From the 5th Generation Road to Roads of the Anthropocene – What are the Synergies between Digitalisation of Transport Infrastructures and Protection of Landscapes and Biodiversity?

The “5th Generation Road” or R5GMD project, the French version of the “Forever Open Road” project, aims to design road infrastructures that are adapted to the challenges of the 21st century. The project is divided into three phases. The first phase (2010-2015) involved identifying key technologies and preparing the associated research projects, culminating in the publication of a roadmap validated by the Ministry responsible for the environment and transport at COP 21. The second phase (2015-2020) [...]

Capacity Building Tools for Raising Awareness about Biodiversity Mainstreaming: BISON E-learning Platform by SPECTRA

The BISON project, funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, is focused on tackling the research and innovation challenges related to biodiversity mainstreaming in the complete life cycle of transportation infrastructure. Project’s main objective is to support European Member States, stakeholders, and associated countries by offering them recommendations and tools to integrate biodiversity considerations throughout the entire lifespan of transportation infrastructure, [...]

Biodiversity and Infrastructure: An Online Handbook for Promoting Cooperation and Action

The joint goals to enhance infrastructure resilience to extreme weather events, increase traffic safety and nature restoration can be achieved by mainstreaming biodiversity in planning, design and operation of transport infrastructure. Deployment of concrete actions which have been proven effective must be accelerated while new innovative solutions and technologies are being developed. The online handbook ‘Biodiversity and infrastructure. A handbook for action’ promoted by IENE together with [...]

Employ Innovation, Technology and Cooperation to Reduce Collisions between Vehicles and Wildlife

The budget for transportation infrastructure development in most of the world is huge: upgrading of junctions, expansion of roads, building new high-speed train tracks are an integral part of expanding the connectivity between different countries, increasing the movement of goods and freight, and putting in place trade agreements.

Wider economic benefits of transport systems - How Norway is working with it

Wider Economic Benefits (WEBs) are benefits caused by improvement in transport systems and accrue in form of productivity gains due to agglomeration effects, increased outputs in markets with imperfect competition and improvements in labour supply. The conventional Benefit-Cost Analyses (BCA) has traditionally ignored the WEBs. In the recent years, however, the international literature has recognized the existence of WEBs and that they should be accounted for and added to the benefits captured in [...]