PIARC Prize "Young Professionals" - Development of Solar Pavement in Japan

In road paving, solar pavement is being developed worldwide against the backdrop of the Paris Agreement, which set a long-term goal of …

N°399 (4th quarter 2023)

A Strategic Research Agenda for Biodiversity-Friendly Transport Infrastructure in Europe

Transport ecology, which developed from road ecology [1, 2], opens up a specific field of research at the crossroads between two major …

N°398 (3rd quarter 2023)

Biodiversity and Infrastructure: An Online Handbook for Promoting Cooperation and Action

The joint goals to enhance infrastructure resilience to extreme weather events, increase traffic safety and nature restoration can be …

N°398 (3rd quarter 2023)

Capacity Building Tools for Raising Awareness about Biodiversity Mainstreaming: BISON E-learning Platform by SPECTRA

The BISON project, funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, is focused on tackling the research and …

N°398 (3rd quarter 2023)

Coexisting with biodiversity

For road project developers, "biodiversity" is often synonymous with constraints, difficulties or even opposition to the implementation of …

N°398 (3rd quarter 2023)

Employ Innovation, Technology and Cooperation to Reduce Collisions between Vehicles and Wildlife

The budget for transportation infrastructure development in most of the world is huge: upgrading of junctions, expansion of roads, building …

N°398 (3rd quarter 2023)

From the 5th Generation Road to Roads of the Anthropocene

The "5th Generation Road" or R5GMD project, the French version of the "Forever Open Road" project, aims to design road infrastructures that …

N°398 (3rd quarter 2023)

Sustainable Infrastructure – A Matter of Mobility

N°398 (3rd quarter 2023)

Sustainable Mobility: Mitigating the Impact of Road Transport Infrastructure on Wildlife

Roads and traffic cause many casualties among the wildlife population (illustration 1), in a range from hundreds of thousands to several …

N°398 (3rd quarter 2023)

The Final Frontier - Meeting the Challenges of Linear Infrastructure in Africa

The environmental and infrastructure sectors in Africa are at the early stages of adopting a meaningful collaborative agenda for developing …

N°398 (3rd quarter 2023)