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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.

  • Safe cycling in the Netherlands

    Cycling is very popular in the Netherlands: with about 16.5 million inhabitants and circa 18 million bicycles. Almost all Dutch citizens own a bicycle and together they travel 15 billion kilometres a year, amounting to circa 1000 kilometres per inhabitant/cyclist. These trips are to and from schools (especially secondary schools and universities), work, shops and leisure trips. The length of the majority of trips is shorter than 7.5kilometres.Cycling is part of the'Dutch culture' and is of course [...]

  • Mobility management: a potential solution to urban traffic congestion

    The systematic reliance on an increased supply of capacity in order to meet growing mobility needs has its limitations. Many European countries are already experiencing it on a daily basis, inasmuch as they have tied their urban and interurban development to a strategy of extracting greater output from road mobility. In light of the consequences associated with such a strategy, as reflected in traffic congestion problems, the field of mobility management provides counter-proposals for a more sustainable [...]

  • Increasing mobility through sustainable transport in the United States

    In the past twenty years, United States federal transportation policy and funding initiatives from the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA), to the Partnership for Sustainable Communities have opened doors to establishing more sustainable transportation policies in the United States. However, the potential of these legislative reforms for transformation has not always resulted in change on the ground. A clear path to actionable, sustainable transportation policy requires a change [...]

  • Towards alternatives in urban mobility

    Urbanisation will continue to grow and incomes will keep on rising in advanced economies. The same will happen in emerging economies, but at much higher rates. These are positive developments. However, their impacts on the evolution of mobility patterns and the associated energy, environment and climate impacts sometimes instill fear. Bleak images are conjured up of a car-based dystopia with unbearable congestion, local pollution, and uncontrolled growth of energy demand and greenhouse gas emissions. [...]

  • "Young Professionals" Prize

    "Young Professionals" Prize