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• 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
• The Urban Road Network Design

  Urban development is determined among others by roads and streets. A good design will act as a catalyst, but a bad design will eventually paralyze life in the town or city. To enhance the unity between urban and road design, the urban road network must be reorganized. Urban roads must serve a variety [...]

  • Date : 1991
  • Pages : 40
  • PIARC Ref. : 10.04.BEN
• 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 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
• Transport Interchanges and Urban Development

  As a part of the PIARC 2000-2003 work program, the Committee on Urban Areas and Integrated Urban Transport (C10) investigated the relations between transport interchanges and urban development, in order to : identify best practices of integrated passenger interchanges in urban development and freight [...]

  • Date : 2003
  • Pages : 10
  • PIARC Ref. : 10.13.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-150-8
• Urban Mobility

  A dilemma faces public policy makers today in much of the world and particularly in the developing world. In all societies, individuals have similar time pressures on their day and similar needs to access opportunities. The statistics presented in this report demonstrate that as persons gain the means [...]

  • Date : 1995
  • Pages : 51
  • PIARC Ref. : 10.05.BEN
  • ISBN : RRspécial-I-1995
• Urban Road Design and Architecture

  This report develops further ideas (see 10.04.B page 49) on the organization and design of the urban road network, with the following main objectives: to develop the "environmental capacity" concept introduced by Buchanan report (1963), to explore the relationship between functional and visual [...]

  • Date : 1995
  • Pages : 34
  • PIARC Ref. : 10.08.BEN
  • ISBN : RR-II-1995
• Urban Road Network Management

  Many different organizations are interested in using the area above and below the streets. One of the most important things is to co-ordinate and harmonize the various areas of interest. The purpose of this report is to show who decides how the street zones in cities are used; to show different organizational [...]

  • Date : 1995
  • PIARC Ref. : 10.09.BEN
• 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