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Publications Routes/Roads Governance of road authorities

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

  • Introduction to the XXIVth World Road Congress

    Introduction to the XXIVth World Road Congress

  • Preventing Corruption on Road Projects

    This article suggests three ways to fight Corruption on road projects: project, corporate and individual.

  • 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.

  • Corporate social responsibility and the road sector: the background

    Following the introduction of concepts such as sustainable development, the first Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reports appeared during the 1970's and 80's. However, initial research based on published material indicates that take-up is still relatively low in the road sector. Some private companies implement environmental and CSR policies, but only a few public organisations follow them on this path. The increasing role of CSR has been recognised by PIARC. A sub-group of PIARC's Sustainable [...]

  • The development of road management system in Latvia after the regaining of independence

    Latvia is one of the three Baltic states, which gained independence in 1991, when the Soviet Union collapsed. Latvia lies by the Baltic Sea and it borders on Estonia in the North, Russian and Byelorussian in the East, and Lithuania in the South. The lenght of its sea borber is 494 kilometres, and the length of the land border is 1 196 kilometres. Latvia has a wide network of transport lines which insures not only the inland but also the transit transport. The lenght of the tranpost lines in the [...]