Network road pricing is inevitable to manage increasing congestion on city motorways and to facilitate more efficient transport networks, says 891 Transurban chief executive Scott Charlton.
Twenty years ago Portugal was bottom of the European league in terms of roads and safety. A series of ambitious plans has seen the country rise to the top. Patrick Smith reports on how this was achieved
Max Lay discusses how congestion has posed problems throughout history from early civilisation to the present day One of the earliest known human settlements was at the Springs of Elisha at Jericho. Inevitably, locals collecting fresh water from the springs would encounter other water carriers. When a path was too narrow, or access to it was too limited, or it crossed another path, some carriers would find it necessary to stand aside for others. Priority in such cases might be based on common courtesy and p
IRF Geneva was one of the supporting partners of the second Iran ITS Congress held in Tehran on 7th – 8th February, 2017. The congress included several high-level speakers Abbas Ahmad Akhoundi, Iranian minister of Roads & Urban Development; Dawoud Keshavarzian, Iranian deputy minister of Roads & Urban Development & president of RMTO; Taghi Mehri, police chief, Traffic Police; Shahram Adamnejad, executive board member & deputy of planning, RMTO; and Nayereh Pirouzbakht, president, Iran National Standards Org
The three consultancies will help England’s National Highways agency develop a business plan for its third five-year Road Investment Strategy plan, RIS3.
