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• 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
• 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
• Internal Performance Improvement of Road Administrations

  

  This report sets out a framework for international collaboration in relation to performance improvement of Road Administrations. It develops the background for a dossier of best practice summaries linked to characteristics of country situations so that it will be practicable for the information to be [...]

  • Date : 2003
  • Pages : 80
  • PIARC Ref. : 15.06.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-151-6
• Management of Post-tensioned Grouted Duct Bridges

  Post-tensioned concrete bridges, which were pioneered in France, but soon taken up by the engineers in other advanced countries, have proven to be increasingly popular as an economically competitive and safe form of construction. With the introduction of many innovative techniques within a relatively [...]

  • Date : 2000
  • Pages : 184
  • PIARC Ref. : 11.08.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-125-7
• 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
• PIARC Seminars - Recommendations for Planning and Carrying out PIARC Seminars

  

  These methodological guidelines suggest recommendations to Chairpersons and Secretaries of PIARC Technical Committees aiming at convincing them of the desirability of organising seminars in conjunction with certain plenary meetings of their Committees or Groups and give them some advice for this purpose. [...]

  • Date : 1999
  • Pages : 22
  • PIARC Ref. : 03.07.BEN
• Procurement of Works, Goods and Services by Road Administrations

  

  This report sets out a framework for international collaboration on improving procurement of works, goods and services by Road Administrations. It develops the background for a dossier of best practice summaries linked to road network and organizational characteristics so that the information can be [...]

  • Date : 2003
  • Pages : 96
  • PIARC Ref. : 15.05.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-143-5
• Quality systems and improved performance

  The initial discussions of working group of the PIARC Technical Committee on Performance of Road Administrations (C15) on quality systems indicated that they were being used by road administrations to improve management at both the organisational and project level. The working group developed a conceptual [...]

  • Date : 2000
  • Pages : 52
  • PIARC Ref. : 15.04.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-133-8
• Restructuring of the Road Sector

  

  The aim of this report is to answer the question 'who is responsible for what' in dealing with road infrastructure and road transport issues concentrating strictly on organizational rather than financial issues even if it is often difficult to separate one from the other. The information contained [...]

  • Date : 2000
  • Pages : 96
  • PIARC Ref. : 15.01.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-130-3
• 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
• 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
• Save Your Country's Roads

  

  The full text of this PIARC pamphlet is on-line (PDF format, 650 Ko). Building a road costs money. Without maintenance, the road deteriorates and transport costs soar. The economy suffers. Yet even small budgets make a difference. This briefing is for those with the drive and the foresight to [...]

  • PIARC Ref. : SAVEEN
  • ISBN : 1-86-192181-0
• 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 Framework for Performance Indicators

  

  In 1995, the OECD Road Transport Research Programmed established an Expert Group to investigate Performance Indicators for the Road Sector. From 1996 to 1999, the work group C6.6/7, taking into account the recommendations established by the OECD Road Transport Research Programmed, dealt with the theme [...]

  • Date : 2004
  • Pages : 132
  • PIARC Ref. : 06.07.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-165-6
• 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
• 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
• Training program Design - Tehnology Transfer in the Road Sector - Transport Guidelines for Training Programs Design

  

  These methodological guidelines are mainly aimed at countries wishing to acquire new technologies by way of transfer, in the road sector, in its broader meaning, which includes construction, maintenance and operation of roads as well as organization and management. These guidelines address the criteria [...]

  • Date : 1999
  • Pages : 28
  • PIARC Ref. : 03.06.BEN
• 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
• Use of Innovative Materials for Bridge Construction and Repair

  The management of bridges is greatly affected by the material used in their construction as well as for repairs and maintenance, with regard to requirements of performance, durability and quality. In order to obtain a better understanding of the availability and development of innovative materials [...]

  • Date : 2001
  • Pages : 192
  • PIARC Ref. : 11.09.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-137-0
• 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