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• Key issues for improving mobility strategies in large urban areas

  

  During the period 2012 - 2015, Technical Committee 2.2 collected and evaluated case studies on urban mobility from numerous large and medium-sized cities from all over the world. Three issues were evaluated in these case studies: a comparison of strategies for sustainable urban mobility, at a mobility [...]

  • Date : 2017
  • Pages : 101
  • PIARC Ref. : 2016R27EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-427-3
• Road tunnel operations: First steps towards a sustainable approach

  

  In terms of sustainable development, the current situation in the field of infrastructure varies greatly from one country to another. Certain countries have laid down regulations; a few have set objectives to be achieved, while others have no regulations at all. So far, the World Road Association has [...]

  • Date : 2017
  • Pages : 69
  • PIARC Ref. : 2017R02EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-470-9
• 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
• And what if the road of the future was already within our grasp?

  

  This article describes the breakthrough innovation called Wattway, the world's first photovoltaic road surfacing material.

  • Date : 2017
  • Pages : 4
  • PIARC Ref. : RR374-047
• Innovative road-building technologies dedicated to the innovative road

  

  This article presents a number of innovations devised by IFSTTAR and its partners in response to challenges raised by the ecological, energy and digital transitions taking place on today's highways.

  • Date : 2017
  • Pages : 5
  • PIARC Ref. : RR374-019
• The Connected Vehicle - Realising the Opportunities

  

  Well before notions of “big data“, “connected vehicles“ and the “Internet of things“ became commonplace, a group of automobile and roads engineers came together to explore the opportunities that these developments in information technology and telecommunications might have on their businesses. [...]

  • Date : 2017
  • Pages : 4
  • PIARC Ref. : RR373-023
• Design fire characteristics for road tunnels

  

  Fire safety in tunnels depends on an amalgam of systems and procedures designed to achieve the best outcome in the event of an incident. The "Design Fire", defined in terms of its magnitude, growth rate and duration, provides a basis for sizing the required systems and anticipating the operational measures [...]

  • Date : 2016
  • Pages : 66
  • PIARC Ref. : 2017R01EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-471-6
• Appraisal of Sustainability of Transport Infrastructure Plans and Programs

  

  This report gives a scanning overview of the current state of the art on the topic of the appraisal of sustainability within the development of transport plans and investment programs, respectively the extent to which decisions made in this context have taken account of sustainability. The report is [...]

  • Date : 2016
  • Pages : 52
  • PIARC Ref. : 2016R29EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-431-0
• Experience with Significant Incidents in Road Tunnels

  

  Approximately ten to fifteen years ago many countries introduced tunnel safety management systems and started paying attention to tunnel safety in a more structured way. PIARC report 2007R07 recommended an integrated approach to tunnel safety. As a result of this, many countries have gained experience [...]

  • Date : 2016
  • Pages : 67
  • PIARC Ref. : 2016R35EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-444-0
• Framework for Citywide Road Freight Transport Management

  

  The report entitled "Framework for citywide road freight transport management" of WG1, TC2.3 "Freight Transport" describes the research and findings about the frameworks for public sector road freight transport management (RFTM). RFTM is a key contributor to the sustainable development of urban areas, [...]

  • Date : 2016
  • Pages : 62
  • PIARC Ref. : 2016R28EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-428-0
• 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
• Risk Management for Emergency Situations

  

  Road transport is critical to the economic vitality of a country. An effective management of emergency situations for combined and large hazards that may disrupt road operation requires cooperation and coordination among several parties of the road and non-road sector including government agencies, [...]

  • Date : 2016
  • Pages : 77
  • PIARC Ref. : 2016R26EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-424-2
• Sustainability and Climate Change Considerations in Winter Operations

  

  This report has tried to summarize the knowledge of Climate Change Considerations in Winter Operations. The first step to this project was to source relevant literature on climate change and winter maintenance and sort it into six categories; Level of service for road owners, Maintenance of roads, [...]

  • Date : 2016
  • Pages : 88
  • PIARC Ref. : 2016R31EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-437-2
• Transport Strategies for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation

  

  The transport sector is a major and quickly growing source of greenhouse gas emissions. Since 1970, greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector have more than doubled, increasing at a faster rate than any other end-use sector, and on-road greenhouse gas emissions have more than tripled, [...]

  • Date : 2016
  • Pages : 56
  • PIARC Ref. : 2016R25EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-420-4
• General report of the XXVth World Road Congress Seoul (Korea), November 2015

  

  The General Report of the XXVth World Road Congress has been prepared under the supervision of the Strategic Planning Commission of the World Road Association (PIARC), which was responsible for reviewing the drafts. This General Report has been written by Chang-ho Lee (Korea Expressway Corporation, [...]

  • Date : 2016
  • Pages : 6
  • PIARC Ref. : RR371-012
• 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
• Moving freight transport forward - Green, smart and efficient

  

  This study addresses the challenges associated with freight transportation efficiency, presenting and analysing a series of good practice examples that reveal efficient freight transportation systems. It should serve as a source of inspiration for making freight transportation more efficient from the [...]

  • Date : 2016
  • Pages : 50
  • PIARC Ref. : 2016R13EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-396-2
• 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
• Role of risk-assessment in policy development and decision-making

  

  In the context of its 2012 - 2015 work program, PIARC has identified the Role of risk assessment in policy development and decision-making as one of its key issue under the theme TC 1.5 Risk management. This report thus provides a portrait of both the present penetration of risk management policies [...]

  • Date : 2016
  • Pages : 54
  • PIARC Ref. : 2016R09EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-388-7
• 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
• Fixed fire fighting systems in road tunnels: Current practices and recommendations

  

  Fixed Fire Fighting Systems (FFFS) have been routinely used in road tunnels in countries such as Japan and Australia for decades, and there is increased interest in the use of FFFS in parts of Europe, North America and Asia. Large fire events in road tunnels continue to show the consequences of such [...]

  • Date : 2016
  • Pages : 80
  • PIARC Ref. : 2016R03EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-375-7
• Best practice for life cycle analysis for tunnel equipment

  

  Life Cycle or Life Cycle Cost (LCC) aspects are becoming more important. From an economic point of view, it is important to consider these aspects both in the design and in the operation of tunnel equipment. This best practice report is a natural follow-up to the former report on life cycle aspects [...]

  • Date : 2016
  • Pages : 21
  • PIARC Ref. : 2016R01EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-370-2
• International climate change adaptation framework for road infrastructure

  

  Actions undertaken to mitigate the negative effects of climate change on road networks have varied from one country to another. They include legal, regulatory and institutional measures; promoting other transport modes; introducing new, green technologies; undertaking permanent supervision of embankments [...]

  • Date : 2015
  • Pages : 88
  • PIARC Ref. : 2015R03
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-362-7
• New repair and rehabilitation methods for road bridges

  

  In many countries, the average age of the road bridges stock is over fifty years, and a large number of the bridges are not in good condition. The economic issue leads to the search for innovative solutions to extend the service life of the bridges and rehabilitate them in the most cost-effective way. [...]

  • Date : 2015
  • Pages : 112
  • PIARC Ref. : 2015R02EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-359-7
• Snow and Ice Databook 2014

  

  This fourth edition of the Snow and Ice Databook was produced to accompany the 14 th International Winter Road Congress held in Andorra. It compiles in a homogeneous and consistent format descriptions of practices for managing winter road conditions from nearly 30 countries. The four country-specific [...]

  • Date : 2015
  • Pages : 223
  • PIARC Ref. : Snow and Ice DataBook - SIDB 2014EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-355-9