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NEWSLETTER N°110
October 2022
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PIARC together with its partners, the South African Road Federation (SARF) and the International Road Federation (IRF), held the 7th Regional Conference for Africa in Cape Town. This global event, with over 700 delegates in attendance including exhibitors from 18th to 20th October, was organized by the SARF which by all accounts was a resounding success. PIARC was an integral part of the programme through the participation of its two Technical Committees, namely TC 2.2 “Accessibility and Mobility in Rural Areas” and TC 3.1 “Road Safety” and its International Seminar on rural roads and road safety. >> Read the full editorial
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4-5 October, Prague (Czech Republic) October started with the Czech Road Conference,
held at Prague Congress Centre. The Czech Road Society succeeded to gather more
than 1500 Czech and Slovak experts, and 150 students! PIARC was represented by the intervention of our
Technical Adviser, Aleksandra Korupska who presented the Association’s
activities, and with a stand that highlighted the upcoming World Road Congress. See you at the same place, from 2 to 6 October 2023,
for the 27th World Road Congress! >>
World Road Congress 2023 <<
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5-7 October, Dortmund (Germany) Approximatively 1800 people participated in the German
Road and Transportation Congress, from 5 to 7 October 2022 in Dortmund. Alongside its Road and Traffic Exhibition, this event
offered an opportunity to learn and to discuss a series of interesting subjects
including sustainable transports, recent developments in construction, mobility
changes, the collection of transport data and much more. The event was a great success and ended with a closing
address by the Chairwoman of the Research Society for Roads and Traffic (FGSV).
The next congress will take place in Bonn from 23 to 25 October 2024 and will
coincide with the 100th anniversary of the FGSV. >>
National Committee of Germany <<
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12 October, Slovenia The Celebration of the National Committee of Slovenia
took place on Wednesday 12 October! This was the opportunity to officially recognise and
celebrate Bojan Leben, a longstanding Honorary member of PIARC. The
President of the Slovenian National Committee, Ljiljana Herga, officially
handed over to Bojan his diploma to reward him for his active presence within the
PIARC Community for more than 20 years. We congratulate Bojan with great respect for his
contribution as a representative of Slovenia and a Slovenian road expert. >>
National Committee of Slovenia <<
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11-13 October, Tulln (Austria) 26
professional snowplough drivers from 9 European countries participated in the 1st
European Snowplough Championship, organised by the Austrian
National Committee
in cooperation with the Road Department of the Government
of the Lower Austria. Past PIARC
President Claude Van Rooten attended this unique event on behalf of the
Association’s President and gave a welcome speech at the “Winter Service
Talks”, on the occasion of the driver´s competition. Outstanding experts from
Germany, France, Hungary, Latvia, Sweden and Austria reported on recent
developments in winter service and road maintenance. >>
Championship’s official website <<
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2-5 October, Edmonton, Alberta (Canada) The
Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)’s annual conference is the largest
national gathering of transportation professionals in Canada. This was the
first in-person conference since the beginning of the pandemic. This year’s
conference theme was “Changing ways for our changing climate”. PIARC
Canadian National Committee (CNC) in collaboration with TAC’s Climate Change
Integrated Committee organized a session for the TAC conference, aligned with its
theme, to showcase PIARC and international work on climate change. The session
was entitled “PIARC and Canadian Challenges in Developing Road System
Resilience” and was moderated by David Hein, Vice Chair of CNC, who is also a
member of Technical Committee 3.3 “Asset Management”. The session
included 6 presentations by transportation and environment professionals from
across Canada where they presented their findings on topics related to climate
change vis-à-vis road resiliency including those in Northern Canada followed by
discussions and Q&A.
>> Find the work topic “Winter Service” <<
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Yesterday was the closing of the congress on #tunnels and #engineering that took place in Granada organised by @PIARC_Roads and in which our college had an active presence and participation through our dean @RGuarga
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Routes/Roads magazine released a special issue (n°394) dedicated to Road Asset Management. On the agenda, a presentation of PIARC Disaster Management Manual, an article [...] >> View
this issue
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The needs for rehabilitation of an aging bridge stock may be different from one country to the other. The aging of bridges is one of the main cause of rehabilitation, but [...] >> Read here
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Road network operators are increasingly making use of technology and developing digital infrastructure to manage road networks. Road users are making use of technology to efficiently and safely complete trips. >> Read here
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PIARC Events
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International
Seminar "Bridge inspection and rehabilitation techniques"
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PIARC National Committees
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11th National Road Congress
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