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• Setting Credible Speed Limits - Case Studies Report

  

  This report of case studies on the topic of speed limits includes a series of implemented countermeasures or experimental proofs of concept to help improve the road safety in a specific location or area. PIARC didn´t work on specific speed issues in the past periods, therefore this report also contains [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 35
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R26EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-560-7
• Framework on Measuring Effectiveness and Efficiency of Transport Administrations

  

  Around the world, governments and the communities that they serve are seeking to better understand if the services delivered by the public sector are meeting long term strategic objectives and the societal outcomes and needs of citizens. Public service organizations, including the transport sector, [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 43
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R22EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-551-5
• Evaluating the Transformation of Transport Administrations

  

  Road and transport administrations across the world face a range of pressures to change the way they plan, organise and deliver services. These pressures vary in nature, for example from changes in the demographic and customer base, the introduction of disruptive technologies, evolving economic, social [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 116
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R21EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-547-8
• Good Governance and Anti-Corruption and Response Measures Including the Development of a Culture of Transparency and Accountability

  

  As early as 2003, PIARC Executive Committee considered that fight against corruption was an important topic that deserved to be analyzed by an ad hoc Technical Committee. Since then, this topic has been studied on a regular basis in the different cycles; in particular, a conceptual model (“cycle of [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 72
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R15EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-534-8
• Innovative Approaches to Asset Management

  

  “Asset Management” as defined in ISO standards 55000, aims to enable an organization to obtain value from assets. They offer a structured approach to asset management by focusing on implementation of “risk-based, information-driven, planning and decision-making processes and activities that transform [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 102
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R19EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-541-6
• Big Data For Road Network Operations

  

  Currently, several technological developments are influencing the day-to-day work of road network operators. Automation, internet of things (IoT), smart systems, mobility services, artificial intelligence and big data are aiming to improve traffic operations and enhance mobility. Among these technologies, [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 92
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R18EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-559-1
• State of the Art in Monitoring Road Condition and Road / Vehicle Interaction

  

  This report is a follow-up on the report "State of the art in monitoring road condition" which was finalised in 2015 (PIARC reference 2016R17EN). The 2015 report summarises the then current state of the art regarding the collection of road condition and road/vehicle interaction data, providing an overview [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 73
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R14EN
  • ISBN : 978-84060-530-0
• Connected Vehicles - Challenges and Opportunities for Road Operators

  

  The deployment of Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) and Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) communication, also known as cooperative intelligent transport systems (C-ITS) is speeding up in many developed countries. For example, Japan has already an operational system at national level, the United States are considering [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 84
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R11EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-522-5
• Management of road assets: Balancing of environmental and engineering aspects in management of road networks

  

  The objective of Working Group 3 (WG3) of The World Road Association (PIARC) Technical Committee (TC) 4.1 was to establish a global perspective on how environmental aspects are considered and addressed in the road asset management process compared with traditional engineering oriented road asset management. [...]

  • Date : 2017
  • Pages : 58
  • PIARC Ref. : 2017R05EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-455-6
• Guide to good practice performance frameworks

  

  Good performance information is an essential part of good management in any organisation. It assists in ensuring accountability, transparency and aids decision making across the board on a range of activities undertaken by road and transport administrations. Organisations have been collecting information [...]

  • Date : 2016
  • Pages : 33
  • PIARC Ref. : 2016R22EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-412-9
• Evolution of the mission and structure of transport administrations

  

  In the 2012 - 2015 WRA Cycle, Working Group 1 has focused on investigating the evolution of missions and structures of road administrations in the context of multi-modal planning and delivery. Included within this scope are various methods of planning integration and informal and formal collaboration [...]

  • Date : 2016
  • Pages : 73
  • PIARC Ref. : 2016R23EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-415-0
• Good Governance and Anti-Corruption Measures

  

  There is increasing emphasis on good governance practice to build and maintain institutional integrity within road and transport administrations. Working Group 3 dealing with "Good Governance and Anti-Corruption Measures" within Technical Committee 1.1 on'Performance of Transport Administrations' of [...]

  • Date : 2016
  • Pages : 59
  • PIARC Ref. : 2016R21EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-410-5
• Preserve your Country's roads to Drive Development

  

  The economy of every country has a strong relationship with its road network. A well preserved network will attract investment and make growth happen. It will also help meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals by improving accessibility and mobility to schools, health facilities and markets. It will [...]

  • Date : 2016
  • Pages : 46
  • PIARC Ref. : 2016R07EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-385-6
• Cooperative Vehicle Highway Systems

  

  We can consider that the most recent developments of the vehicles are: the massive deployment of sensors, actuators and computers allowing to develop a kind of "vehicle and transport system intelligence"; their ability to communicate among themselves or with the infrastructure through the concept [...]

  • Date : 2016
  • Pages : 51
  • PIARC Ref. : 2016R08EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-386-3
• Methodologies and tools for risk assessment and management applied to road operations

  

  This report deals with methodologies and tools for risk assessment and management applied to road operations including managing risks in relation to the climate change. Chapter 1 of this report starts with a classification of methodologies for risk management of road infrastructure. Particular attention [...]

  • Date : 2016
  • Pages : 54
  • PIARC Ref. : 2016R12EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-394-8
• Road network management for improved mobility

  

  It is useful to review the term "Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS)" in this report. According to the PIARC ITS Handbook, ITS is a generic term to mean integrated communications, control technologies and information processing systems for transport applications. However, in this report, we consider [...]

  • Date : 2016
  • Pages : 53
  • PIARC Ref. : 2016R11EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-393-1
• Uses of ITS including consideration of planning for future improvements, upgrades and the economy

  

  Economic growth typically results in an increase of both freight and passenger traffic. This generally compounds the problems in transportation systems. ITS technologies have been widely used to mitigate many of these transportation challenges and will continue to play an increasingly important role [...]

  • Date : 2016
  • Pages : 43
  • PIARC Ref. : 2016R10EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-391-7
• Promoting sustainable maintenance of rural roads networks

  

  Rural roads are roads or improved trails whose main role is to ensure local exchanges, providing access to rural areas and access to the national or regional primary road network or to the interconnected network. Rural roads are key to development and economic growth of countries and provide considerable [...]

  • Date : 2016
  • PIARC Ref. : 2016R15EN
• Assessment of budgetary needs and optimisation of maintenance strategies for multiple assets of road network

  

  Good road infrastructure is a fundamental basis on which to build a strong economy and society. As the ability to conduct proper maintenance is largely influenced by the available budget, budget definition is an important starting point in realising the overall goal. Based on a comprehensive investigation [...]

  • Date : 2016
  • Pages : 44
  • PIARC Ref. : 2016R04EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-378-8
• Estimation of load carrying capacity of bridges based on damage and deficiency

  

  Based on the answers from 18 road authorities in 16 countries this report examines the extent to which an estimation of the load bearing capacity of road bridges is made based on damage and deficiency. The report firstly examines the Codes/Directives/Manuals used for the estimation of the load carrying [...]

  • Date : 2016
  • Pages : 156
  • PIARC Ref. : 2016R02EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-366-5
• Security of road infrastructure

  

  This paper is addressing threats directed to the infrastructure. A correct understanding and a suitable handling of the security of road infrastructure is not only important to safeguard the infrastructure itself, but is also relevant to cover the protection of the social and economic values, the protection [...]

  • Date : 2015
  • Pages : 19
  • PIARC Ref. : 2015R01EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-357-3
• The importance of road maintenance

  

  Road infrastructure provides a fundamental foundation to the performance of all national economies, delivering a wide range of economic and social benefits. Adequately maintaining road infrastructure is essential to preserve and enhance those benefits. The importance of maintenance needs to be recognised [...]

  • Date : 2014
  • Pages : 32
  • PIARC Ref. : 2014R02EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-349-8
• Maintenance methods and strategies

  

  This report presents the results of the answers from 16 countries to a survey regarding improved maintenance methods for flexible and semi-rigid pavements and the maintenance strategies. Regarding improved maintenance methods, the variations in the answers were found to be large. It also became clear [...]

  • Date : 2013
  • Pages : 61
  • PIARC Ref. : 2013R08EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-323-8
• Best practices for the sustainable maintenance of rural roads in developing countries

  

  Regular maintenance of roads is critical to the economic vitality of a country. In particular, a focus on rural road maintenance is needed when planning and operating a large transport network, as they are often deemed less important than paved roads and highways. When rural roads are neglected, it [...]

  • Date : 2013
  • Pages : 45
  • PIARC Ref. : 2013R01EN
  • ISBN : 978-284060-309-2
• Prioritisation of bridge rehabilitation works

  

  The challenge in bridge management is to ensure that all bridges in a road network remain fit for their intended purpose over their design life and beyond at minimum life cycle cost. The bridge rehabilitation prioritisation process is part of the entire road infrastructure management task and bridge [...]

  • Date : 2012
  • Pages : 58
  • PIARC Ref. : 2012R32EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-300-9