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• Positive Energy Roads

  

  Transport infrastructure, and particularly road infrastructure, is critical to the economic growth of countries and as such attracts significant investment. The social and economic benefits of providing road infrastructure are well documented, but it is increasingly being recognised that the processes [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 128
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019SP01
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-546-1
• General Principles to Improve Accessibility for Persons with Reduced Mobility in Road Tunnels - Technical Report

  

  The report provides the general principles that apply when making allowances for persons with reduced mobility in road tunnels. The means of facilitating their ability to raise the alarm, and to evacuate in critical situations, are examined. Facilities and examples from the following countries are provided: [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 55
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R20EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-543-0
• Good Governance and Anti-Corruption and Response Measures Including the Development of a Culture of Transparency and Accountability - Technical Report

  

  As early as 2003, PIARC Executive Committee considered that fight against corruption was an important topic that deserved to be analyzed by an ad hoc Technical Committee. Since then, this topic has been studied on a regular basis in the different cycles; in particular, a conceptual model (“cycle of [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 72
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R15EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-534-8
• Innovative Approaches to Asset Management - Technical Report

  

  “Asset Management” as defined in ISO standards 55000, aims to enable an organization to obtain value from assets. They offer a structured approach to asset management by focusing on implementation of “risk-based, information-driven, planning and decision-making processes and activities that transform [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 102
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R19EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-541-6
• Big Data For Road Network Operations - Technical Report

  

  Currently, several technological developments are influencing the day-to-day work of road network operators. Automation, internet of things (IoT), smart systems, mobility services, artificial intelligence and big data are aiming to improve traffic operations and enhance mobility. Among these technologies, [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 92
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R18EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-559-1
• Evaluation of organizational approaches to risk - Technical Report

  

  Organizational or Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) is the formal and systematic effort to control uncertainty and variability to an organization's strategic objectives by managing risks at all organizational levels (enterprise, program, project, and activity). Enterprise risk management is an approach [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 61
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R16EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-535-5
• Project risk catalogue - Technical Report

  

  During the PIARC work program for TC A.3 Risk Management 2016-2019, a general, extensive PROJECT RISK CATALOGUE was prepared by WG2 members. To arrive at this catalogue, the working group conducted an effort that involved the documentation of their collective experiences, an extensive literature search, [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 52
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R17EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-536-2
• State of the Art in Monitoring Road Condition and Road / Vehicle Interaction - Technical Report

  

  This report is a follow-up on the report "State of the art in monitoring road condition" which was finalised in 2015 (PIARC reference 2016R17EN). The 2015 report summarises the then current state of the art regarding the collection of road condition and road/vehicle interaction data, providing an overview [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 73
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R14EN
  • ISBN : 978-84060-530-0
• Sustainable Multimodality in Urban Regions - Technical Report

  

  Globalization and specialization have enabled cities to flourish and have led to the concentration of activities and populations, resulting in an increase in urban transport needs and a scarcity of public space. In these urban areas characterized by high population and employment densities, congestion [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 145
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R13EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-527-0
• Security of Road Infrastructure - Technical Report

  

  TF C.1 concentrated on "security of infrastructure, transported goods and persons". This decision was based on the experience that, despite the occurrence of incidents taking advantage of the layout and design of road infrastructure to target areas used by pedestrians in order to cause harm, some Road [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 84
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R12EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-524-9
• The Snow and Ice Data Book 2018

  

  Even though climate change is closely associated with global warming, under the present circumstances it also translates into more extreme weather events. This effect can result in a very mild winter one year followed by a frigid and snowy season the next. Consequently, winter maintenance is very difficult [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 267
  • PIARC Ref. : Snow and Ice Databook - SIDB 2018EN
• Connected Vehicles - Challenges and Opportunities for Road Operators - Technical Report

  

  The deployment of Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) and Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) communication, also known as cooperative intelligent transport systems (C-ITS) is speeding up in many developed countries. For example, Japan has already an operational system at national level, the United States are considering [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 84
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R11EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-522-5
• Disaster Information Management for Road Administrators - Technical Report

  

  Countries that experience disasters acquire unique disaster management knowledge and develop tailored countermeasure technologies based on their experiences. As societies diversify, damage caused by disasters changes as society changes. Therefore, the type of technology necessary to manage disasters [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 85
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R09EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-516-4
• Advances in the Implementation of Road Asset Management in Chile

  

  Chile has a road network of 85,221 kilometres. It largely consists of interurban roads and some sections in urban areas of strategic interest. The network is administered by the Highways Office, apart from 3,000 kilometres which operate under private concessions. Management of the road assets (divided [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 3
  • PIARC Ref. : RR381-050
• Common Framework for a European Life-Cycle Based Asset Management Approach for Transport Infrastructure Networks

  

  This article describes the framework as proposed and shows how it enables transport managers to perform activities not only cross assets but also cross modes and across borders.

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 3
  • PIARC Ref. : RR381-027
• Development of Advanced Asset Management Systems for Japanese Expressways

  

  As at the end of 2018, the total length of the Japanese motorway network had reached approx. 9,500 km, with most road segments being operated and maintained by Nippon Expressway Companies (NEXCOs), which are divided into the country's Eastern, Central and Western regions. More than 60 years after inauguration [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 5
  • PIARC Ref. : RR381-045
• Digitalization 4.0 in Asset Management - A challenge for the future!

  

  This article tries to give an overview on how Digitalization 4.0 (in the context of Industry 4.0) challenges road administrations today and in the future.

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 5
  • PIARC Ref. : RR381-022
• ISO 55001 Certification - An example from the UK*

  

  The article will describe the background to that certification and the requirements of ISO 55001 for a service provider in such a highways environment will be discussed. The route taken in aligning practices and procedures to ISO 55001 will also be described along with some of the benefits of taking [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 3
  • PIARC Ref. : RR381-030
• Maintenance Programming for Performance-based Contracts using the HDM-4

  

  In Mexico, performance-based contracts were first introduced in the mid 2000. They have largely been used for the rehabilitation of road sections, to ensure that certain standards are met and maintained throughout the lifetime of the contract. As a general rule, they also specify a minimum remaining [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 3
  • PIARC Ref. : RR381-053
• Multi-Objective Approaches to Cross-Asset Resource Allocation in Transportation Asset Management

  

  A framework/methodology for performing trade-off analysis among competing infrastructure asset classes, which reflects both technical best practices and need of road organizations, was developed in the study illustrated in this article.

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 8
  • PIARC Ref. : RR381-037
• Requirements for the Education of Road Asset Managers - A PIARC Approach*

  

  Asset Management is a relatively new discipline. It was only established at the beginning of this century. However, the foundations were laid as early as the 1980s and 1990s. They were the result of the efforts of experts from several countries and disciplines to develop a common concept and language [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 4
  • PIARC Ref. : RR381-033
• Road Asset Management: from Local Level to Supranational Perspectives, from Successfully Implemented Approaches to Visions for the Future

  

  A developed, high-capacity and safe road network is the basis for growth and prosperity in all national economies. It enables mobility, which is an essential prerequisite for our globalised, work-sharing economy and for a high quality of life and, therefore, for a society’s prosperity. In short: the [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 1
  • PIARC Ref. : RR381-021
• Roads Across Africa

  

  Alors que l’Association mondiale de la Route publie sur son site deux rapports techniques rédigés par des groupes régionaux d’Afrique francophone, il nous a paru pertinent de nous pencher sur « L’Afrique des routes », au travers des actes de l’exposition éponyme qui s’est tenue au Musée [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 4
  • PIARC Ref. : RR381-056
• International Development of Application Methods of De-icing Chemicals - State of the Art and Best Practice - Technical report

  

  Fighting snow and ice on roads with de-icing chemicals is a major task in winter maintenance. On the main road network usually sodium chloride is used all over the world. Various studies and practical experiences have proven the high efficiency of sodium chloride treatments on traffic safety and national [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 35
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R08EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-514-0
• Low Cost ITS - Technical Report

  

  The Low Cost ITS concept was introduced for the first time during PIARC 2012-2015 cycle. The concept described ITS services that were attractive to resource limited or Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). This was possible because of the recent emergence of inexpensive technological solutions including [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 122
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R07EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-510-2