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• Road Infrastructure And Transportation Security - A PIARC Technical Report

  

  This report aims to provide elements for addressing security risks and risk management from criminal and terrorist threats in the various road topics affecting road infrastructure mentioned above, within the conceptual framework, definitions and terminologies provided by the international standards [...]

  • Date : 2023
  • Pages : 215
  • PIARC Ref. : 2023R46EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-838-7
• Road Safety Audits Guidelines for Road Projects - A PIAC Technical Report

  

  New road projects are constantly being planned and implemented that do not fully exploit the possibility to improve road safety by better design. This can be because there is either a lack of knowledge and understanding of the fundamental issues or as a result of having to balance the various, often [...]

  • Date : 2023
  • Pages : 79
  • PIARC Ref. : 2023R40EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-828-1
• Impact of New Propulsion Technologies on Road Tunnel Operations and Safety - A PIARC Technical Report

  

  Alternative propulsion technologies, including battery-electric vehicles, are becoming more prevalent. Whilst such vehicles remain a small overall proportion of the vehicle fleet, the combination of impacts of Government policy and technological advances in alternative fuels is expected to accelerate [...]

  • Date : 2023
  • Pages : 74
  • PIARC Ref. : 2023R34EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-822-6
• Saving Lives Around the World With Proven Countermeasures - Technical Report

  

  Saving Lives Around the World With Proven Countermeasures - Technical Report

  • Date : 2023
  • Pages : 44
  • PIARC Ref. : 2023R32EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-811-0
• Improving Road Tunnel Resilience, Considering Safety and Availability - Technical Report

  

  This report presents a road map to improve the resilience of road tunnels, based on a literature review, a collection of case studies and the knowledge and experience of the members of Working Group 2 “Safety and Resilience” of PIARC Technical Committee 4.4 “Tunnels”. The content of the report [...]

  • Date : 2023
  • Pages : 309
  • PIARC Ref. : 2023R26EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-801-1
• Specific Road Safety Issues for LMICs: Illustrative Examples - Collection of Case Studies

  

  The overview of illustrative examples of road safety measures in LMICs as described in this report is a follow up of an earlier literature review, in which we indicated which specific issues do need further attention in LMICs in the coming period up to 2030. The following issues were considered: [...]

  • Date : 2023
  • Pages : 30
  • PIARC Ref. : 2023R13EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-775-5
• Road Safety in LMICs: Identification and Analysis of Specific Issues - Literature Review

  

  This report is a deliverable of PIARC working group 3.1.1 Specific road safety issues for LMICs. The working group performed its activities in the period 2019 – 2023. We prepared two deliverables: a) a literature review and b) an overview of case studies. The present report gives the literature [...]

  • Date : 2023
  • Pages : 44
  • PIARC Ref. : 2023R07EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-749-6
• Good Practices in Maintenance and Traffic Operation of Heavily Trafficked Urban Road Tunnels - Technical Report

  

  Maintenance and operation of heavily trafficked urban road tunnels is one of, if not the most outstanding challenge for authorities, owners, operators and designers of tunnels. This full report makes amends in detailing the challenges and inherent good practices for maintenance and operation from traffic [...]

  • Date : 2022
  • Pages : 59
  • PIARC Ref. : 2022R34EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-734-2
• Well-Prepared Projects

  

  This collection of case studies includes 17 cases from 10 different countries participating in this task force, plus one case dedicated to the use of the SOURCE platform in the preparation of transportation projects. It comes after our first report delivered earlier in 2021 in which we reviewed the [...]

  • Date : 2022
  • Pages : 123
  • PIARC Ref. : 2022R12EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-687-1
• Documents Relevant to Road Infrastracture and Transportation Security - Literature Review

  

  This document contains a review of literature on road infrastructure and transport security. The review focuses on the following topics: · Legislations and policies; · Standards; · Studies and researches; · PIARC reports; · Other reports; · Manuals and books; · Case studies [...]

  • Date : 2022
  • Pages : 265
  • PIARC Ref. : 2022R07EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-682-6
• Good Practices in Maintenance and Traffic Operation of Heavily Trafficked Urban Road Tunnels - Collection of Case Studies

  

  The aim of the case study collection report is to gather, evaluate and comment on international expertise related to maintenance and traffic management in highly trafficked urban road tunnels. A large number of cases were collected, which were particularly suitable for providing an insight into the [...]

  • Date : 2022
  • Pages : 32
  • PIARC Ref. : 2022R06EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-681-9
• Impact of New Propulsion Technologies on Road Tunnel Operations and Safety - Literature review

  

  Alternative propulsion technologies, including battery-electric vehicles, are becoming more prevalent. Whilst such vehicles remain a small overall proportion of the vehicle fleet, the combination of impacts of Government policy and technological advances in alternative fuels is expected to accelerate [...]

  • Date : 2022
  • PIARC Ref. : 2022R05EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-680-2
• Improving Road Tunnel Resilience, Considering Safety and Availability - Literature Review

  

  This report presents a review of literature on the improvement of road tunnel resilience as well as a collection of case studies that illustrate how this topic is being dealt with in practice. The content of the report is addressed at several target groups involved in the planning, design, implementation, [...]

  • Date : 2022
  • Pages : 191
  • PIARC Ref. : 2022R04EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-679-6
• 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
• Improving Road Tunnel Resilience, Considering Safety and Availability - Literature Review

  

  This report contains a review of literature on road tunnel resilience, including more general literature on resilience principles or aspects that could be applied to tunnels. Many definitions for “resilience” were found, but the Working Group decided on the following definition in the context of [...]

  • Date : 2021
  • Pages : 207
  • PIARC Ref. : 2021LR01EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-631-4
• 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
• Large Underground Interconnected Infrastructure - Technical Report

  

  This report is a continuation of the previous one published in 2016: “Road tunnels: complex underground road networks” (2016R19EN). Its objective is twofold: extend the panel of networks investigated, both geographically and in terms of their complexity and diversity, analyse in a much [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 97
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R42EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-594-2
• 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
• 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
• General Principles to Improve Accessibility for Persons with Reduced Mobility in Road Tunnels - Technical Report

  

  The report provides the general principles that apply when making allowances for persons with reduced mobility in road tunnels. The means of facilitating their ability to raise the alarm, and to evacuate in critical situations, are examined. Facilities and examples from the following countries are provided: [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 55
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R20EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-543-0
• 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
• Introduction to the RAMS Concept for Road Tunnel Operation - Technical Report

  

  Road tunnel operators are increasingly aiming to adopt a sustainable approach to road tunnel operation whenever possible. They are thus starting to look into ways of optimising the lifecycle performance of systems and equipment, whilst at the same time guaranteeing the required level of safety. One [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 38
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R05EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-504-1
• Prevention and Mitigation of Tunnel-Related Collisions - Technical Report

  

  Because a road tunnel is an enclosed space, many tunnel safety measures are rightfully aimed at controlling the risks of fires and dangerous goods. However, practice generally shows that most injuries and fatalities in tunnels are actually related to traffic incidents that could also happen on the open [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 255
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R03EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-502-7