Application of the Assets Management Principles for the Safety Improvement of Regional Road Networks

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 …

N°394 (3rd quarter 2022)

Notable Factors Related to Fatal and Serious Injury Wire Rope Safety Barrier Crashes

Wire rope safety barrier is a common countermeasure in addressing off-path crashes on high-speed roads, considered the default measure in …

N°394 (3rd quarter 2022)

Automated Driving Vehicle and Intelligent Highway in China

With the rapid development of China’s economy, the scale of expressways is expanding, and the level of intelligence and information is …

N°391 (4th quarter 2021)

Automated Vehicles: Challenges and Opportunities for Road Operators and Road Authorities

This article is a presentation of the report recently published by PIARC Task Force B.2 "Automated Vehicles" and available on PIARC …

N°391 (4th quarter 2021)

Digital Transport Infrastructure Interactions with Automated Vehicles

N°391 (4th quarter 2021)

Security Vulnerabilities and Threats Related to CAV Deployment

The development of the new embedded and on roadside technologies, regardless of traffic type and driving area, have the potential to …

N°391 (4th quarter 2021)

Smart Roads Classification

This article is based on the PIARC Special Project "Smart Roads Classification" which was funded by PIARC with financial support from …

N°391 (4th quarter 2021)

Improving Resilience of Road Networks - Framework

Sustainable development of societies is increasingly relying on unrestricted performance of terrestrial transportation networks. However, …

N°389 (2nd quarter 2021)

Improving Resilience of Road Networks – Case Studies

In the recent years, natural hazards have been responsible for numerous failures of infrastructure assets and significant consequences …

N°389 (2nd quarter 2021)

The Phenomenon of Smart Roads and Autonomous Driving: the Framework of Responsibilities

For more than a year, the Vislab company’s automated vehicles have been circulating on the roads of Parma and Turin. The tests, authorized …

N°387 (4th quarter 2020)