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• Road Safety Evaluations Based on Human Factors Method - Technical Report

  

  The objective of this report is to instruct responsible road authorities on how to evaluate road safety quality along roads in operation, coupling the well-known reactive approach, based on accident data analysis and high accident concentration sections (or black spots) identification and prioritization, [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 110
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R27EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-561-4
• Setting Credible Speed Limits - Case Studies Report

  

  This report of case studies on the topic of speed limits includes a series of implemented countermeasures or experimental proofs of concept to help improve the road safety in a specific location or area. PIARC didn´t work on specific speed issues in the past periods, therefore this report also contains [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 43
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R26EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-560-7
• Technical and Economic Considerations of Bridge Rehabilitation Methods - Technical Report

  

  Bridge owners who have to manage their bridge stock are concerned with bridge deficiencies. The main concerns are the degradation of bridge elements due to ageing, accident, and other factors. This is evaluated by the bridge condition index. But bridge owners also have to manage the evolution in the [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 92
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R29EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-563-8
• Adaptation Methodologies and Strategies to Increase the Resilience of Roads to Climate Change - Technical Report

  

  Climate Change is anticipated to have a significant impact on the design, construction, maintenance and operation of global road infrastructure. The IPCC Climate change projections indicate that the earth will become warmer, some regions will become wetter and some will become drier, sea levels will [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 104
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R25EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-558-4
• Framework on Measuring Effectiveness and Efficiency of Transport Administrations - Technical Report

  

  Around the world, governments and the communities that they serve are seeking to better understand if the services delivered by the public sector are meeting long term strategic objectives and the societal outcomes and needs of citizens. Public service organizations, including the transport sector, [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 43
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R22EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-551-5
• National Policies for Multi-Modal Freight Transport and Logistics - Technical Report

  

  In many countries around the world, national policies for logistics and freight transport are neglected or undervalued compared to passenger mobility and transport. Often, only some elements of freight transport policies are implemented. On the other hand, well-functioning logistics and freight transport [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 70
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R24EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-555-3
• Truck-Traffic on Highways for Sustainable, Safer and Higher Energy Efficient Freight Transport - Technical Report

  

  This report presents research and findings on management and operation of truck traffic on highways and motorways for efficient and environmentally friendly, safer and energy efficient freight transport. There are increasing concerns about the issues related to freight transport on highways and motorways, [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 61
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R23EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-553-9
• Evaluating the Transformation of Transport Administrations - Technical Report

  

  Road and transport administrations across the world face a range of pressures to change the way they plan, organise and deliver services. These pressures vary in nature, for example from changes in the demographic and customer base, the introduction of disruptive technologies, evolving economic, social [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 116
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R21EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-547-8
• 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
• 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
• Contribution to the improvement of the general guidelines for the development, construction / reconstruction, rehabilitation and maintenance of the Trans-African Highway network - (Annex II) (only in French) - Technical Report

  

  This report is a review, for the purpose of improvement, of Annex II entitled "General Guidelines for the Planning, Construction/Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Maintenance of the Transfrician Highway Network" of the African Union Intergovernmental Agreement for the Harmonization of Norms and Standards [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R06EN
• Intra- and Inter-Agency Integration of Winter Maintenance Management: Case Studies

  

  PIARC Technical Committee B.2, "Winter Maintenance," working group B.2.1., "Transportation Management during Winter Events," was tasked with identifying noteworthy examples of cooperation within and between agencies responsible for winter maintenance management. The working group asked PIARC members [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 55
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R04EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-503-4
• Introduction to the RAMS Concept for Road Tunnel Operation - Technical Report

  

  Road tunnel operators are increasingly aiming to adopt a sustainable approach to road tunnel operation whenever possible. They are thus starting to look into ways of optimising the lifecycle performance of systems and equipment, whilst at the same time guaranteeing the required level of safety. One [...]

  • Date : 2019
  • Pages : 38
  • PIARC Ref. : 2019R05EN
  • ISBN : 978-2-84060-504-1