEN
  • ISBN : RRspécial-I-1995
• Pollution by Nitrogen Dioxide in Road Tunnels

  

  This report has been prepared by the PIARC Committee on Road Tunnel Operation (C5) working group n° 2 devoted to Pollution, Ventilation and Environment. Awareness of the problem raised by nitrogen oxides in urban environment which came up following pollution phenomena (e.g. in London in 1952) has [...]

  • Date : 2000
  • Pages : 48
  • PIARC Ref. : 05.09.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-127-3
• Road Design and Traffic Operation Guidelines to aid the Older Motorists

  Studies show that the number and percentage of older people in general, and older drivers in particular, are growing rapidly. By the year 2025 people aged 60 and over are expected to account for about 24 percent of the European population, 22 percent of the Northern American population, and almost 14 [...]

  • Date : 1991
  • Pages : 68
  • PIARC Ref. : 10.03.BEN
• Road Network Operations Handbook

  Historically, road authorities responded to increasing demand by adding capacity, building new roads or expanding the existing ones. With the high costs and constraints on building conventional infrastructure, maximising the effectiveness of existing systems, including capitalising on new technologies [...]

  • Date : 2003
  • Pages : 304
  • PIARC Ref. : 16.02.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-145-1
• Road Tunnels: Emissions, Environment, Ventilation

  Due to a steady tightening of emission laws for cars and changes in the risk assessment of a tunnel fire, some design data need constant updating. The Report of the PIARC Committee on Road Tunnels to the XXth World Road Congress, 1995 (20.05.B) reviews the art of tunnel ventilation over the last 15 [...]

  • Date : 1996
  • Pages : 64
  • PIARC Ref. : 05.02.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-034-X
• Road Tunnels: Vehicle Emissions and Air Demand for Ventilation

  

  In 1990 and 1995 PIARC published the calculation methodology and the emission factors for road tunnel ventilation design. An update of the existing PIARC methodology was necessary, as the emission standards of the vehicles were becoming more stringent and hence the vehicles cleaner. The old version [...]

  • Date : 2004
  • Pages : 72
  • PIARC Ref. : 05.14.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-177-X
• Role and Positioning of the Road Administration

  A Working Group of PIARC Committee C15 analyzed various aspects of the organization, roles and responsibilities of Road Administrations worldwide, in relation to external factors, such as economic development, social demands, environmental and safety concerns, technological development and political [...]

  • Date : 2004
  • Pages : 80
  • PIARC Ref. : 15.08.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-172-9
• Safety at Roadworks

  

  Safety at all engineering works is improved through continuous training of supervisory and labour forces in the safe and proper use of power equipment and materials. In addition to these requirements, safety in roadworks requires the proper communication with and cooperation of the user. This report [...]

  • Date : 1996
  • Pages : 172
  • PIARC Ref. : 06.01.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-038-2
• 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 [...]

  • Date : 2003
  • Pages : 192
  • PIARC Ref. : 04.07.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-147-8
• 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 [...]

  • Date : 2000
  • Pages : 292
  • PIARC Ref. : 11.07.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-134-6
• The Environment in Transport Policy

  This report presents and evaluates the results of a survey on how environmental concerns influence transport policies in some PIARC member countries. Conclusions and recommendations are based on the national practices identified by the survey, on the discussions of the PIARC Technical Committee on the [...]

  • Pages : 96
  • PIARC Ref. : 14.01.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-098-6
• The Quality of Road Service - "Evaluation, Perception and Response Behaviour of Road Users"

  The quality of service is defined as the capability of a product or a service to meet the needs of its beneficiaries (users, residents, elected representatives, road owners and operators, etc.). Their expectations may vary from one country to another depending on specific cultural and socio-economic [...]

  • Pages : 192
  • PIARC Ref. : 04.04.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-099-4
• Through Traffic in Small Towns

  This report was written by two Technical Committees of PIARC, PIARC Technical Committee on Interurban Roads (C4) and PIARC Technical Committee on Roads in Urban Areas (C10). The report summarizes the experience of several countries (Belgium, Federal Republic of Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, [...]

  • Date : 1991
  • Pages : 44
  • PIARC Ref. : 04.03.BEN
• 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 [...]

  • Date : 2004
  • Pages : 150
  • PIARC Ref. : 04.08.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-157-5
• Traffic Congestion on Motorways and Dual-carriageway Roads

  The objective of this report is to pinpoint possible areas of convergence in the international experience, in terms of both theoretical assessment and also monitoring and identifying possible solutions for traffic congestion. The report is based on an international enquiry (Australia, Austria, Cuba, [...]

  • Date : 1991
  • Pages : 128
  • PIARC Ref. : 04.02.BEN
• Traffic Control, toll and Road Information

  Drafted by the PIARC Technical Committee on Roads in Urban Areas, this report aims at illustrating the possibilities offered by new technology, especially within the electronics industry, for a more satisfactory operation of the existing road capacity. Through better regulation, control and information [...]

  • Date : 1990
  • PIARC Ref. : 10.02.BEN
• Traffic Management and Quality of Service

  The Topic Area Traffic Management and Quality of Service deals with several issues from the PIARC Strategic Plan for the period of 1995 - 1999. It deals with (1.2) "improving quality standards for design, construction, equipment and maintenance", (4.1) "improving traffic planning and management, taking [...]

  • Date : 2000
  • Pages : 96
  • PIARC Ref. : 10.12.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-118-4
• 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 [...]

  • Date : 1999
  • Pages : 64
  • PIARC Ref. : 10.10.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-100-1
• Vehicle Size and Weight Limits - Experiences and Trends

  

  The objective of this report is to present an overview of problems concerning vehicle weight and dimensions monitoring and enforcement, such as National and international regulation for vehicle weight and dimensions and need of harmonization; the Directive 96/53 as a legal basis of the harmonization [...]

  • Date : 2004
  • Pages : 56
  • PIARC Ref. : 19.01.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-170-2