Old Roads of Lithuania From 5th to 17th century

On Sept. 1st, 2021, the Lithuanian Road Administration celebrated its 1st anniversary as State enterprise and a century of achievements, …

N°390 (3rd quarter 2021)

Paving our Ways: A History of the World’s Roads and Pavements

Travel has always played an important role in the functioning of the human species. After our ancestors descended from the trees, the …

N°389 (2nd quarter 2021)

Freight Transport by Road: Reasoned Historic Overview and Chronicle

Humans have always needed to transport goods of all kinds, including food, construction materials, and raw materials for making tools and …

N°388 (1st quarter 2021)

Mexica’s Logistics 500 years ago

By the time this is published, in 2021, 500 years will have passed since the conquest of Tenochtitlán, and the fusion of cultures of what …

N°388 (1st quarter 2021)

State-of-the-Art Practiced by the Earliest Civil Engineers

Over a thousand years after falling into disuse, Roman roads and streets have still continued to inspire and influence architectural …

N°387 (4th quarter 2020)

When Hokusai Painted Bridges

Bridges are a part of our history: human beings have built bridges since ancient times to overcome the natural obstacles posed by …

N°386 (3rd quarter 2020)

COVID-19: Key Lessons for the Road and Transport community from the Early Phase of the Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented global health and societal emergency that requires immediate and effective action in multiple …

N°384-385 (2nd quarter 2020)

PIARC's Logo: The Whole Story

During its October 2019 Council session held in Abu Dhabi, the World Road Association adopted a new visual identity and single acronym …

N°383 (1st quarter 2020)

Abu Dhabi Roads Infrastructure Connecting Cultures and Enabling Economies

N°382 (3rd quarter 2019)

Roads Across Africa

With the World Road Association's publication on its website of two technical reports written by regional French-speaking African working …

N°381 (2nd quarter 2019)