Technical Reports Road network operations
This page lists technical reports of PIARC in the field of road network operations. These publications are classified chronologically.
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CD-ROM of the PIARC Technical Committee on Management of Network Operations
Road network operations combine a complex set of traffic management and user support actions to optimize traffic conditions in all circumstances. The knowledge in this area has been organized in the form of an electronic encyclopaedia that can be accessed on the PIARC website at: https://rno-its.piarc.org/ This website describes the actions that make up road operations. It provides an update of the PIARC Handbook on Network Operations published in 2003. It includes a comprehensive library [...]
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Management of the operator - Emergency teams interface in road tunnels
The purpose of this report is to assist the owners, operators of tunnels and emergency services to coordinate their operations in order to improve the level of safety for users, staff members and emergency teams during serious tunnel fires and tunnel incidents. The first part presents the most relevant lessons learned from the more serious tunnel fires of the last decades. It explains the development of lorry fires and emphasizes the utmost importance of reducing the duration of all the precursor [...]
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CD-ROUTE
Minimum Equipment Required CD-ROUTE can be used on PC (386 at least, Windows 3.1, 95 & NT) and Macintosh® (68020 at least), Power Mac®, Mac OS version 7. Minimum equipment required: 16 Mo RAM, a hard disk and a 14'' colour screen (256 colours or more). The program is very easy to install. For more details on CD-ROUTE: AIPCR/PIARC Tel : +33 1 47 96 81 21 Fax : +33 1 49 00 02 02 E-mail : info@piarc.org
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Integrated approach to road tunnel safety
This report proposes an integrated approach to road tunnel safety, which has been developed in co-operation with the European research projects SafeT and UPTUN. General principles and current perspectives on road tunnel safety are summarised, including practical tunnel project experience. An international survey through PIARC C3.3 members was carried out. An overview is given of current best practice in various countries.
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Guide for organizing, recruiting and training road tunnel operating staff
This report has been produced by Working Group 1 (WG 1) "Tunnel Operation", for PIARC Technical Committee C3.3. Road Tunnel Operation. This report was developed through contributions from individual members of WG 1. The given recommendations have been reviewed by WG 1 and are commended to the reader as worthy of consideration for use in road tunnels. The service and quality levels available to the user obviously depend on the nature and performance of the installed equipment. It also depends on [...]