Motorways concessions and tolls in Italy

Current context of the Italian concession system, law and application frameworks of concessions and future developments.

Recent applications of HDM-4 on a wide variety of roads networks and environments

To demonstrate the versatility of HDM-4, this paper describes its use in three different scenarios - Poland's National Roads and Motorways, Namibia's National Road Network and the privately operated North South (Tolled) Expressway of Malaysia.

A journey to the Land of covered bridges

The vast areas of Québec which have been settled contain many rivers and tributaries. This natural partition of the new land forced colonists and their descendants to construct numerous bridges. Our ancestors, employing ingenuity rather than engineering, adopted a design that was seen as durable, the covered bridge. Quebec has 88 wooden covered bridges,which represents 57% of Canada's.

Review of UK skid resistance policy

In 2004, the Highways Agency therefore commenced a review to examine all aspects of the skid resistance policy. This paper describes the results of the accident analysis, which has led to a revision of the site categories and ILs and changes to the way that potential maintenance schemes will be evaluated. A database of pavement condition, road geometry, traffic flow and accident data for English trunk roads was constructed for an accident analysis.

Public private partnerships for road infrastructure development in Mexico

Mexico's road network is the backbone of the country's transportation system. The road network serves the whole territory and provides access and mobility to most of the country's 104 million inhabitants. Because of the country's reliance on its road system, there are large investment needs in the road sector. With the growth of economic activities and transportation requirements, these investment levels are insufficient to ensure that road infrastructure is properly maintained, improved and expanded. [...]