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• CD-ROUTE

  Minimum Equipment Required CD-ROUTE can be used on PC (386 at least, Windows 3.1, 95 & NT) and Macintosh® (68020 at least), Power Mac®, Mac OS version 7. Minimum equipment required: 16 Mo RAM, a hard disk and a 14'' colour screen (256 colours or more). The program is very easy to install. [...]

  • Date : 2000
  • PIARC Ref. : CD-ROUTEEN
• Integrated approach to road tunnel safety

  

  This report proposes an integrated approach to road tunnel safety, which has been developed in co-operation with the European research projects SafeT and UPTUN. General principles and current perspectives on road tunnel safety are summarised, including practical tunnel project experience. An international [...]

  • Date : 2007
  • Pages : 170
  • PIARC Ref. : 2007R07EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-195-8
• Guide for organizing, recruiting and training road tunnel operating staff

  

  This report has been produced by Working Group 1 (WG 1) "Tunnel Operation", for PIARC Technical Committee C3.3. Road Tunnel Operation. This report was developed through contributions from individual members of WG 1. The given recommendations have been reviewed by WG 1 and are commended to the reader [...]

  • Date : 2007
  • Pages : 123
  • PIARC Ref. : 2007R04EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-193-1
• ITS Manual - 2nd edition

  Following the success of the ITS Handbook 2000, the PIARC Technical Committee on Network Operations has completed a new and extended edition. This new edition takes into account the experience gained over the last years; it provides information about the status of implementation of ITS technologies [...]

  • Date : 2006
  • Pages : 450
  • PIARC Ref. : Manuel STI - 2e edition / ITS Handbook - 2nd editionEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-188-5 Edition française / 1-58053-103-2 English version
• Measures promoting alternatives to the road and intermodal terminals

  

  La croissance très importante du transport de marchandises par la route rend nécessaire la recherche d'une utilisation optimale des différents modes de transport dans une perspective de développement durable. Ce rapport présente les tendances et problèmes clés dans le transport intermodal. Il [...]

  • Date : 2007
  • Pages : 175
  • PIARC Ref. : 2007R02EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-192-3
• Systems and equipment for fire and smoke control in road tunnels

  This report complements the PIARC report published in 1999 "Fire and Smoke Control in Road Tunnels". After a presentation of the basic principles of smoke and heat progress at the beginning of a fire, the report presents the safety concepts for tunnel fires. It draws the lessons from the fires which [...]

  • Date : 2007
  • Pages : 344
  • PIARC Ref. : 05.16.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-189-3
• CD-1303 - Road Safety Manual

  This manual, written by experts of the World Road Association (PIARC), is a basic reference for all transportation engineers concerned about road safety problems. In more than 500 pages, the work presents, in an easy-to-read, easy-to-consult format, an up-to-date summary of the accumulated knowledge [...]

  • Date : 2003
  • Pages : 500
  • PIARC Ref. : 13.03.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-158-3
• Containment Devices on Road Bridges

  Drafted by the PIARC Technical Committee on Road Bridges, this report deals with the study of equipment on the outer side of road bridges, i.e. located between the carriageway and the free edge, whose function is to ensure safety of users and frontagers. The report has used the replies to a survey [...]

  • Date : 1991
  • Pages : 100
  • PIARC Ref. : 11.01.BEN
• Contribution to Risk Management of Existing Slopes

  

  C12 decided to extend those studies and adopted the topic risk management of existing slopes during the period 1995-1999 to focus on the utilization of monitoring techniques and database applications. The report summarizes the risk management on existing slopes in technical aspects through the collected [...]

  • Date : 2000
  • Pages : 100
  • PIARC Ref. : 12.11.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-129-X
• Decision-Making Processes in the Implementation of Sustainable Road Policies

  

  Investment and policy decisions in road transport infrastructure are often significant decisions in the life of governments and communities because of the large amounts of money involved and the impact that the construction and operation of the infrastructure can have on stakeholders, communities and [...]

  • Date : 2003
  • Pages : 144
  • PIARC Ref. : 14.04.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-148-6
• Fire and Smoke Control in Road Tunnels

  

  Among the possible risks, vehicle fires give rise to particular concern because they are not very rare events and their consequences might be far larger underground than in the open if no appropriate measures were taken. Also the important and continuous decrease in vehicle pollutant emissions has led [...]

  • Date : 1999
  • Pages : 290
  • PIARC Ref. : 05.05.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-064-1
• Good Practice for the Operation and Maintenance of Road Tunnels

  This report complements the report entitled "Reduction of operational cost of road tunnels" which was presented and published at the Kuala Lumpur Congress in 1999. Various aspects of the management and operation of tunnels are considered. A method for providing continuity of management of safety, throughout [...]

  • Date : 2004
  • Pages : 184
  • PIARC Ref. : 05.13.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-175-3
• 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
• Natural Disaster reduction

  The General Assembly of the United Nations, on December 11, 1987, designated the 1990s as the International Decade for natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR). During this ten-year period, 1990 through 1999, special efforts should be made for reducing catastrophic loss of life, property damage, and social [...]

  • Date : 1995
  • Pages : 220
  • PIARC Ref. : 72.01.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-031-5
• Natural Disaster Reduction - Final Report

  The PIARC Working Group G2 was set up in 1990, in response to the United Nations proposal on the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR). For the first period (1990-1995), the Working Group had conducted various studies including an international survey on road disasters, and published [...]

  • Date : 1999
  • Pages : 275
  • PIARC Ref. : 72.02.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-109-5
• 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
• Road Accidents: A Worldwide Problem that can be tackled with successfully!

  

  The anticipated growth of (motorized) mobility on a global scale will, without effective road safety management, lead to an increase in the number of fatal accidents and injured persons. An overview of prominent examples of effective measures is given. Also activities and measures which could lead to [...]

  • Date : 1996
  • Pages : 94
  • PIARC Ref. : 13.01.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-041-2
• 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 Safety Audits

  

  A Road Safety Audit is a formal systematic road safety assessment of the road or road scheme carried out by an independent, qualified auditor or team of auditors who report on the project's accident potential for all kinds of road users. Although the initial cost of the design will be a little higher, [...]

  • Date : 2001
  • Pages : 92
  • PIARC Ref. : 13.02.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-135-4
• Road Safety in Tunnels

  

  Since 1992 the PIARC Technical Committee on Road Tunnel Operation (C5) (Working Group on Traffic and Geometry) has started a world-wide survey in order to update the data on road safety. In addition to the global information on road safety, the various members of the Group have been requested to [...]

  • Date : 1996
  • Pages : 64
  • PIARC Ref. : 05.04.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-036-6
• 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
• Safety Improvement on Interurban Roads

  

  Part one of the report is intended for political decision makers, to persuade them that implementing specific safety programmes is useful, getting them to understand that safety operations are not necessarily complicated and expensive. When road improvement schemes are programmed on the basis of multiple [...]

  • Date : 1991
  • Pages : 108
  • PIARC Ref. : 04.01.BEN
• Slope Risk Guidance for Roads

  

  Slopes are, in general, associated with a greater frequency of failure than other geotechnical assets and a greater threat economically and socially. This report makes a synthesis of risk analysis methods and of vulnerability issues. It presents, in a series of appendices, mitigation measures with their [...]

  • Date : 2004
  • Pages : 112
  • PIARC Ref. : 12.13.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-166-4