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• 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
• Anticipating the impact of climate change on road earthworks

  

  Climate change and its consequences are one of the main preoccupations of the beginning of the 21 st century. The first part of the report presents, as an example, regional scenarios of the climate evolution for Quebec and Switzerland. The second part focuses on water: lack or excess of water and its [...]

  • Date : 2008
  • Pages : 69
  • PIARC Ref. : 2008R12EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-212-1
• Evaluating the performance of automated pavement cracking measurement equipment

  

  Crack type, severity and extent are among the most important data used to identify maintenance and repair actions. The use of automated crack measurement systems is increasing although performance tests of these devices are only conducted infrequently, and these are very often incomplete and non-uniform. [...]

  • Date : 2008
  • Pages : 59
  • PIARC Ref. : 2008R14EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-214-8
• Mitigation of negative impacts of increased movement of freight

  

  Roads remain the predominant mode of transport for freight in the world. The negative impacts are often stigmatized and the concern for sustainable development requires in particular, promotion of mitigation measures. This report provides an overview of initiatives, research projects and recent technical [...]

  • Date : 2008
  • Pages : 175
  • PIARC Ref. : 2008R13EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-213-X
• Human powered transport

  

  This report, prepared by PIARC Technical Committee 2.3 « Urban Areas and Integrated Urban Transport » deals with the topic of human powered transport, which is often ignored or lacks appropriate recognition as a viable mode of transport. However, it is a very important mode of transport from the [...]

  • Date : 2008
  • Pages : 61
  • PIARC Ref. : 2008R10EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-210-5
• Sustainable transport in megacities

  

  This report, prepared by PIARC Technical Committee 2.3 « Urban Areas and Integrated Urban Transport », presents a study on sustainable transport in megacities, i.e. cities of more than 10 million inhabitants, with a focus on four cities, 2 in developed countries (Paris, Tokyo) and two in developing [...]

  • Date : 2008
  • Pages : 155
  • PIARC Ref. : 2008R09EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-209-1
• Increasing customer orientation in the winter maintenance of roads

  

  This report, prepared by Committee 3.4 Winter Maintenance, is based on the responses of 25 countries to a survey of organizations responsible for winter maintenance issues. The information gathered focuses on many topics: how road maintenance is provided in winter, levels of service and categories [...]

  • Date : 2008
  • Pages : 37
  • PIARC Ref. : 2008R08EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-207-5
• Road tunnels: an assessment of fixed fire fighting systems

  

  The report reviews: the previous studies on this topic carried out by PIARC and the recent developments since the release of the PIARC report on this subject in 1999; the lessons drawn from the past fires and holistic approach to fixed fire fighting systems (FFFS); consideration of FFFS in the [...]

  • Date : 2008
  • Pages : 79
  • PIARC Ref. : 2008R07EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-208-3
• CD-ROM of the PIARC Technical Committee on Management of Network Operations

  Road network operations combine a complex set of traffic management and user support actions to optimize traffic conditions in all circumstances. The knowledge in this area has been organized in the form of an electronic encyclopaedia that can be accessed on the PIARC website at:  https://rno-its.piarc.org/ [...]

  • Date : 2008
  • PIARC Ref. : 2007R10EN
• Integration of performance indicators

  

  Road infrastructure management tends to be determined by objectives aiming at a sustainable socio-economic performance of the transport system. Such an approach requires performance indicators for the various stakeholders, which should be established by aggregating technical and non-technical indicators. [...]

  • Date : 2008
  • Pages : 119
  • PIARC Ref. : 2008R06EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-206-7
• Review of the growth and development of recycling in pavement construction

  

  This report presents an overview of the use of recycling techniques in pavement construction in many countries. It highlights the barriers to recycling and describes systems and approaches that assist in overcoming these barriers. The incentives that are discussed are related to client awareness, [...]

  • Date : 2008
  • Pages : 203
  • PIARC Ref. : 2008R05EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-205-9
• Road tunnels: a guide to optimising the air quality impact upon the environment

  

  Air quality has become a topic of concern in the planning, design and operation process of road tunnels. This is a state-of-the-art report on the knowledge and regulations in the field of road traffic impact on air quality. It also provides a detailed description of air quality optimization at tunnel [...]

  • Date : 2008
  • Pages : 179
  • PIARC Ref. : 2008R04EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-204-0
• Management of the operator - Emergency teams interface in road tunnels

  

  The purpose of this report is to assist the owners, operators of tunnels and emergency services to coordinate their operations in order to improve the level of safety for users, staff members and emergency teams during serious tunnel fires and tunnel incidents. The first part presents the most relevant [...]

  • Date : 2008
  • Pages : 75
  • PIARC Ref. : 2008R03EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-201-6
• Risk analysis for road tunnels

  

  Risk analysis is an important tool which can be used to help improve and optimise the safety of road tunnels. Risk analysis is now explicitly required by the European Directive 2004/54/EC, on minimum safety requirements for road tunnels in the Trans-European Road Network. The report summarises the [...]

  • Date : 2008
  • Pages : 245
  • PIARC Ref. : 2008R02EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-202-4
• Indicators representative of the condition of geotechnical structures for road asset management

  

  The management of geotechnical assets of road infrastructure is a subject that is rarely investigated. The variability and the difficulty to predict long-term performances pose a challenge for planning maintenance. The report provides an overview of the state of practice. After a description of the [...]

  • Date : 2008
  • Pages : 173
  • PIARC Ref. : 2008R01EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-201-6
• Promoting optimal use of local materials

  

  This document aims to: • identify the progress made over the last decade with respect to soil and/or rock treatments in the area of road earthworks, and more specifically since the publication of PIARC's 1997 report: "Equipment and Methods Specific to Soil Treatment Work"; • look at developments [...]

  • Date : 2007
  • Pages : 83
  • PIARC Ref. : 2007R09EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060-196-6
• 8th Edition - Technical Dictionary of Road Terms

  

  This eighth edition of the PIARC Technical Dictionary of Road Terms is an extract, obtained in May 2007, from the multilingual terminology database made available to the worldwide highways community in the Road Dictionary section on the PIARC website. This database is constantly updated by the PIARC [...]

  • Date : 2007
  • Pages : 1184
  • PIARC Ref. : 2007R06EN
  • ISBN : 2-84060197-4
• CD-ROUTE

  Minimum Equipment Required CD-ROUTE can be used on PC (386 at least, Windows 3.1, 95 & NT) and Macintosh® (68020 at least), Power Mac®, Mac OS version 7. Minimum equipment required: 16 Mo RAM, a hard disk and a 14'' colour screen (256 colours or more). The program is very easy to install. [...]

  • Date : 2000
  • PIARC Ref. : CD-ROUTEEN
• 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