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FOREWORD
by the Rt.Hon. Clare Short, Secretary of State for International Development
One year on from the White Paper on
International Development I think it is appropriate to look again at the issues that this
Newsletter brings to public attention. In particular I should like to renew the emphasis
that the White Paper placed on the importance of Knowledge and Research in eliminating
poverty and protecting the environment.
Poor people need improved access to
the fruits of technology if they are to lead fulfilling and healthy lives. The Engineering
Sectors are critically important in this respect, because many of the key elements of
society's development are dependent on engineering technology. Water supply and
sanitation, transport infrastructure and operations, housing and other structures, energy
supply and the extraction and processing of basic raw materials are all fundamental to
life and, indeed, to progress beyond subsistence levels.
But the kind of technology that
benefits poor people most tends not to be the most 'advanced'. Instead it needs to be
appropriately focused. So I am delighted that there has been increasing attention paid
over the last twelve months to the question of poverty focus in our Knowledge and Research
programme.
This Newsletter spreads the word
about what that programme is achieving by reaching out to organisations and individuals
who are committed to using and adapting technical knowledge for the benefit of people in
developing countries.
If we are to continue to succeed in
our battle against poverty it will be increasingly important for the people in poor
countries to tell us what they need from our extensive research capacity in Britain, and
it will be equally important for us to help them to develop their own capacity through
collaborative efforts with our skilled researchers. Together we can win our fight and make
poverty and deprivation a thing of the past.
Any views expressed are those of
the Editor and the individual contributors and not necessarily those of DFID.
TRL
EMAIL ADDRESS CHANGE
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changed to: Email: international_enquiries@trl.co.uk. All individuals can now be reached in the
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DIARY
OF FORTHCOMING EVENTS
December 1998
2nd Seminar on National Transport Models December 1998, Stockholm, Sweden.
Contact: PTRC Education & Research Services.
Tel: +44 (0)181 741 1516
Fax: +44 (0)181 741 5993
Email: ptrc@cityscape.co.uk
Investing in Transport: 19th ARRB Conference
6 December 1998, Sydney, Australia.
Contact: ARRB Transport Research.
Tel: +61 398 811 578
Fax: +61 398 878 104
Email: marghu@arrb.org.au
Corrosion & Rehabilitation of Reinforced Concrete Structures
8 December 1998, Orlando, Florida, USA.
Contact: Federal Highways Administration
Tel: +1 202 366 6770
January 1999
77th Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board
11-15 January 1999, Washington DC, USA
Contact: Angelia Summons
Tel: +1 202 334 2934
Fax: +1 202 334 2003
2nd Regional Training Workshop on Management of Labour-based Contract Roadworks
18-29 January 1999, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Contact: Robert Petts
Tel/Fax: +44 (0)1372 458955
Email: rob@intech-consult.demon.co.uk
May 1999
Vehicle Technology Conference
17 May 1999, Houston, Texas, USA.
Contact: Texas Transportation Institute
Tel: +1 409 845 1536
Fax: +1 409 845 6001
7th International Conference on Low Volume Roads
23-27 May 1999, Louisiana State University,
Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Contact: G.P.Jayaprakash, Transportation Research Board, 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington DC, 20418, USA
Tel: +1 202 334 2952 Fax: +1 202 334 2003
Email: gjayapra@nas.edu
June 1999
Management of Appropriate Technology in the Road Sector
21 to 25 June 1999, TRL, Crowthorne, UK
Course organised by TRL and Intech Associates
Contact: Linda Parsley, TRL
Tel: +44 (0) 1344 770551
Fax +44 (0) 1344 770356 Email: international_enquiries@trl.co.uk
TRL Roads and Transport in Developing Countries and Emerging Nations
28 June to 9 July 1999 TRL, Crowthorne, UK Course organised by TRL
Contact: Linda Parsley, TRL
Tel: +44 (0) 1344 770551
Fax +44 (0) 1344 770356
Email: international_enquiries@trl.co.uk
Road Management for Senior Engineers
14 to 25 June 1999, Worthing ,UK.
Course organised by Crown Agents
Contact: David Mulvagh,Crown Agents Management Centre
Tel: +44 (0) 1903 234444
Fax: +44 (0) 1903 212622
October 1999
21st World Road Congress, PIARC
October 3 to 9, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Contact : MPCR/PIARC
La Grande Arche, Paris Nord Niveau 8, 92053 La Defense Cedex, France
Fax +33 1 49 000202
Email piarc@pratique.fr
INTERNET
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Page: http://www.trl.co.uk/oseas.htm
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TRL BEGINS RESEARCH PROGRAMME IN THE PHILIPPINES
A three year, £1.5 million
programme of research in the Philippines has just begun, comprising five projects
concerning road materials, bituminous surfacings and the rehabilitation of concrete road
pavements. The programme is jointly funded by the Philippine Government's Department of
Public Works and Highways (through a loan from the Asian Development Bank) and the UK
through the Department for International Development. The projects will be carried out
with the Bureau of Research and Standards (BRS) in Manila. TRL has had a close working
relationship with the BRS for a number of years and has spent some considerable time
developing and implementing new technology in the area of concrete road construction.
The five projects comprise:
- the economic use of local materials
for road construction;
- the use of stabilised materials for
heavily trafficked roads;
- the rehabilitation of concrete road
pavements with concrete overlays;
- the rehabilitation of concrete road
pavements with bituminous surfacings
- the use of bitumen modifiers to
improve the durability of surfacings.
The Philippines is one of the few
countries in the tropics with an extensive network of concrete roads as well as the more
traditional flexible construction. There is a continuing need to reduce the cost of
constructing, rehabilitating and maintaining roads of all types by improving design and
construction practice, introducing new methods, making better use of cheaper, more
abundant materials such as volcanic ash and revising specifications and standards. TRL's
project team will be stationed full time in Manila and will be supplemented by a number of
short term visiting specialists, all of whom will work alongside staff of the BRS to help
develop their professional skills.
For further information contact: Dr
John Rolt of TRL
Tel: +44 (0) 1344 770732 Fax: +44 (0)1344 770356
Email: jrolt@trl.co.uk
DFID Projects Reference R6841,:
'Promoting the use of volcanic ash, a natural pozzolan'; R6027,:
`The design of stabilised sub-bases for heavily trafficked roads'; R6473,: `Longer life
road surfacings using bitumen modifiers'.
Theme Objective T2
APPLYING
DFID EARTHWORK RESEARCH
Earthwork and slope failure
following heavy rainfall causes many roads to be blocked and traffic disrupted for long
periods.
For any road at risk the triggering
mechanisms should ideally be identified in good time. The problem has always been that
locating and identifying the indicators of potential failure is difficult because of the
steep and densely vegetated nature of some road slopes.
In the November 1995 issue we
reported the development of an airborne earthwork condition assessment technique (ECAT)
which overcame access difficulties to earthwork slopes in precipitous terrain. By using
the ECAT technique, detailed photographic records of each site, collected at ground level
and in the air, took only a few days to obtain for hundreds of kilometres of road.
Analysis of these photographic
records by experienced earthwork engineers allows a rapid and cost effective condition
analysis to be made, producing, hazard and risk maps, earthwork inventories and
engineering appraisals. The data are used with an image and text database to assist in
prioritising repairs and calculating provisional repair costs.
ECAT has now been piloted in
several countries in Asia and South America. Recommendations made to highway authorities
have led to the implementation of more proactive maintenance and rehabilitation
strategies.
The cover photograph shows a
section of the Bogota to Villavicencio road in Colombia which is being realigned. The ECAT
technique was used on this road.
For further information contact:
Mrs Barbara McKinnon of TRL:
Tel +44 (0) 1344 770901,
Fax +44(0) 1344 770719
Email bmckinnon@trl.co.uk
DFID Project reference R6893:
'Benefits of structured highway and earthwork maintenance'
URBAN TRANSPORT PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
While the problems of travel,
congestion and pollution in cities of the developing world are quite apparent to transport
operators and users alike, there is often little measurement of the nature and impact of
these problems. The need for such a quantitative assessment is important for the following
reasons:-
- to clearly establish the performance
of the transport system, and in particular where, how and why it is failing.
- to help identify possible remedial
actions and priorities for implementation.
- to provide a base-line against which
to monitor the impact of remedial actions in particular, and trends in general.
- to provide basic data for longer
term strategic planning.
To furnish this information on a
comprehensive basis requires costly major survey work which cannot be undertaken on a
regular and frequent basis. However, a small set of performance indicators, which use
information from sample surveys, can be used to track transport development (overall
growth in traffic, changes in traffic speeds, etc.). These indicators provide a basis for
up-dating historic transport information and for identifying the need for more detailed
studies on specific issues. Benchmark values for these indicators can also be established
which are then used to compare the transport performance of a peer group of similar
cities, and provide targets for improvement.
In a study recently completed for
the Department for International Development TRL proposed a set of transport performance
indicators and benchmark values for developing cities. The study also examined how these
indicators would help in undertaking an audit of city transport, indicating where
performance was weak and should be improved.
For further information contact
Phil Fouracre at TRL
Tel: +44 (0) 1344 770993 Fax: +44 (0)1344 770356
Email: pfouracre@trl.co.uk
DFID Project Reference R6017: 'Traffic Database and Audit'
Theme Objective U2
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TRANSPORT POLICY: THE
1998-2002 DEVELOPMENT PLAN
The Sub-Saharan Africa Transport
Policy Program (SSATP) is a multilateral partnership coordinated by the World Bank to
facilitate policy reforms. Members include 17 African countries and other authorities
involved in the transport sector. The SSATP is directed at key issues, such as:
- institutional reforms
- the setting up of national
partnerships
- a programme on Non Motorised
Transport (NMT)
- data collection on road safety
The annual (Steering Committee)
Meeting took place in September in Cape Town, South Africa, where the 1998-2002 Strategic
Development Plan was approved. This proposed a working agenda on the following projects:
- undertaking institutional reforms in
Burkina Faso, Senegal, Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Zimbabwe;
- improving road safety for
pedestrians in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) and Harare (Zimbabwe);
- carrying out research on
microenterprises in Dakar (Senegal), Abidjan (Cote d'Ivoire), Bamako (Mali), Nairobi
(Kenya) and Harare;
- undertaking air quality initiatives
in Dakar, Ouagadougou, Douala (Cameroon), Abidjan, Nairobi and Dar es Salaam (Tanzania);
- completing the NMT Program in Kenya
and Tanzania;
- analysing urban transport indirect
costs in Abidjan, Dakar and Ouagadougou;
- training local staff in urban
transport research techniques;
- research on links between poverty
and urban transport.
The implementation of the
Development Plan will be carried out in cooperation with research institutions. Specific
attention will be given to the use of local expertise and participation from local
representatives of the urban transport industry. Links with regional organisations such as
SITRASS (Solidarité Internationale sur les Transports en Afrique Sub-Saharienne) and the
MDP (Municipal Development Program) will be strengthened. Dissemination of best practices
and exchange of information between the African Urban Transport sector will also be
enhanced during implementation of the Plan.
For further information contact:
Patrick Bultynck,Urban Transport Economist
AFTU2-SSATP-Urban Transport Coordinator
The World Bank
Tel: +1 202 477 1234
Fax : 1 202 473 8249
Email :pbultynck@worldbank.org
ROAD
SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS IN NEPAL
A Traffic Engineering and Safety
Unit is being developed within the Department of Roads in the Himalayan Kingdom of Nepal.
It is being managed by Roughton International and TRL on behalf of the Department for
International Development. Some projects are described below.Many of Nepal's mountain
roads have small masonry 'confidence blocks' to mark road edges. Unfortunately, these can
shear when hit by drivers, leading to fatal consequences. The installation of proper
safety barriers on the most hazardous sections is being investigated by the Safety Unit to
reduce the severity of such accidents. Conventional steel beam barriers cannot be used
since they are expensive and have to be imported. Good results have been achieved using a
gabion safety barrier wall, consisting of large wire baskets filled with stones and wired
together. The walls are inexpensive, easy to build, and can be quickly repaired. They are
not usually anchored to the road, but are still strong enough to stop runaway vehicles,
including fully loaded trucks. Following their successful use they are now used as edge
barriers and to protect bridge parapets.
Another innovation has been the
provision of pedestrian refuges at zebra crossings on a busy wide road in Kathmandu. A
single trial refuge of conventional design was initially unsuccessful as it was
continually hit by traffic at night, therefore the Safety Unit designed a new refuge with
a low profile and no upright sign. These new-style refuges have been fitted at all zebra
crossings along the road. They are well-marked with paint and reflective studs and drivers
respect them. The refuges are a great help to pedestrians and appear to have reduced the
incidence of speeding and unsafe overtaking.
Most main roads in Nepal are used by large numbers of pedestrians and slow-moving vehicles
(including cycles, cycle-rickshaws, and ox-carts) as well as trucks and buses that travel
at high speeds. In order to segregate the traffic and minimise accidents, an innovative
approach has been to promote the construction of diversions when roads are being
rehabilitated. This method can speed up the rehabilitation work and, on completion, the
diversion can be converted into a permanent side road for pedestrians and non-motorised
vehicles at modest cost.
For further information contact:Mr
Alan Cutler,
Roughtons International
Tel: +44 (0)1703 705533 Fax: +44 (0)1703 701060
E-mail: roughton@compuserve.com
or Dr Brian Hills, TRL
Tel +44 (0) 1344 770268
Email: bhills@trl.co.uk
THE
DISASTER OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
The Transport Research Laboratory
(TRL) were asked by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
to contribute to their 1998 World Disasters Report with information on road accident rates
and costs. Research carried out for the Department for International Development (DFID)
provided much of the information.
The Report poses the question 'Must
millions more die from traffic accidents?'. It devotes a whole chapter in the section on
key issues to traffic accidents: costs, death rates, planning priorities, risks and
potential engineering solutions. It concludes that the need for action is clear as traffic
accidents are forecast to do more harm through death and disability than many of the
health threats presently given greater priority for assistance.
Currently road accidents are around
the 9th biggest cause of premature death in the world, estimated to be responsible for
around 500,000 deaths and around 15 million injuries. Together with the social impact in
terms of pain, grief and suffering, there is an economic impact: an estimated cost to
developing societies of US$53 billion, about the level of all international aid. By 2020
road accidents could well move from 9th place to 3rd place in the league table of major
causes of death and disability in the world, way ahead of war, HIV and other infectious
diseases.
While accidents in the developed
world have reduced, despite increasing vehicle usage, traffic accidents in the developing
world are increasing. Cost-effective action is necessary to counter-act this trend but it
is not always possible to transfer the safety strategies used in developed countries. In
many developing countries resources are not available to invest in road safety programmes
and help is needed to provide funds for investment in road accident prevention. The DFID
funded research at TRL has been aimed at investigating this and developing suitable
solutions .
For further information contact
Angela Astrop, TRL
Tel +44 (0)1344 770361
Email: aastrop@trl.co.uk
TRL OVERSEAS ROAD NOTE 15: GUIDELINES FOR
THE DESIGN AND OPERATION OF ROAD MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
A new publication in the well known
Overseas Road Note series, Overseas Road Note 15, was published in August 1998 and
provides detailed guidance on the design and operation of computer-based road management
systems. It has been issued in parallel with a reference textbook published by Macmillan
Press Ltd covering the wider area of road maintenance management: Road maintenance
management: concepts and systems by Robinson, Danielson and Snaith: see Book Review. The
original draft of the Road Note was prepared by Dr Robinson in association with May
Associates, with further contributions from staff at TRL and material from the World Bank.
It therefore combines the experience from many institutions and on-going research carried
out by TRL in this subject.
The Note's fundamental message is
that institutional and management issues in a road administration must be addressed first
before a technical improvement, such as introduction of a road management system, can be a
success. The structure of the Note reflects this, with its division into three distinct
parts:
Part A is meant for senior policy
and decision-makers. It outlines the principles of best practice in road management and
the role that computer-based systems might play in supporting management procedures.
Part B is intended for use by
professional staff who have the task of recommending the type of system design to be
adopted. It addresses the processes involved in system design and identifies a generic
approach to system specification.
Part C, which is intended for staff
involved in system implementation, deals with the training activities needed to ensure the
successful introduction of a computer-based system and its continuing operation, and also
addresses issues related to the day-to-day management of systems.Supporting appendices
which provide reference material and background information are also included.
The Overseas Road Note series is
prepared principally for road and transport authorities in countries receiving technical
assistance from the British Government. It is also available to others interested in road
transport in developing countries.
For further information contact:
Chris Parkman TRL
Tel: +44 (0) 1344 770258
Fax: +44 (0)1344 770719
Email: cparkman@trl.co.uk
DFID Project Reference R6024: Road Network Management
Theme Objective T2
BALANCING
THE LOAD
Balancing the Load is a two year
research programme aiming at exploring how gender and gender relations affect transport
deprivation, and what remedies can be proposed.
Women living in rural areas of
developing countries are often the group with the least mobility. They have the greatest
difficulty in obtaining access to goods and services, yet their needs are frequently
ignored by transport planners and policy makers.
Balancing the Load is being
undertaken by the International Forum for Rural Transport and Development (IFRTD) funded
by the Engineering Knowledge and Research programme of the Department for International
Development (DFID). Case studies will be implemented in sixteen countries in Africa and
Asia and will cover a wide range of transport issues including:
- the impact of national policies on
rural women's transport burden
- the importance of transport for
women's entrepreneurial activities
- the transport needs of rural women
in Asia (less extensively documented than the burden of women's transport in Africa)
- the impact of road rehabilitation
on: women and roadside communities in general; women's health status; community food
security
- the use and maintenance of village
paths, tracks and footbridges
- infrastructure projects initiated by
women themselves (challenging the current thinking on women's participation in
infrastructure projects which is argued not to meet women's priorities in terms of
infrastructure provision).
- women's access to intermediate means
of transport (e.g. access to animal power, scotch carts, bicycles and the use of hand
carts to ease the burden of fuelwood transport)
- the benefit from appropriate rural
transport services - for women without ownership or access to means of transport.
- the relationship between women's
transport needs and the availability of water in arid regions
Complementing the analytical
studies will be two studies from India and Ghana that will allow rural women to articulate
their own assessments of transport provision.
Balancing the Load plans to conduct
a seminar in each region so that the researchers can share the findings of the studies and
develop ways in which the issues can be addressed in policies and programmes.
For further information contact
Priyanthi Fernando,IFRDT
Tel: +44 (0) 171 278 3670
Fax: +44 (0)171 278 6880
DFID Project Reference R 6854
Theme Objective T3
ICE: REDUCED SUBSCRIPTION AND FEES SCHEME
Good news for civil engineers! The
Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) has introduced a scheme especially designed to assist
engineers from emerging countries who are already ICE members and who may find the levels
of subscription a deterrent to continuing membership. Up to 90% reduction can be obtained,
depending on the country's GDP per capita as published by the World Bank. The ICE is
internationally recognised as a centre of learning, a qualifying body and a public voice
of the profession and welcomes enquiries from those not yet members.
For further details please contact
the ICE, Department MR, POBox 4479, London, SW1P 3XB.
Tel +44 (0) 171 665 2135; Fax +44 (0) 171 233 3114 (Members), and
Tel +44 (0) 171 665; Fax +44 (0) 171 0515 (Non members)
INTERNATIONAL
ROADS COURSE
In July TRL held its annual
training course 'Roads and Transport in Developing Countries and Emerging Nations'. All
topics of road design, construction, maintenance, transport planning, systems and safety
were covered in an intensive two week course aimed at disseminating the results of
research funded by the Department for International Development (DFID) and carried out by
TRL's international specialists. Participants included middle or senior management staff
from Government ministries, Universities, Consultants and donors from 14 countries. Of the
28 delegates who attended, 12 were supported by DFID. In addition to the technical issues
discussed, opportunity was given for delegates to interact with one another, or individual
lecturers, and follow up issues in TRL's comprehensive library. There was even time to
appreciate the local culture!
The course is an annual event at
TRL and the details for next year can be found on page 2.
For further information please
contact Sue Stoneman:
Tel +44 (0) 1344 770187; Fax +44 (0) 1344 770719;
Email: sstoneman@trl.co.uk
BOOK REVIEWS
Networking for development by Paul
Starkey
Published by IFRTD (International Forum for Rural Transport and Development), 1997
While the concept of sharing
information for mutual benefit is obviously desirable, the logistics of establishing and
maintaining a network are more problematic. Paul Starkey's book provides a thorough
introduction into networking and is based on the author's extensive experience with
developing networks in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
The book is divided into two parts
with Part One summarising both the potential benefits and problems of networking. It also
reviews the different organisational structures of networks and includes guidelines on
networking, addressing such issues as how clear objectives, concrete activities and
committed core groups help a network to be more successful. As resources are a regular
problem, the option of self financing is also discussed. The potential for facilitating
information exchange electronically is acknowledged.
Although practical examples are
included throughout the book, Part Two contains two detailed case studies of regional
African animal traction networks and their associated national networks as well as a
summary of the lessons learned which could benefit future networking initiatives. The book
also has a list of recommended reading and a list of network contacts.
Many of the examples refer to rural
issues yet the material and lessons presented apply to all situations. While the book,
like networking itself, is intended to share experience and thereby avoid repetition of
errors, there are no rigid guidelines or formats to follow and the focus is on activity
rather than structure.
Reviewed by Amy Aeron-Thomas,
Independent Consultant
Road Maintenance Management:
Concepts and Systems by Richard Robinson, Uno Danielson and Martin Snaith. Published by
MacMillan.
During the last decade or so we
have learnt a great deal about the problems of managing road networks, both in
industrialised countries and in the less wealthy parts of the world where resource
constraints put a heavy burden on road authorities. This book provides a valuable and
up-to-date description of the subject based on the experiences of the authors and their
collaborators in many
countries worldwide. It is intended as a text book aimed at not only those with
responsibility for managing roads but also those developing or implementing management
systems themselves.
The subject matter is considered
within a framework based on the four functions of planning, programming, preparation and
operations. These terms are carefully defined in the book but essentially reflect a
hierarchy which begins with issues which are dealt with at the national level but going
right down to day-to-day operational matters. Within each of the functions there are
differencesin the degree of detail required, the timescales involved, the staff who will
manage or carry out the work, and the scale of the works. Although the book is full of
detail and deals comprehensively in its 290 pages with all that it sets out to tackle, it
does not deal with bridges and structures, footpaths, street lighting, traffic control and
signals, or road safety. The book has been published in parallel with TRL's Overseas Road
Note 15 ÔGuidelines
for the design and operation of road management systems', which is concerned primarily
with computer- based road management systems.
Reviewed by John Rolt, TRL
Roads and the Environment: a
handbook. World Bank Technical Paper No. 378.
Published by the World Bank, 1997
The publication of this handbook is
welcomed and it lives up to expectations. Its precursor was an informal working document
(report TWU 13), which this handbook replaced after feedback and comments from end users.
This publication is well laid out
and draughtsmanship and presentation of illustrations have a high standard of detail and
sophistication. Judicious use is made of tables, schematic diagrams and flowcharts to
present data and information. This document is an essential prerequisite for environmental
guidance when considering road projects.
Part I provides an overview of the
environmental assessment process in the context of road planning and construction and also
describes the detailed methodological steps of the process for specific projects. Part II
provides a more detailed discussion of each of the major factors involved in the
environmental assessment of road projects, including impact mitigation and economic
valuation. Each chapter covers one component of the environment and provide a description
of possible impacts, the nature and scale of the impacts and practical information
regarding mitigation options. Impacts on human health and road safety have been given a
separate chapter.
TWU 13 contained a Part III, Analysis Tools (use of maps, remote sensing, computers),
which has been dropped, sadly, as a result of peer review.The editors are to be
congratulated for producing this invaluable document which is highly recommended to all
practitioners and should take pride of place on all reference shelves.
Reviewed by Dudley E. Harte, TRL
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
THE WORLD BANK, (1997). Roads &
the Environment: a handbook.
Edited by Koji Tsunokawa & Christopher Hoban.
Published by the World Bank, Washington, ISSN 0253-7494, free of charge on application to
World Bank.
ROBINSON R, U DANIELSON & M
SNAITH (1998). Road maintenance management: concepts & systems. Published by Macmillan
Press Ltd, ISBN 0-333-72155-1.
STARKEY P (1998). Networking for
Development. Published by The International Forum for Rural Transport and Development,
ISBN 1 85339 430 0.
REPORTS
Overseas Road Note 15. TRL (1998).
Guidelines for the design and operation of road management systems. (£15) (TRL)
TRL353
AIREY A and M A CUNDILL. A study of
household travel in the Meru district of Kenya.TRL Report 353. (£10) (TRL)
PAPERS
PEARCE, T (1998). Vehicle
roadworthiness inspections - a guide to their establishment and maintenance. Indian
Journal of Transport Management, Vol 22, No 3, March 1998 (PA3333/98) (TRL)
SMITH, H R and C R JONES (1998)
Bituminous surfacings for heavily trafficked roads in tropical climates. Proceedings of
Institution of Civil Engineers.Transport, 1998, 129, Feb. pp28 - 33. (PA3334/98) (TRL)
MAUNDER, D A C and P R FOURACRE
(1998). Shifting the main mode of urban transport from road to rail in a developing
nation. Seminar on Development of Transport Infrastructure in a Sustainable Environment,
Kuala Lumpur, 20 October, 1998. (PA3366/98)
GARDNER,G and R EVANS (RE
Associates) (1998) Towards good urban design. World Conference on Transport Research,
Antwerp, July 1998. (PA3379/98)
GARDNER, G (1998). Mass transit
decision making. CIT conference, Colombo, Sri Lanka, March 1998. (PA3380/98) (TRL)
GARDNER, G and R EVANS (RE
Associates). (1998) Urban design in developing countries. CODATU VIII Conference, Cape
Town, September 1998. (PA3381/98) (TRL)
PEARCE, T, D A C MAUNDER and T C
MBARA (University of Zimbabwe). (1998) Road safety for buses. CODATU VIII Conference, Cape
Town, September 1998. (PA3382/98) (TRL)
KWAKYE, E A and P R FOURACRE (1998). The urban transport policy reform in Ghana. CODATU
VIII Conference, Cape Town, September 1998. (PA3383/98) (TRL)
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