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Publications Routes/Roads Road network operations

This page lists Routes/Roads articles of PIARC in the field of road network operations. These publications are classified chronologically.

  • General report and pictures of the Congress

    General report and pictures of the Congress

  • Introduction to the XXIVth World Road Congress

    Introduction to the XXIVth World Road Congress

  • A congestion avoiding driver assistance system

    The article describes the AKTIV research project [3] (adaptive and cooperative technologies for intelligent traffic), which is promoted by the German Federal Ministry for Industry and Technology (BMWi) which aims at reducing congestion.

  • ERUS: European road user survey

    A European Road User Survey (ERUS) was organised in autumn 2002. In this context, 1,269 professional drivers assessed the Trans European Road Network. Positive results were obtained for the majority indicators leading to a new ERUS organised for autumn of 2004.

  • Toll motorways

    This article presente the results of a very extensive survey of the status of toll motorways in europe, which illustrates the efficienency of the toll road system very well. At the end of 1992, 13 European countries had part of their road system costs directly met by users; in particular, tolls were levied on 16 239 km of road, of which 15 537 km were motorways. On the basis of an agreement signed in Brussels, the twelve member nations of the Europeas Community (EC), at the time, reached an understanding [...]