Every day we hear about Mobility as a Service (MaaS), but what about Roads as a Service? Geoff Hadwick reports from the ERF in Brussels
The familiar physical asset called the road will increasingly be seen as part of an emerging global services sector. Given that, the role of the road is changing, notes Christophe Nicodème, general director of the European Union Road Federation (ERF).
We need to think much more carefully about planning highway infrastructure in terms of people’s needs, said Nicodème,
The next Transport Research Arena (TRA) conference is being organised for April 14th-17th 2014 and will be held at La Défense in French capital, Paris. This event is crucial for the transport sector in Europe and is supported by the European Commission, the Conference of European Road Directors and the three European Technology Platforms. The conference focuses on the main challenges in transport and mobility for people and goods, with respect to energy, environment, safety, security and economic factors. T
Governments need more than ever to plan long-term highway strategies or face an increasing backlog of increasingly expensive maintenance requirements.
“Insufficient maintenance has created a backlog and is affecting service levels,” said Jean-Francois Corte, secretary general of the World Road Association (PIARC), based in Paris.
How to stop this seemingly endless downward spiral is what attendees to the major Pavement Preservation & Recycling Summit in Paris will find out in February.
“What’s needed ri
