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• Freight Modal Split

  

  The report provides a statistical overview of trends in freight transport concentrating on growth in different modes of freight transport, modal split for freight, average length of haul, and commodities transported. Where possible an attempt has been made to cover both domestic and international freight [...]

  • Date : 2004
  • Pages : 144
  • PIARC Ref. : 19.02.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-179-6
• Good Practice for the Operation and Maintenance of Road Tunnels

  This report complements the report entitled "Reduction of operational cost of road tunnels" which was presented and published at the Kuala Lumpur Congress in 1999. Various aspects of the management and operation of tunnels are considered. A method for providing continuity of management of safety, throughout [...]

  • Date : 2004
  • Pages : 184
  • PIARC Ref. : 05.13.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-175-3
• Highway Performance Monitoring Systems (HPMS)

  In 1996, PIARC launched a project linked to Highway Performance Monitoring Systems (HPMS). The objective of this project was to assess existing HPMS-systems to provide road administrations (especially from Central and eastern Europe) with efficient short-term and long-term maintenance strategies and [...]

  • Date : 1997
  • Pages : 68
  • PIARC Ref. : 06.02.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-052-8
• In Situ Assessment of Subgrade Materials

  

  It is important to be able to forecast the performance of the subgrade, especially its acceptable limits of deformation derived for both the construction stage and during the working life of the pavement. Ten types of in situ test apparatus are described briefly and comparisons made between them, setting [...]

  • Date : 1995
  • Pages : 120
  • PIARC Ref. : 12.01.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-030-7
• Indicators for Bridge Performance and Prioritization of Bridge Actions

  

  Bridge management systems have been developed by many countries to serve as a tool to track inventory data and analyze maintenance and improvement needs for existing bridges. It has been previously identified in the 1996 C11 Committee report entitled Towards an Indicator of the Health Conditions of [...]

  • Date : 2003
  • Pages : 80
  • PIARC Ref. : 11.13.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-161-3
• Innovative Pavement Design

  The sub-group 2 of the PIARC Technical Committee on Road Pavements (C7/8) includes 24 representatives belonging to 18 countries. The task assigned to this group was to identify, analyse and recommend innovative pavement typologies corresponding to needs really expressed by the different countries and [...]

  • Date : 2003
  • Pages : 144
  • PIARC Ref. : 78.03.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-155-9
• Integrated Intermodal Strategies for Road, Rail and Water Transport

  This publication reports on the proceedings of a seminar entitled 'Integrated Intermodal Strategies for Road, Rail and Water Transport' held in Helsinki between 22nd and 27th October 2000. Organised by the World Road Association (PIARC) and the Institute for Highway and Maritime Education (IHME) [...]

  • Date : 2001
  • Pages : 148
  • PIARC Ref. : IHMEEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-136-2
• Intermodality: Measures to Stimulate Public Transport Usage

  This is the report of the activities from PIARC Committee on Urban Areas sub-group on intermodality, which deals with traveller intermodality in which public transport plays a major role. The activities of this subgroup have been focused on public transport measures and other measures that affect public [...]

  • Date : 2000
  • Pages : 110
  • PIARC Ref. : 10.11.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-120-6
• Internal Performance Improvement of Road Administrations

  

  This report sets out a framework for international collaboration in relation to performance improvement of Road Administrations. It develops the background for a dossier of best practice summaries linked to characteristics of country situations so that it will be practicable for the information to be [...]

  • Date : 2003
  • Pages : 80
  • PIARC Ref. : 15.06.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-151-6
• International Experiment to Compare and Harmonize Skid Resistance and Texture Measurements

  

  This document presents the International Experiment involving 41 friction and texture measuring devices that operated on 58 locations (including 10 airfield runways) in Spain and Belgium in September-October 1992. The analysis of the results and conclusions bear on correlations between texture measuring [...]

  • Date : 1995
  • Pages : 430
  • PIARC Ref. : 01.04.TEN
  • ISBN : 84-87825-96-6
• International Experiment to Harmonise Longitudinal and transverse Profile Measurement and Reporting Procedures

  In 1998, the PIARC committee C1 on Surface Characteristics carried out a worldwide experiment to investigate the performance of different high speed profiling equipment. The design of the different pieces of equipment clearly reflects the policy of what is considered sufficient information (in the [...]

  • Date : 2002
  • Pages : 80
  • PIARC Ref. : 01.07.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-140-0
• International Symposium on Subdrainage in Roadway Pavements and Subgrades

  Out of print As is common knowledge in the transportation community, proper functioning of roadways is largely dependent on adequate drainage, both at the surface and in the subsurface. The accumulation of excessive water under pavements typically results in a reduced bearing capacity, leading to [...]

  • Date : 2000
  • PIARC Ref. : 12.08.BEN
• Inventory of Surface Characteristics Measuring Equipment

  In 1989, the PIARC Technical Committee C1 started compiling an inventory of surface characteristics measuring equipment used throughout the world. The result is a comprehensive listing of equipment for measuring longitudinal evenness, transverse profile distresses (rutting), texture and skid resistance [...]

  • Date : 1995
  • Pages : 238
  • PIARC Ref. : 01.03.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-029-3
• ITS HANDBOOK 2000

  Compiled by the World Road Association (PIARC) Committee on Intelligent Transport, ITS Handbook 2000 provides a full review of operational tests and early deployment of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) in various countries around the world. This unique reference delivers evaluation results and [...]

  • Date : 2000
  • Pages : 436
  • PIARC Ref. : 16.01.BEN
  • ISBN : 1-58053-103-2
• Landslides - Techniques of Evaluating Hazard

  This report discusses current techniques used to evaluate landslide hazard in three stages. Firstly, the landslide hazard of an area is evaluated by collecting existing data, field reconnaissance, etc. At several specified sites along a route, more detailed investigations are then conducted, such [...]

  • Date : 1997
  • Pages : 120
  • PIARC Ref. : 12.04.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-044-7
• Leightweight Filling Materials

  This document presents various lightweight filling materials for different applications in road construction. Details are given regarding material properties, design considerations, specifications related to the construction, pavement structure, environmental considerations if any, availability and [...]

  • Date : 1997
  • Pages : 288
  • PIARC Ref. : 12.02.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-045-5
• Limits of use of natural soils, specifications and controls in earthworks

  

  During 2000-2003 C12 activity, it was decided to be interested in the limits of use of the soils in the earthworks through the various Member States of the committee and simultaneously to analyse the control methods developed to guarantee the good completion of the work. C12 has considered interesting [...]

  • Date : 2003
  • Pages : 172
  • PIARC Ref. : 12.12.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-141-9
• Management of Bridges in Australasian and African Countries

  This report presents the results of the questionnaire disseminated by PIARC Committee C11 in 2000, respectively to Australasian countries and to African countries, in view of the seminars scheduled. The aim was to gather information in order to have a better knowledge of the bridge management in these [...]

  • Date : 2005
  • Pages : 112
  • PIARC Ref. : 11.16.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-181-8
• Management of Post-tensioned Grouted Duct Bridges

  Post-tensioned concrete bridges, which were pioneered in France, but soon taken up by the engineers in other advanced countries, have proven to be increasingly popular as an economically competitive and safe form of construction. With the introduction of many innovative techniques within a relatively [...]

  • Date : 2000
  • Pages : 184
  • PIARC Ref. : 11.08.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-125-7
• Marginal Materials - State of the art

  Three PIARC Technical Committees have devoted part of their preliminary work to the XVIIIth Congress (Brussels, 1987) to the use of marginal materials in road technology: Technical Committee on Testing of Road Materials, Technical Committee on Flexible Roads, Technical Committee on Earthworks, Drainage, [...]

  • Date : 1989
  • Pages : 112
  • PIARC Ref. : 02.04.BEN
• Methods for Selecting Road Investment

  

  Written by the PIARC Economic and Finance Committee, the paper is concerned with public improvements and the relevant methods of investment appraisal. The aim is not to set down a rigorous appraisal methodology but to provide guidance to enable each decision maker to adopt appropriate methods within [...]

  • Date : 1991
  • Pages : 152
  • PIARC Ref. : 09.01.BEN
• Methods to Obtain Public Participation in Road Project Development

  

  Informing and consulting the public in the development of major highway projects are important issues for decision-makers and can pose major challenges. This report summarizes some countries' requirements and practices for public participation. It also contains a brief description of several techniques [...]

  • Date : 2000
  • Pages : 60
  • PIARC Ref. : 04.05.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-132-X
• Modified Binders, Binders with Additives and Special Bitumen

  Theme 1: Introduction on the various modified bitumens, special bitumens and additives used in road construction and on the main tests for their characterisation Theme 2: Compatibility of bitumens and modifiers Theme 3: Elastomeric modified binders Theme 4: Plastomeric modified binders Theme 5: [...]

  • Date : 1999
  • Pages : 201
  • PIARC Ref. : 08.05.BEN
  • ISBN : RR303-III-1999
• Natural Disaster reduction

  The General Assembly of the United Nations, on December 11, 1987, designated the 1990s as the International Decade for natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR). During this ten-year period, 1990 through 1999, special efforts should be made for reducing catastrophic loss of life, property damage, and social [...]

  • Date : 1995
  • Pages : 220
  • PIARC Ref. : 72.01.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-031-5
• Natural Disaster Reduction - Final Report

  The PIARC Working Group G2 was set up in 1990, in response to the United Nations proposal on the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR). For the first period (1990-1995), the Working Group had conducted various studies including an international survey on road disasters, and published [...]

  • Date : 1999
  • Pages : 275
  • PIARC Ref. : 72.02.BEN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-109-5