General Report of the PIARC World Road Congress, Prague 2023

PIARC was honored and delighted to have partnered with the Czech Republic to organize the 27 th World Road Congress in Prague. Indeed we were “together on the road again”. The success of the Congress is a testament to the cooperation between the Local Organizing Committee and PIARC. The record attendance of over 4000 delegates from more than 120 countries is evidence of the popularity and stature of the quadrennial PIARC World Road Congress. The technical sessions featured over 900 presentations [...]

Award-Winning National Reports - TS1 - Road Administration - Road and Road Transport in a Changed World

Responsibility for transport policy and funding sits with various government bodies across the UK. The UK Government in Westminster develops the policy, and provides the bulk of the funding, for roads and local transport in England. In other parts of the UK this is mostly provided by the relevant devolved administrations (in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales), although the UK government retains reserved powers for ‘national’ transport issues, such as vehicle standards and taxation. Local [...]

Innovation Management Approaches to Manage a Large Portfolio of Innovation Projects on German Motorways

On 1 January 2021, after two intensive years of development, the Federal Motorway Company (Autobahn GmbH) assumed overall responsibility for the planning, construction, operation, traffic management, maintenance, financing and asset management of all federal motorways in Germany. This brings together decades of experience from 16 Federal Sates, while at the same time using new technological developments to shape a modern and innovative company and develop the federal motorways into even safer, more [...]

A Strategic Research Agenda for Biodiversity-Friendly Transport Infrastructure in Europe

Transport ecology, which developed from road ecology, opens up a specific field of research at the crossroads between two major areas: transport research and biodiversity research. Amidst growing tensions surrounding this interface (often conflicting objectives of environmental preservation and economic development), one of the BISON project’s objectives was to identify and prioritise research and innovation needs so that transport infrastructure can take greater account of biodiversity throughout [...]

The Final Frontier - Meeting the Challenges of Linear Infrastructure in Africa

The environmental and infrastructure sectors in Africa are at the early stages of adopting a meaningful collaborative agenda for developing ecologically sustainable linear infrastructure. There are efforts, lessons and knowledge emerging from various parts of the continent which highlight a pressing need to move this agenda forward. African countries have a very limited timeline to ensure ecological sustainable in the face of rapid and expansive linear development across the continent. It is imperative [...]