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PIARC (World Road Association), founded in 1909 and comprising 125 member governments from all over the world, is the global forum for exchange of knowledge and experience on roads, road transport policies and practices. With consultative status to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, the Association is contributing to a stable and sustainable global development of the road and transport sector.

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Publications Routes/Roads policies

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

  • Road safety in residential areas, the dutch experiences

    This article describes the expercience in the Netherlands in tackling a problem, which is relevant fo all countries - hw to cope with increasing numbers of vechiles in often congested residential areas without damaging road safety.

  • Tenderind and procurment procedures of National Road Administrations in Western Europe

    This paper containes the result of an exhange of information between national administrations of Western European Roads Directors Group within PIARC. The admintrative responsibilities for highways and the highways tendering and procurement procedures for the construction of national road networks are described. That is to say the net network which is the responsibility of the Road Dicertors. The purpose of the exercise was to obtain better back ground knowledge of current practices in Western Europe [...]

  • Roads of Hungary

    This paper presents various aspects of the Hungarian road system. Aspects discussed in the paper include organisation, transport and road policy, finance, road network development and repairs, motorways, urban local roads, cycle tracks and private roads.

  • Roads in Mali

    Overview of the road network in Mali from 1960 to nowadays.

  • Intelligent transport systems (ITS), activities at the European Union level

    Description of the current state of play with deployment of ITS in Europe. Analysis of its contribution to the provision of safe, efficient and sustainable transport, fit for the twenty first century. List of the domains that need to be pursued to safeguard interoperability between systems and services across organisational and jurisdictional boundaries.