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IRF & CHTS 2015 China Congress and Annual Meeting

The International Road Federation (IRF Geneva), the Transport Planning and Research Institute of the Ministry of Transport of China (TPRI), and the China Highway and Transportation Society (CHTS) will be hosting a major conference in the beautiful city of Chongqing, China on 20th-22nd September 2015. The call for abstracts is now open. Chongqing was separated from Sichuan province and made into a municipality in its own right in March 1997 in order to accelerate its development. Since its elevation to nati
July 7, 2015 Read time: 3 mins
Call for abstracts now open. Early bird rate applies until 20 July

The International Road Federation (1201 IRF Geneva), the Transport Planning and Research Institute of the Ministry of Transport of China (TPRI), and the 2485 China Highway and Transportation Society (CHTS) will be hosting a major conference in the beautiful city of Chongqing, China on 20th-22nd September 2015. The call for abstracts is now open.

Chongqing was separated from Sichuan province and made into a municipality in its own right in March 1997 in order to accelerate its development. Since its elevation to national-level municipality, the city has dramatically expanded its transportation infrastructure. With the construction of railways and expressways to the east and southeast, Chongqing is a major transportation hub in southwestern China.

The IRF & CHTS China Congress and Annual Meeting will focus on Road Safety, Sustainability and Asset Management and attract participants from all over China and the Chongqing region. The event will have plenary sessions and thematic sessions running in parallel.

The organising committee is now calling for abstracts. Should you wish to present at this event, please submit an abstract in English of 500 words. Abstracts should be sent to %$Linker: 2 Email <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 0 0 0 oLinkEmail [email protected] email [email protected] false mailto:[email protected] true false%> and clearly state: full name of the person submitting, affiliation, position held, country and theme for which submission is made.

Abstracts are being called for on the following themes:

1. Road Safety
    • Integrating road safety into existing systems and policies
    • Road safety master plans
    • Design standards for safer infrastructure
    • Road safety Audits
    • Road safety infrastructure management tools and methods
    • Cost-effective road safety solutions
    • Road safety engineering capacity building
    • Vulnerable road users

2. Management
    • Organisational and institutional structures for effective management and planning
    • Comprehensive transport master plans for cities, regions and inter-regional area
    • Performance-based maintenance contracts
    • Development of transport asset management plans
    • Maintenance and safety operation management for roads and bridges
    • Management systems of highway engineering

3.  Environment
    • Sustainable land use planning
    • Designing and managing roads on mountainous areas
    • Environmental management and urban design
    • Climate change adaptation and mitigation
    • Air quality management
    • Road traffic noise management
    • Storm water management
    • Green materials and technologies
    • Tools and methods to measure emissions
    • Low carbon Transport

4. PPPs & Road Funding
    • Road financing reform
    • Urban PPPs
    • Performance-based contracting
    • Road services procurement
    • Tolling, road pricing and congestion charging schemes
    • Managing PPP projects

5. ITS: connected vehicles, roads and passengers
    • ITS for sustainable road transport
    • ITS strategy development and benchmarking
    • Driver assistance and autonomous vehicles
    • Smart parking
    • Successful ITS applications
    • Cooperative vehicles highways systems (CVHS)

6. Data collection and management
    • Advanced technologies for collecting and managing data
    • Traffic information generation (TIG)
    • GNSS- satellite based road management
    • Capacity building for better data collection and analysis
    • Collecting data on road usage and demand for transport

Full papers will have to be submitted by 30 July.

Learn more about the conference at IRF Geneva website

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