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NEWSLETTER N°86
April 2020
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Dear colleagues and friends,
The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented global
health and societal emergency that requires effective and immediate action, and
this has led PIARC to set up a Response Team, made up of experts from Technical
Committees 1.1 "Performance of Transport Administrations", 1.4
"Climate change and Resilience of Transport Networks", 1.5
"Disaster Management", 2.3 "Freight", 2.4 "Road
Network Operation / Intelligent Transportation Systems" and Task Force 3.1
"Road Infrastructure and Transport Security".
Indeed, road transport is an essential service
critical to maintaining the movement of key workers, goods, supplies and
services, and our roads have to remain operational. What’s more, the pandemic
and its impacts are expected to last for some time [...] >> Read more
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April 2020
PIARC has organised a series of Webinars to
discuss the multiple and complex impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic for road and
transport administrations. Video recordings and copies of all presentation
slides in three languages from the Webinars can be found on PIARC’s website. The
first findings are very relevant for both high- and low-income countries as the
Webinars included a diverse portfolio of presentations from countries
throughout the world, including Argentina, Australia, Chile, China, Colombia,
Greece, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Paraguay, Spain, United Arab Emirates, United
Kingdom and United States of America. The presentations
also touched on several different areas. The questions and answers session were
very dynamic as well, with 208 individuals registered for the Webinars coming
from 48 countries, showcasing PIARC’s global outreach and contributing to the
exchange of ideas between experts.
>> Read more
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2nd April 2020 The International Road Maintenance Day (#IRMD2020)
was celebrated as every year on the first Thursday of April. It aims to raise
public awareness about the importance of road maintenance and its economic,
social and environmental benefits. PIARC Technical Director, Miguel Caso Flórez,
was invited to present two PIARC Technical Reports on pavements footprint and on
green pavements during an online webinar, highlighting that well-preserved
pavements can significantly reduce the carbon foot print of vehicles using the
road network (up to 10-15% reduction). This is important, because this is 50 to
80 times greater that the carbon footprint of building the road itself. >> Watch the presentation of PIARC's technical director (in Spanish)
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8 April 2020 This working group is tasked with producing a literature study on
resilience in tunnels as early as this year. It had planned to convene in
Vienna, but had to organise an online meeting instead, due to the current
pandemic situation. WG members reviewed a first draft that had already been
prepared by the leader (Ronald Mante, Netherlands) and co-leader (Bernhard
Kohl, Austria). They also reviewed the literature that exists on this topic. >> Technical Committee 4.4 Tunnels
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April 2020 The Polish National Committee of PIARC has organized two online debates
with contractors and the road administration in order to develop best practices
for the pandemic period in the road sector. The Polish National Committee also
conducts webinars e.g. on the history of road congresses or road maintenance.
All online activities are available on the Polish Road Congress channel on
YouTube. >> YouTube page of the Polish National Committee (in Polish)
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16th April 2020 Due to
COVID-19 PIARC National Committees must find new ways to act and cooperate with
their members. A lot of activities were canceled or postponed. It has great
influence one everyday life of our National Committees. For that reason, on 16th
of April an on-line meeting was organized. Main issues that were discussed considered
exchange of experiences on they operations in the new circumstances, what are
the services that are provided to members, what are the requests of members to
National Committees. In upcoming weeks, those online meetings are going to be
continued. >>
More information on PIARC National
Committees
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The @PIARC_Roads seminars have addressed the good practices of: Spain, Italy and Japan (25/03)
USA, the Gulf area and China (01/04)
Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Spain, Paraguay and Mexico (07/04)
Australia, Greece, Italy (08/04)
Go to http://bit.ly/IMT_PIARC_COVI...
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The latest issue
of Routes / Roads magazine (No. 383) of PIARC is available. Dedicated to the
Eight Winners of the 2019 PIARC Prizes, it also reviews the latest activities
and publications of PIARC. You will also discover the story of PIARC logo, a
young road professional working in environmental technologies, as well as a
portrait of the National Committee from Niger. >> Read the magazine
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PIARC has organised a series of Webinars to discuss
the multiple complex impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic for road and transport
administrations. This note presents the emerging findings from the first four
Webinars. They are relevant for the road community and may be useful to inform
planning and operational [...] >> Download the PIARC note on the COVID-19 crisis
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This report presents the
outcome of an investigation into the design and detailing practices from
various countries that are specifically directed toward facilitating the
undertaking of future inspections, maintenance, and replacement of bridge
elements. This investigation was undertaken by Working [...] >> Read the technical report
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April 29, 2020
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April 30, 2020
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May 5, 2020
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May 6, 2020
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PIARC National Committees
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April 29, 2020
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National Committees Meeting
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