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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.

  • Intelligent transport systems make progress around the Developing World

    This paper attempts to identify the major patterns of ITS development and deployment in these countries and highlights how ITS can help to tackle the emerging transport problems.

  • Traffic management in Wales

    This article provides an insight into the systems employed, the traffic management activities undertaken by the TMCs and the role played by Traffic Wales.

  • PIARC Road Network Operations Handbook

    This article gives an overview of the PIARC Road Network Operations Handbook which is supplemented by the PIARC ITS Handbook - second edition [2] which contains a detailed presentation of ITS.

  • Transport systems for World Expo 2005 Aichi, Japan

    15 million people are expected to visit Expo 2005. This equates to an average of 150 000 people per day. Effective transport systems are critical to the Expo's success. Transport systems consistent with the "Nature's Wisdom" theme have been developted. The use of high capacity public transport systems to deliver visitors to site has been adopted. Major new transport infrastructure(roads and trains) have been created. The transportation network is supported by the Information Technology (IT) project. [...]