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  • Proceedings of the XIIth International Winter Road Congress - Turin-Sestriere

    Organized in Turin-Sestriere (Italy) from 27 to 30 March 2006 by the World Road Association and the Italian Organizing Committee, the Congress gathered over 1,000 participants from 50 countries. The theme "Keeping users on the move in winter" attracted 130 contributions from 18 countries. This CD-ROM [...]

    • Date : 2006
    • PIARC Ref. : CD-Turin-Sestrières
  • How to apply the concepts of sustainable development to transport?

    This report has been produced by Technical Committee C2.1. Sustainable Development and Road Transport and provides an analysis of "How to apply the concepts of Sustainable Development to Transport?" from the approaches implemented in a few cases - either policies, programmes or projects. These cases [...]

    • Date : 2007
    • Pages : 127
    • PIARC Ref. : 2007R08EN
    • ISBN : 2-84060-198-2
  • Modelling Road Deterioration and Works Effects in HDM-4

    This document is the sixth volume in the series of seven volumes of HDM-4 documentation. It gives a detailed description of the road deterioration and works effects (RDWE) models currently in HDM-4 and provides some background to their development, particularly from HDM-III to HDM-4. Also included are [...]

    • Date : 2004
    • Pages : 296
    • PIARC Ref. : HDM4-Volume6EN
    • ISBN : 2-84060-103-6
  • Modelling Road User and Environmental Effects in HDM-4

    This document is the seventh volume in the series of seven volumes of HDM-4 documentation. It covers modelling road user and environmental effects (RUEE). The report presents an overview of how they are introduced in studies and describes representative vehicles. The second section deals with road [...]

    • Date : 2004
    • Pages : 412
    • PIARC Ref. : HDM4-Volume7EN
    • ISBN : 2-84060-103-6
  • Integrated approach to road tunnel safety

    This report proposes an integrated approach to road tunnel safety, which has been developed in co-operation with the European research projects SafeT and UPTUN. General principles and current perspectives on road tunnel safety are summarised, including practical tunnel project experience. An international [...]

    • Date : 2007
    • Pages : 170
    • PIARC Ref. : 2007R07EN
    • ISBN : 2-84060-195-8
  • Impacts of road construction and maintenance activities on road users and the adjacent land use

    This technical report synthesizes information on techniques to reduce the impact of road construction, rehabilitation and maintenance activities on road users (driving public and construction workers) and the adjacent land use (homeowners, businesses, etc.). The study included a survey to collect [...]

    • Date : 2007
    • Pages : 133
    • PIARC Ref. : 2007R05EN
    • ISBN : 2-84060-194-X
  • Guide for organizing, recruiting and training road tunnel operating staff

    This report has been produced by Working Group 1 (WG 1) "Tunnel Operation", for PIARC Technical Committee C3.3. Road Tunnel Operation. This report was developed through contributions from individual members of WG 1. The given recommendations have been reviewed by WG 1 and are commended to the reader [...]

    • Date : 2007
    • Pages : 123
    • PIARC Ref. : 2007R04EN
    • ISBN : 2-84060-193-1
  • ITS Manual - 2nd edition

    Following the success of the ITS Handbook 2000, the PIARC Technical Committee on Network Operations has completed a new and extended edition. This new edition takes into account the experience gained over the last years; it provides information about the status of implementation of ITS technologies [...]

    • Date : 2006
    • Pages : 450
    • PIARC Ref. : Manuel STI - 2e edition / ITS Handbook - 2nd editionEN
    • ISBN : 2-84060-188-5 Edition française / 1-58053-103-2 English version
  • Survey of focused funding of environmental mitigation

    Concerns about environmental quality, social equity and economic vitality have converged to produce a growing interest in the concept of sustainable development. Efforts are being made all over the world to increase the sustainability of development patterns and road transport. In countries throughout [...]

    • Date : 2007
    • Pages : 35
    • PIARC Ref. : 2007R03EN
    • ISBN : 2-84060-191-5
  • Measures promoting alternatives to the road and intermodal terminals

    La croissance très importante du transport de marchandises par la route rend nécessaire la recherche d'une utilisation optimale des différents modes de transport dans une perspective de développement durable. Ce rapport présente les tendances et problèmes clés dans le transport intermodal. Il [...]

    • Date : 2007
    • Pages : 175
    • PIARC Ref. : 2007R02EN
    • ISBN : 2-84060-192-3
  • Systems and equipment for fire and smoke control in road tunnels

    This report complements the PIARC report published in 1999 "Fire and Smoke Control in Road Tunnels". After a presentation of the basic principles of smoke and heat progress at the beginning of a fire, the report presents the safety concepts for tunnel fires. It draws the lessons from the fires which [...]

    • Date : 2007
    • Pages : 344
    • PIARC Ref. : 05.16.BEN
    • ISBN : 2-84060-189-3
  • Social and environmental approaches to sustainable transport infrastructures

    Based on a survey performed in different countries facing various economic development contexts and on case studies, this report studies: how is sustainable development dealt with in politics, planning, strategy and operation; what are the methods, targets and criteria used to assess sustainability; [...]

    • Date : 2007
    • Pages : 124
    • PIARC Ref. : 2007R01EN
    • ISBN : 2-84060-190-7
  • ERUS: European road user survey

    A European Road User Survey (ERUS) was organised in autumn 2002. In this context, 1,269 professional drivers assessed the Trans European Road Network. Positive results were obtained for the majority indicators leading to a new ERUS organised for autumn of 2004.

    • Date : 2005
    • Pages : 6
    • PIARC Ref. : RR325-034
  • Road safety and automatic enforcement in France: results and outlook

    Automated enforcement is a promising means of improving road safety. For 15 months, France has been implementing an important programme involving 1000 radars by the end of this year. This article describes the technical and organisational aspects of this programme and shows that the first results are [...]

    • Date : 2005
    • Pages : 8
    • PIARC Ref. : RR325-054
  • Reforms in financing road maintenance in Tanzania: achievements, challenges and strategies

    Status report following 15 years of institutional reforms within Sub-Saharan road administrations Beginning in the 1970's, most African countries were experiencing economic and financial hardship faced with extremely tight cash flow situations. These difficulties led to a slowing of capital investment [...]

    • Date : 2007
    • Pages : 8
    • PIARC Ref. : RR333-082
  • Corporate social responsibility and the road sector: the background

    Following the introduction of concepts such as sustainable development, the first Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reports appeared during the 1970's and 80's. However, initial research based on published material indicates that take-up is still relatively low in the road sector. Some private companies [...]

    • Date : 2007
    • Pages : 10
    • PIARC Ref. : RR333-032
  • Status report following 15 years of institutional reforms within sub-saharan road administrations

    Beginning in the 1970's, most African countries were experiencing economic and financial hardship faced with extremely tight cash flow situations. These difficulties led to a slowing of capital investment flows into the transportation sector and a reduction in annual budgets allocated to the road network. [...]

    • Date : 2007
    • Pages : 4
    • PIARC Ref. : RR333-042
  • The situation in Benin

    Status report following 15 years of institutional reforms within Sub-Saharan road administrations Beginning in the 1970's, most African countries were experiencing economic and financial hardship faced with extremely tight cash flow situations. These difficulties led to a slowing of capital investment [...]

    • Date : 2007
    • Pages : 4
    • PIARC Ref. : RR333-046
  • The situation in Burkina-Faso: the transport and tourism sectorial plan

    Status report following 15 years of institutional reforms within Sub-Saharan road administrations Beginning in the 1970's, most African countries were experiencing economic and financial hardship faced with extremely tight cash flow situations. These difficulties led to a slowing of capital investment [...]

    • Date : 2007
    • Pages : 2
    • PIARC Ref. : RR333-050
  • The situation in Chad

    Status report following 15 years of institutional reforms within Sub-Saharan road administrations Beginning in the 1970's, most African countries were experiencing economic and financial hardship faced with extremely tight cash flow situations. These difficulties led to a slowing of capital investment [...]

    • Date : 2007
    • Pages : 4
    • PIARC Ref. : RR333-070
  • The situation in Niger

    Status report following 15 years of institutional reforms within Sub-Saharan road administrations Beginning in the 1970's, most African countries were experiencing economic and financial hardship faced with extremely tight cash flow situations. These difficulties led to a slowing of capital investment [...]

    • Date : 2007
    • Pages : 6
    • PIARC Ref. : RR333-056
  • The situation in Senegal

    Status report following 15 years of institutional reforms within Sub-Saharan road administrations Beginning in the 1970's, most African countries were experiencing economic and financial hardship faced with extremely tight cash flow situations. These difficulties led to a slowing of capital investment [...]

    • Date : 2007
    • Pages : 8
    • PIARC Ref. : RR333-062
  • The situation in the Republic of Congo

    Status report following 15 years of institutional reforms within Sub-Saharan road administrations Beginning in the 1970's, most African countries were experiencing economic and financial hardship faced with extremely tight cash flow situations. These difficulties led to a slowing of capital investment [...]

    • Date : 2007
    • Pages : 4
    • PIARC Ref. : RR333-052
  • The situation in Togo

    Status report following 15 years of institutional reforms within Sub-Saharan road administrations Beginning in the 1970's, most African countries were experiencing economic and financial hardship faced with extremely tight cash flow situations. These difficulties led to a slowing of capital investment [...]

    • Date : 2007
    • Pages : 8
    • PIARC Ref. : RR333-074
  • Public and private investment in the road network in the United States

    Description of the American strategy for the construction of roads.

    • Date : 2006
    • Pages : 12
    • PIARC Ref. : RR332-062