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Design of rural roads and car parks (VSS1999/290)

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Design of rural roads and car parks (VSS1999/290)


Funding origin:
Switzerland
Switzerland
STRIA Roadmaps:
Transport infrastructure (INF)
Transport infrastructure
Transport mode:
Road
Road
Transport sectors:
Passenger transport
Passenger transport
Freight transport
Freight transport
Project website:
Duration:
Start date: 01/06/2002,
End date: 01/03/2004

Status: Finished
Funding details:

Overview

Background & policy context:

The Swiss Association of Engineers and Architects (SIA) decided not to revise its recommendation SIA 172 "Construction of rural roads", but to hand the subject over to the VSS for revision and publication in their collection of standards. By this decision the VSS collection of standards is extended to the secondary traffic surfaces, which has hardly been treated until now.

Objectives:

The applying research institution developed two standards, which regulate the bases, the criteria of use, choice, execution and maintenance of pavements in unbound construction with and without overgrowth, in collaboration with the VSS Expert Commission 6.01 "Maintenance". During these discussions it became obvious, that the whole subject of secondary traffic surfaces (roads, paths and squares) should be treated in a group of standards together with the aspects of design.

These standards concern horizontal and vertical alignment, cross fall, drainage installations as well as the strong relations between construction, maintenance and operation. According to the Commission the subject should be treated in two separate standards for rural roads and car parks. 

The research work contains the execution of the necessary research in situ and in literature, developing the standards "Design of rural roads" and "Design of car parks" in collaboration with the Expert Commission 6.01 as well as writing the research report.

Methodology:

The information gathering mainly includes research in the literature, surveys of road administrations, in project planning engineers and exporting business owners about their experiences and the use of results from past field tests.

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