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Revised missions and organizations adopted by France's roads and transportation directorate

This article presents the reforms introduced over the past ten-year period, primarily within State Agencies, both nationally and at the regional and local levels, in addition to the institutional changes taking place inside regional, departmental and local administrations. The analysis provided mainly focuses on both the allocation of competences with respect to the various transportation modes and the provisions implemented to encourage intermodal services.

  • Information sheet

    • Date: 2017
    • Author(s): BERNARD André
    • Domain(s): Governance of Road Authorities
    • Type: RR372 - Features
    • PIARC Ref.: RR372-066
    • Number of pages: 8
  • This article has been published in the Routes/Roads magazine

    N° 372

    1e trimestre 2017 / Mars

    La gouvernance du transport multimodal