Asian Road Traffic Disaster Triggered by Landslides

In the complex relationship between natural circumstances and human activities, landslides, a geological disaster often caused by climate …

N°402 (3rd quarter 2024)

DG-QRAM Dangerous Goods Quantitative Risk Assessment Model - Upgraded Version now available

In the 1990s, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OCDE) and the World Road Association (PIARC) jointly developed a …

N°396 (1st quarter 2023)

Quantitative Risk Assessment Approaches for New Vehicle Propulsion Energy Carriers in Road Tunnels

In the past 10-15 years comprehensive risk models have been established as a common and efficient tool to systematically investigate the …

N°396 (1st quarter 2023)

Tunnels of the Future - 2030 Objective

N°396 (1st quarter 2023)

The SISMET Method: a Preliminary Assessment Tool to Determine Seismic Risk on Urban and Peri-Urban Road Infrastructures in a Crisis Management Context

The aim of the SISMET method is to carry out a preliminary seismic risk assessment on existing road infrastructures in an urban or …

N°393 (2nd quarter 2022)

Towards a More Resilient Spanish Road Network

Several studies state the increasing impacts related to weather in transport infrastructures, both related to extreme events and slow-onset …

N°393 (2nd quarter 2022)

PIARC Prize "Adapting to a Changing World" - Risk Management for a disaster with "Road-On Map"

This paper presents the implementation of providing traffic information using the Road-On Map in order to accomplish rapid and reliable …

N°392 (1st quarter 2022)

PIARC Prize "Authors from Low-and Middle-Income Countries (LMICS)" - Climate Resilience in the Road Sector in Mozambique

Mozambique is a coastal country constituted by a relief in the form of a stairway that decreases in altitude as we move from the interior …

N°392 (1st quarter 2022)

PIARC Prize "Resilience" - Increased Resilience of Earthworks on State Roads in Northern Spain – Lessons Learned between 2011 and 2018

This communication analyses the latest experiences with regard to slope and foundation drainage as well as the management of runoff water …

N°392 (1st quarter 2022)

Covid-19 and PIARC: a Pool of Shared Experience

At PIARC, we are firm believers in the vital importance of sharing knowledge worldwide. We are also convinced that the roads and the road …

N°390 (3rd quarter 2021)