ITF Research Reports Policies to Extend the Life of Road Assets

ITF Research Reports Policies to Extend the Life of Road Assets

Author: International Transport Forum

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2018-12-20

Total Pages: 81

ISBN-13: 9282163741

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This report presents policy options for extending the life of road assets by mitigating deterioration caused by trucks. Beyond traditional engineering responses, it considers the role of trucks in road asset deterioration from a broader, demand-oriented perspective.


OECD Economic Surveys: South Africa 2022

OECD Economic Surveys: South Africa 2022

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2022-08-25

Total Pages: 151

ISBN-13: 926440502X

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The COVID-19 crisis has weakened an already fragile economy. South Africa’s growth underperformed during the past decade: GDP per capita was already lower in 2019 than in 2008. Unemployment remains high, at around 35%, and youth unemployment even exceeds 50%. In the meantime, spending pressures are mounting to close the financing gap in health, infrastructure and higher education.


ITF Research Reports Adapting Transport to Climate Change and Extreme Weather Implications for Infrastructure Owners and Network Managers

ITF Research Reports Adapting Transport to Climate Change and Extreme Weather Implications for Infrastructure Owners and Network Managers

Author: International Transport Forum

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2016-12-15

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 9282108074

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This report addresses the fundamental challenges that climate change poses to infrastructure owners, who face two major challenges. First, they must ensure continued asset performance under sometimes significantly modified climate conditions that may decrease the present value of their networks ...


COVID-19 and Transport in Asia and the Pacific

COVID-19 and Transport in Asia and the Pacific

Author: Asian Development Bank

Publisher: Asian Development Bank

Published: 2020-12-01

Total Pages: 102

ISBN-13: 9292625837

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The economic and social impacts of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have been dramatic, and transport has played a central role in its spread. The transport sector has also enabled essential workers to get to work during the pandemic and will support the needs of the population throughout the different stages of recovery. This guidance note presents (i) the impacts of the pandemic on social and travel behaviors in Asia and the Pacific, and how the transport sector is responding; and (ii) guiding principles and good practices in transport operations to support economic recovery.


Transport Infrastructure Investment Options for Efficiency

Transport Infrastructure Investment Options for Efficiency

Author: International Transport Forum

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2008-02-14

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 9282101568

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Examines key principles that should be considered by governments in deciding how to provide and pay for surface transport infrastructure, with a view to best serving societies’ needs and employing public resources.


The Transport System and Transport Policy

The Transport System and Transport Policy

Author: Bert van Wee

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2023-08-14

Total Pages: 403

ISBN-13: 1802206779

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This extensively updated textbook introduces the transport system and its societal impacts in a holistic and multidisciplinary way. A timely second edition, it includes new analyses of travel behaviour and the transport system’s impacts on health and well-being.


Transport and Climate Change

Transport and Climate Change

Author: Tim Ryley

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

Published: 2012-07-17

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 1780524412

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This topical volume covers the intersection between transport and climate change, with papers from the 'Transport & Climate Change' session of the RGS-IBG conference in London, September 2010. It considers the role of transport modes at varying spatial dimensions and a range of perspectives on the relationship between transport and climate change.