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Publications Routes/Roads Road tunnel operations

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

  • Provision for Persons with Reduced Mobility during a Tunnel Incident

    This article incorporates research and analysis, regarding adjustments to design and operational processes that member countries have adopted in response to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN Charter), and their individual National legislation.

  • Safety Impact of the Physical and Fluid-Dynamic Lengths of a Tunnel

    This article focusses on the safety impact of partially open sections, built just before or after the "physical tunnel" . The article provides some scenarios to which the calculation method can be applied.

  • Effectiveness of Risk Mitigation Measures for Road Tunnels

    The article provides a survey of risk mitigation measures, describes their effectiveness and gives some indication of their possible quantitative influence.

  • The Technical Committee D.5 Road Tunnel Operations: a Highly Active Community of Experts

    This article gives a brief overview of the activities conducted by World Road Association’s Technical Committee D.5 Road Tunnel Operations and introduces the 8 articles prepared for this special issue of Routes/Roads magazine. It also presents the first World Road Association international conference on road tunnel operations and safety organized in Lyon, France, on the 3rd to 5th October 2018, with the support of TC D.5 and the French National Committee of the World Road Association.

  • Coastal highway route E39 in Norway

    This presentation provides an overview of our new Coastal Highway Route E39 Project. It is planned to replace seven different ferry connections with pioneering designs and constructions: suspension bridges, cable-stayed bridges, floating bridges, submerged floating tube bridges or a combination of these bridge types.