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• Automated Vehicles - Challenges and Opportunities for Road Operators and Road Authorities - Technical Report

  

  Vehicle Automation – at SAE levels 3, 4 and 5 – is still in a testing phase in most countries. Many tests at level 3 have been performed successfully on open roads without any changes to the road infrastructure and without any observed impacts on congestion. There are various situations which necessitate [...]

  • Date : 2021
  • Pages : 83
  • PIARC Ref. : 2021R03EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-653-6
• Increasing Resilience of Earth Structures to Natural Hazards - Litterature Review

  

  This report provides preliminary background on the topic of “Increasing Resilience of Earth Structures to Natural Hazards” assigned to WG1 of PIARC TC 4.3 as part of the 2020-2023 Work Program. This topic will be further developed as part of the 2020-2023 Work Cycle and is expected to be completed [...]

  • Date : 2021
  • Pages : 41
  • PIARC Ref. : 2021LR04EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-652-9
• How Countries Undertake Well-Prepared Projects: A Review on Ten Countries - Litterature Review

  

  It is well acknowledged that good project preparation tends to deliver better outcomes (benefits) as well as providing good project management performance (with respect to budget, delays and quality). This report presents processes put in place in 10 countries to deliver well-prepared transport projects. [...]

  • Date : 2021
  • Pages : 63
  • PIARC Ref. : 2021LR03EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-651-2
• COVID-19: Survey of Impacts and Responses from the Global Roads and Transport Sector - Briefing Note

  

  In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic took hold across the world, creating massive impacts and challenges for multiple sectors, including roads and transport. PIARC took action rapidly, forming a COVID-19 Response Team and initiating a programme of knowledge-sharing webinars.  The Response Team also [...]

  • Date : 2021
  • Pages : 50
  • PIARC Ref. : 2021BN01EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-647-5
• COVID-19: initial impacts and responses to the pandemic from road and transport agencies - Technical Report

  

  The road transport sector, and the organisations and professionals who manage it, is an essential service and PIARC recognized the potential for COVID-19 to cause severe disruption to the road transport sector early on. In mid-March 2020, PIARC moved to establish a formal PIARC COVID-19 Response Team [...]

  • Date : 2020
  • Pages : 150
  • PIARC Ref. : 2020BN03EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-728-4
• Preserve Earthworks and Rural Roads from the Impact of Climate Changes - Technical Report

  

  This report puts together good practices on the various regional approaches to the impacts of climate change on roads and little hydraulic works. The subject has already been addressed during previous PIARC cycles but more on the general geotechnical aspect. It includes the definition of the climatic [...]

  • Date : 2020
  • Pages : 134
  • PIARC Ref. : 2020R02EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-626-0
• Principles for Cooperation and Collaboration between National and Local Road Agencies - Technical Report

  

  This report analyses general areas of cooperation amongst road authorities at the various levels and the various institutional tools utilised to ensure integration. The need for cooperation between national, federal, provincial, state, local and municipal road agencies is becoming more pronounced. Noting [...]

  • Date : 2020
  • Pages : 235
  • PIARC Ref. : 2020R01EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-625-3
• COVID-19: Key Lessons for the Road and Transport Community from the Latest PIARC Webinars - Briefing Note

  

  PIARC organizes weekly online discussions on the response to the COVID-19 crisis. They are open to experts appointed by their National PIARC First delegate and to PIARC Technical Committee / Task Force members. The objective of the sessions is to share knowledge and current practice between PIARC members [...]

  • Date : 2020
  • Pages : 6
  • PIARC Ref. : 2020BN02EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-619-2
• COVID-19: Key Lessons for the Road Community from the first PIARC Webinars - Briefing Note

  

  PIARC organizes weekly online discussions on the response to the COVID-19 crisis. They are open to experts appointed by their National PIARC First delegate and to PIARC Technical Committee / Task Force members. The objective of the sessions is to share knowledge and current practice between PIARC members [...]

  • Date : 2020
  • Pages : 3
  • PIARC Ref. : 2020BN01EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-616-1
• Road Safety - Catalogue Of Case Studies - Rapport technique

  

  Knowledge comes from the analysis of successes and un-successes. Case Studies collection represents an important step toward the construction of knowledge. PIARC Case Studies Catalogue contains the description of a set of interventions designed, implemented and operated worldwide to improve road safety [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 385
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R47EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-604-8
• Review of Global Road Safety Audit Guidelines – With Specific Consideration for Low- and Middle-Income Countries - Technical Report

  

  This report has involved a comprehensive review of current Road Safety Audit Manuals and Guidelines from a range of different countries to establish current practices and considers previous international reviews to determine key areas where additional guidance is required, or exemplar practice is well [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 33
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R41EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-589-8
• Implementation of National Safe System Policies: A Challenge - Technical Report

  

  This report provides a contribution to global road safety through a summary of National Safe System Policies and Implementation in relation to the Safe System approach. The report also highlights the steps that low, middle and high-income countries alike can take to accelerate progress towards Safe [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 80
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R39EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-585-0
• Best Practice Guide to Air Quality in Relation to Road Operations - Technical Report

  

  Air pollution linked to road transport has received significant political, media and public attention since the mid 2010s. However, despite improvements in vehicle efficiencies over past decades, emissions from vehicles still contribute significantly to concentrations of air pollutants above standards [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 171
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R31EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-566-9
• Ex-Post Evaluation of Road Projects - Technical Report

  

  Effective planning and policy development depend, in part, on the availability of suitable models for predicting the effects of project alternatives, and on an understanding of model limitations. A Swedish case study illustrates how the predictive models can be improved by incorporating the lessons [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 92
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R34EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-569-0
• Road Safety Evaluations Based on Human Factors Method - Technical Report

  

  The objective of this report is to instruct responsible road authorities on how to evaluate road safety quality along roads in operation, coupling the well-known reactive approach, based on accident data analysis and high accident concentration sections (or black spots) identification and prioritization, [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 110
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R27EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-561-4
• 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 : 43
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R26EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-560-7
• Big Data For Road Network Operations - Technical Report

  

  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
• Evaluation of organizational approaches to risk - Technical Report

  

  Organizational or Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) is the formal and systematic effort to control uncertainty and variability to an organization's strategic objectives by managing risks at all organizational levels (enterprise, program, project, and activity). Enterprise risk management is an approach [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 61
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R16EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-535-5
• Project risk catalogue - Technical Report

  

  During the PIARC work program for TC A.3 Risk Management 2016-2019, a general, extensive PROJECT RISK CATALOGUE was prepared by WG2 members. To arrive at this catalogue, the working group conducted an effort that involved the documentation of their collective experiences, an extensive literature search, [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 52
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R17EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-536-2
• State of the Art in Monitoring Road Condition and Road / Vehicle Interaction - Technical Report

  

  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
• Security of Road Infrastructure - Technical Report

  

  TF C.1 concentrated on "security of infrastructure, transported goods and persons". This decision was based on the experience that, despite the occurrence of incidents taking advantage of the layout and design of road infrastructure to target areas used by pedestrians in order to cause harm, some Road [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 84
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R12EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-524-9
• Connected Vehicles - Challenges and Opportunities for Road Operators - Technical Report

  

  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
• Disaster Information Management for Road Administrators - Technical Report

  

  Countries that experience disasters acquire unique disaster management knowledge and develop tailored countermeasure technologies based on their experiences. As societies diversify, damage caused by disasters changes as society changes. Therefore, the type of technology necessary to manage disasters [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 85
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R09EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-516-4
• Land use and safety: an introduction to understanding how land use decisions impact safety of the transportation system

  

  Unplanned communities create hazards for road users of all types generating unsafe conditions for motorists on the roadway and significant dangers for pedestrians, bicyclists and residents alongside or adjacent to the road. While the World Road Association continues to investigate options and recommendations [...]

  • Date : 2017
  • Pages : 44
  • PIARC Ref. : 2016R32EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-440-2
• Vulnerable road users: Diagnosis of design and operational safety problems and potential countermeasures

  

  Following the World Health Organisation, nearly half of those dying on the world's roads are vulnerable road users (VRU). This proportion is much greater in low- and middle-income countries, because of the greater variety and intensity of traffic mix and the lack of separation from other road users, [...]

  • Date : 2017
  • Pages : 26
  • PIARC Ref. : 2016R34EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-442-6