Concepts of roadside infrastructure and rest areas

The proposed project is aimed to highlight the main problems and propose the considered solution of well-functioning freight and passenger road infrastructure. There are three main issues that are to be solved jointly by municipal, public and private bodies by both countries: road safety, cargo and passengers’ security and roadside environment protection.

Managing road safety issues are associated with drivers’ fatigue, managing security - with secure and comfortable parking, managing environmental problems - with proper land use and modern engineering solutions. The main idea of the project is to develop and justify the concepts of roadside rest areas as effective tools of improvement safe and secure movement of people and goods.

Project authors intend to promote rest area as open place, convenient and accessible to all travelers, regardless of age, disability or language, designed for long-term heavy-duty use for ease and efficient maintenance. The project is initiated by partnership of Latvian and Lithuanian carrier’s associations and research institutions. The partners represent all major project target groups: cargo vehicles drivers, transportation engineers, logistics planners, researches.

The allocated expert staff covers all aspects of road infrastructure performance planning and assessment, incl. engineering, spatial, ecological, economic, institutional, logistics issues.

All the project activities take place in cross-border regions and adjusting areas:

• WP1 management and coordination.
• WP2 Road transportation performance research incl. field research work, surveys, statistics analysis and open workshops for stakeholders.
• WP3 Models and analysis for best transportation performance.
• WP4 Development of Implementation Strategy incl. guidelines for design and maintenance.