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All PIARC Publications

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  • Mainstreaming Biodiversity within Road Infrastructure Projects - A PIARC Collection of Case Studies

    This document is an appendix to the Full Report 2023R44EN, and it contains the Case Studies collected by the WG3.4.3 team; the chapters listed here are those that structure the Full Report. The case studies illustrate the theoretical elements written in the Full Report. The development of transport [...]

    • Date : 2023
    • Pages : 90
    • PIARC Ref. : 2023R45EN
    • ISBN : 978-2-84060-837-0
  • Mainstreaming Biodiversity within Road Infrastructure Projects - A PIARC Technical Report

    The development of transport infrastructure is one of the basic elements of the development of countries and their economies. Economic development is often accompanied by environmental protection problems, including biodiversity impacts, because they have not been taken enough into account. Preventing [...]

    • Date : 2023
    • Pages : 72
    • PIARC Ref. : 2023R44EN
    • ISBN : 978-2-84060-832-5
  • Low Emission Zones – Planning and Implementation - A PIARC Briefing Note

    Air pollution problems are often observed in the roadside areas of metropolitan regions, where a lot of emission sources such as factories, business offices, residential houses and vehicles accumulate. Increasing congestion in cities with no or limited restrictions on driving in urban areas is contributing [...]

    • Date : 2023
    • Pages : 24
    • PIARC Ref. : 2023R43EN
    • ISBN : 978-2-84060-831-8
  • Near Road Air Quality - A PIARC Briefing Note

    “Air pollution problems are often observed in the roadside areas of metropolitan regions, where a lot of emission sources such as factories, business offices, residential houses and vehicles accumulate. Such air pollutions are caused by emissions of SO2, NO2, CO, HC, PM10, PM2.5 etc. which are designated [...]

    • Date : 2023
    • Pages : 12
    • PIARC Ref. : 2023R42EN
    • ISBN : 978-2-84060-830-1
  • Managing Innovation in Transport Agencies - PIARC High Impact Summary

    Objectives PIARC commissioned TRL to undertake a research project to identify the ways in which road and transport agencies encourage and sustain innovation, and to identify any lessons that may be learned from other sectors. Specific objectives included identification of internal and external [...]

    • Date : 2023
    • PIARC Ref. : 2023R33EN
    • ISBN : 978-2-84060-819-6
  • PIARC International Climate Change Adaptation Framework 2023 – Technical Report

    Climate change is a strategic risk to road organisations. Global climate change projections show that there will be gradual changes to average climatic conditions, and changes to the frequency, severity and location of extreme weather events. These climate changes are anticipated to have significant [...]

    • Date : 2023
    • Pages : 391
    • PIARC Ref. : 2023R28EN
    • ISBN : 978-2-84060-803-5
  • Climate Change, Resilience and Disaster Management for Roads - Seminar

    Climate change and other hazards have a wide range of implications on the performance of road infrastructure and can cause disruptions to road network operations. For example, extreme rainfall influences the intensity beyond the drainage capacity of roadways, resulting in slope collapses and landslides [...]

    • Date : 2023
    • Pages : 59
    • PIARC Ref. : 2023R14EN
    • ISBN : 978-2-84060-777-9
  • It´s All About People – Defining and Promoting Diversity and New Talent Management - Technical Report

    Market dynamics within the transportation sector, and more specifically, emerging and disruptive technological advancements, have necessitated that Transport Administrations critically review how they proactively manage their unique organisational skills and capabilities in order to better serve current [...]

    • Date : 2023
    • Pages : 100
    • PIARC Ref. : 2023R12EN
    • ISBN : 978-2-84060-773-1
  • Customer Experience and Public Value Creation – Technical Report

    The World Road Association (PIARC) has explored the performance of road and transport administrations focusing on the customer facing levels of service underpinning asset management, models and frameworks in use, how we capture creation of public value and understanding decisions and practices around [...]

    • Date : 2023
    • Pages : 55
    • PIARC Ref. : 2023R06EN
    • ISBN : 978-2-84060-748-9
  • The Role of Transport Agencies in Shaping Disruptive Technologies and Service Models - Technical Report

    Under PIARC’s Strategic Plan 2020 - 2023, Technical Committee 1.1 (Performance of Transport Administrations) have sought to research challenges and emerging responses for transport agencies in understanding and successfully shaping disruptive technologies and service models. Key technologies within [...]

    • Date : 2023
    • Pages : 83
    • PIARC Ref. : 2023R01EN
    • ISBN : 978-2-84060-738-0
  • The Role of Transport Agencies in Shaping Disruptive Technologies and Service Models – High Impact Summary

    This document is a High Impact Summary of the Final Report on The Role of Transport Agencies in Shaping Disruptive Technologies and Service Models produced by PIARC Technical Committee 1.1 through its Working Group. Under PIARC’s Strategic Plan 2020 - 2023, Technical Committee 1.1 (Performance [...]

    • Date : 2023
    • PIARC Ref. : 2023R02EN
    • ISBN : 978-2-84060-742-7
  • Climate Change, Other Hazards and Resilience of Road Networks - Collection of Case Studies

    This report contains a collection of case studies related to climate change, other hazards and resilience of road networks. It comprises an introduction, outlining the work program for Technical Committee (TC) 1.4 Climate Change and Resilience of Road Networks, and objectives of two Working Groups within [...]

    • Date : 2022
    • Pages : 56
    • PIARC Ref. : 2022R33EN
    • ISBN : 978-2-84060-733-5
  • Customer Experience -Case Study Analysis

    Research continues to show that when public agencies offer a better customer experience, they deliver measurable impacts across multiple priorities. To that end this report focusses its research on what approaches are currently happening across the world in respect of delivering an improved experience [...]

    • Date : 2022
    • Pages : 28
    • PIARC Ref. : 2022R26EN
    • ISBN : 978-2-84060-714-4
  • Measures for Increasing the Adaptability of Road Bridges to Climate Change - Literature Review

    The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) Working Group 2 report states that changes in climate have caused impacts on natural and human systems on all continents and across the oceans. Key risks from climate change are typically defined as warming trend, extreme temperature, precipitation, [...]

    • Date : 2022
    • Pages : 13
    • PIARC Ref. : 2022R24EN
    • ISBN : 978-2-84060-710-6
  • The Role of Transport Agencies in Shaping Disruptive Technologies and Service Models - A Private Sector Roundtable

    Through its Technical Committee 1.1 Performance of Transport Administrations, PIARC is undertaking an extended investigation of disruptive technologies & service models impacting the roads and transport sector and how transport agencies are responding to the related challenges and opportunities in policy, [...]

    • Date : 2022
    • Pages : 29
    • PIARC Ref. : 2022R19EN
    • ISBN : 978-2-84060-703-8
  • The Role of Transport Agencies in Shaping Disruptive Technologies and Service Models - Survey Report

    Through its Technical Committee 1.1 Performance of Transport Administrations , PIARC is undertaking an extended investigation of disruptive technologies & service models impacting the roads and transport sector and how transport agencies are responding to the related challenges and opportunities in [...]

    • Date : 2022
    • Pages : 65
    • PIARC Ref. : 2022R18EN
    • ISBN : 978-2-84060-701-4
  • Diversity and Talent Management in Transport Administrations – The Road to Success? - Litterature Review

    The World Road Association (PIARC) tasked the Technical Committee 1.1 (Performance of Transport Administrations) to analyze effective approaches for defining and promoting Diversity in opportunity across the roads and transportation sectors, and for attracting new talents into the transport industry [...]

    • Date : 2022
    • Pages : 23
    • PIARC Ref. : 2022R01EN
    • ISBN : 978-2-84060-670-3
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Green Paving Solutions and Sustainable Pavement Materials - Technical Report

    This report summarizes the current state-of-the practice for sustainable pavement techniques and the incentives used to encourage their use. Green paving solutions were identified in addition to identification of barriers to their wider implementation. Information contained in this report is based on [...]

    • Date : 2019
    • Pages : 58
    • PIARC Ref. : 2019R32EN
    • ISBN : 978-2-84060-567-6
  • Reducing the Life Cycle Carbon Footprint of Pavements - Technical Report

    This report reviews innovations reported to reduce the carbon footprint of pavements and contains a critical review of the assessment of carbon footprint of pavements. There are numerous other environmental indicators for road pavements, but these were outside the scope of this report which focuses [...]

    • Date : 2019
    • Pages : 64
    • PIARC Ref. : 2019R33EN
    • ISBN : 978-2-84060-568-3
  • Traffic Noise – Best Practice Guide - Technical Report

    In recent years, knowledge about the health effects of traffic noise has grown substantially. Many studies have found that long-term exposure to traffic noise is associated with various health impacts such as sleep disturbance, cardiovascular disease and depression. While there remain knowledge gaps [...]

    • Date : 2019
    • Pages : 214
    • PIARC Ref. : 2019R36EN
    • ISBN : 978-2-84060-571-3
  • Refinement of PIARC’s International Climate Change Adaptation Framework for Road Infrastructure - Technical Report

    Climate change will have significant impacts on the design, construction, maintenance and operation of global road infrastructure. IPCC projections estimate that the Earth will become warmer, some regions will become wetter overall and some will become drier, sea levels will rise and storm surge height [...]

    • Date : 2019
    • Pages : 66
    • PIARC Ref. : 2019R30EN
    • ISBN : 978-2-84060-577-5