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Application of the Assets Management Principles for the Safety Improvement of Regional Road Networks
Mauro D’Apuzzo Associate Professor, at the University of Cassino and Southern Lazio Cassino (Italy), Member of PIARC Technical Committee 3.3
Azzurra Evangelisti Research Fellow, at the University of Cassino and Southern Lazio Cassino
Vittorio Nicolosi Associate Professor, University of Rome "Tor Vergata" Rome (Italy), Member of PIARC Technical Committee 3.3
The road assets management is one of the most demanding challenge for public and private road managers. As a matter of fact, while, on one side, the conventional ageing of the infrastructures, the increasing traffic flows and the natural catastrophic events, show the fragility of transportation network, on the other one, the current limited budgets and growing public demands and expectations, especially in the field of road safety, represent the new challenges for worldwide transportation managers.