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• Reforma para nivelar las asignaciones financieras y la asignación de tareas: consecuencias para la oficina federal de carreteras (OFROU)

  Suiza es un país fuertemente federal dividido en 26 cantones soberanos. Desde su fundación en 1291 ha tenido una larga tradición de poder descentralizado. La constitución federal actual se basa en la de 1848, la fundación del estado federal contemporáneo. Con los años, este federalismo ha perdido [...]

  • Date : 2011
  • Pages : 4
  • PIARC Ref. : RR349-072
• Road safety audit guidelines for safety checks of new road projects

  

  This guideline is a comprehensive catalogue of design safety problems and countermeasures that outlines the common types of design failures in a definitive guide for road engineers and professionals working in the road transport sector. With the UN Decade of Action soon to be launched by the World Health [...]

  • Date : 2011
  • Pages : 385
  • PIARC Ref. : 2011R01EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-199-0
• Proceedings of the XIIIth International Winter Road Congress - Québec

  

  This DVD presents the Congress proceedings. It contains: information on organizing the Congress and the exhibition, the Congress program: the technical program and the program for accompanying persons; individual papers and the visual aids for the oral presentations; transcription of the [...]

  • Date : 2010
  • PIARC Ref. : CD QUEBEC 2010
• Congestion in urban areas - Examples of counter-measures

  

  Congestion is a complex phenomenon, influenced by socioeconomic, technical, and human factors. The report examines twenty case studies and focuses on countermeasures against recurrent congestion on urban roads implemented in various cities. The countermeasures have been characterised by the nature/degree [...]

  • Date : 2010
  • Pages : 145
  • PIARC Ref. : 2010R04EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-232-6
• Towards development of a risk management approach

  

  A risk management approach is an important decision-making tool that complements good program and project management.The report presents an integrated risk management approach with respect to the following: ·Risk management techniques in the road sector ·Risk management for mega projects; and [...]

  • Date : 2010
  • Pages : 389
  • PIARC Ref. : 2010R01EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-230-X
• Snow and ice databook, 2010

  

  Varying in intensity and duration, winter remains a season of unpredictability and extremes.Road network managers facing the rigours of winter must continually adapt their services to ensure the safety of road users, maintain accessibility and ensure the network is maintained to acceptable standards. [...]

  • Date : 2010
  • Pages : 223
  • PIARC Ref. : 2010R03EN
• The concept of institutional capacity building and review of road sector projects

  

  Institutional capacity building (ICP) is one of the leading challenges in developing countries and countries with economies in transition.Road sector-related ICB refers to investment in people, institutions and practices that will enable these countries to achieve their road sector development objectives.It [...]

  • Date : 2010
  • Pages : 63
  • PIARC Ref. : 2010R02EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-231-8
• Tools for road tunnel safety management

  

  This report is dedicated to the basic tools needed for management and decision support on road tunnel safety issues. It defines the general demands on tunnel safety documentation, referring to each of the three different stages of a tunnel project: design-construction, commissioning, operation. An [...]

  • Date : 2009
  • Pages : 125
  • PIARC Ref. : 2009R08EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-228-8
• Sustainable interurban roads for tomorrow

  

  Ce rapport traite de l'amélioration de la planification et de l'exploitation des réseaux routiers interurbains. Les interactions entre la planification des transports intégrés, la planification régionale et l'aménagement du territoire sont examinées par une approche en quatre étapes et la [...]

  • Date : 2009
  • Pages : 213
  • PIARC Ref. : 2009R09EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-229-6
• PIARC Catalogue of design safety problems and potential countermeasures

  

  This catalogue presents a set of commonly design errors and suggests a range of measures to overcome them; it also gives an indication of the comparative countermeasure costs to facilitate prioritisation of the work. The catalogue can be used both as a proactive safety tool to ensure the design faults [...]

  • Date : 2009
  • Pages : 169
  • PIARC Ref. : 2009R07EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-227-X
• Pricing as a tool for funding and regulation in an equity's perspective

  

  Traditionally, instruments such as taxes, charges and tolls have been used for funding infrastructure construction and maintenance. In recent years, pricing has been used for regulatory purposes as a measure against congestion, for mitigating environmental impacts; and for safety improvement. The [...]

  • Date : 2009
  • Pages : 157
  • PIARC Ref. : 2009R05EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-225-3
• Road Safety Manual

  

  After six years of diligent work led by the PIARC Technical Committee on Road Safety, this reference publication compiles the experience from different countries; it presents state-of-the-art information and guidance for the design and operation of road infrastructure in order to increase road safety. [...]

  • Date : 2004
  • Pages : 603
  • PIARC Ref. : 13.03.B - Manuel de sécurité routièreEN
• Overview of winter maintenance contracts

  

  Road transportation has increased considerably in the past few decades and winter maintenance has become a public service activity of vital importance to the economy. Many production activities are organized with reduced inventories and just-in-time policies have developed considerably, resulting in [...]

  • Date : 2009
  • Pages : 123
  • PIARC Ref. : 2009R01EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-220-2
• A congestion avoiding driver assistance system

  The article describes the AKTIV research project [3] (adaptive and cooperative technologies for intelligent traffic), which is promoted by the German Federal Ministry for Industry and Technology (BMWi) which aims at reducing congestion.

  • Date : 2009
  • Pages : 8
  • PIARC Ref. : RR341-056
• Bridging the gap

  After the collapse of the Interstate 35W (I-35W) Bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this article describes the American challenges when it comes to the design, construction, maintenance and safety of bridges. It also underlines the necessity of a national commitment to bridge investment for long-term [...]

  • Date : 2009
  • Pages : 8
  • PIARC Ref. : RR341-072
• Leading roads to carbon neutrality

  This article describes the International Road Federation (IRF) research program intended to provide corporations, government and road industry professionals with a decision-making calculator tool specifically devoted to reducing emissions from Greenhouse Gases (GG).

  • Date : 2009
  • Pages : 8
  • PIARC Ref. : RR341-064
• Public works concessions for the maintenance and operations of highways in Spain

  This article describes the restoration of highways in Spain. Two groups are identified: first-time construction, including new building, alignment modifications, layout of interchanges, straightening of curves, extension of frontage roads, installation of flyovers, etc.; and maintenance tasks, encompassing [...]

  • Date : 2009
  • Pages : 10
  • PIARC Ref. : RR341-038
• The World Bank group's transport business strategy 2008-2012

  The article describes the World Bank strategic perspectives to mobilize the resources required to address the critical issues identified for sustainability in transport, to join forces to implement policies and projects that will ultimately support developing and transition countries on their journey [...]

  • Date : 2009
  • Pages : 6
  • PIARC Ref. : RR341-048
• Roadway winter maintenance support systems and information exchange

  

  This report presents a state of practice for the use of road weather information systems in relation to winter maintenance. An overview is provided on: the types of sensors that are used by road weather stations, collection and management of data, the file formats that are used for data exchange, information [...]

  • Date : 2008
  • Pages : 175
  • PIARC Ref. : 2008R20EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060221-0
• Human factors and road tunnel safety regarding users

  

  This report aims to improve the understanding of user behaviour in road tunnels in both normal and critical situations and to provide recommendations for tunnel design and operation. After an introduction of the human decision process, the report presents observations of the behaviour of tunnel users [...]

  • Date : 2008
  • Pages : 193
  • PIARC Ref. : 2008R17EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-218-0
• Urban road tunnels - Recommendations to managers and operating bodies for design, management, operation and maintenance

  

  Urban road tunnels are unique in terms of traffic characteristics (high volume, congestion during commuter periods, wide variety of vehicles, high percentage of buses, etc.), infrastructural design, difficulty of closing and urban environment. Recommendations are presented to managers and operating [...]

  • Date : 2008
  • Pages : 110
  • PIARC Ref. : 2008R15EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-216-4
• Human factors guidelines for safer road infrastructure

  

  It is well known, that human factors have an enormous influence on the safe handling of technical systems. Human factors can be described as people's contributions to damaging events. It is the generic term for those psychological and physiological patterns, which are verified to contribute to operational [...]

  • Date : 2008
  • Pages : 110
  • PIARC Ref. : 2008R18EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-215-6
• The use of monetised values for socio-environmental impacts of road projects

  

  This report presents the current practice of monetising socio/environmental impacts in road project appraisal methodologies. It presents: a synthesis of the responses from 13 countries to an international survey; an overview of the HEATCO study on road project appraisal techniques across 25 countries [...]

  • Date : 2008
  • Pages : 107
  • PIARC Ref. : 2008R19EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-219-9
• Transportation infrastructure financing for sustainable development

  

  Today, countries are facing difficulties in allocating their financial resources amongst critically needed maintenance, and the desire to secure new infrastructure to increase network capacity and to preserve existing roadways. This report explores the various financial procurement strategies implemented [...]

  • Date : 2008
  • Pages : 211
  • PIARC Ref. : 2008R16EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-217-2
• Asset management practice

  

  Road Asset Management is a more developed approach to the task of steadily improving the satisfaction of road stakeholders. It enables road administrations to better optimise outcomes. It also incorporates the concept of business excellence in relation to both results and enablers. The objective of [...]

  • Date : 2008
  • Pages : 163
  • PIARC Ref. : 2008R11EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-211-3