Editorial
Congress
on Road Maintenance
Spotlight
on safety
For its 5th edition1,
The Congress on Road Maintenance is being held in Paris-Le Bourget on
21, 22 and 23 November 2000. This major biennial rendezvous for the
road sector is open to all public and private stakeholders.
Its forum centres on workshops, conferences and discussions, which will
provide each of the 2,000 expected participants with an opportunity
for information and dialogue on many subjects. Once again this year,
equipment, materials and services from the road maintenance and operating
sectors will be the classic features. But a larger place will be given
to road operation, network development and on-board navigation systems.
And, for the first time, sessions will be organized by people outside
the Ministry of Public Works, representing trade organizations, associations
and urban services.
The
forum goes hand-in-hand with a trade exhibition, where 250 French and
European exhibitors will display their products, knowhow and most recent
innovations to some 10,000 visitors.
This year, the theme
running through the congress will be road safety. It will be launched
right after the opening by a round table that will bring together various
safety component contributors to provide an overall panorama and a few
unusual points of view. Then throughout the congress, each theme will
be addressed from the safety angle. Road safety was an inevitable choice
as it has been declared as the “great national cause” for
the year 2000. This issue of La Lettre de l’Isted has
responded to this cause by devoting its feature to road users’
safety and comfort. The 5th Congress demonstrates the strength of the
partnership2 between the Directorate of Roads and Isted,
which is further enhanced for this event.
Patrick
Gandil,
Director of Roads,
President of the Congress
1 Previous editions: Bordeaux (October 1993),
Colmar (June 1995), Rouen (September 1996), Grenoble (September/October
1998).
2 The Congress on Road Maintenance is organized by the Directorate
of Roads of the Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Housing (Metl-DR),
in partnership with Isted and with the support of the Seine Saint-Denis
County Public Works Department (DDE 93).
Contents
- Congress
on Road Maintenance: spotlight on safety
- Feature: Motorways:
safer and more comfortable
The
motorway is a specific artery of travel designed with safety in
mind. Four times as safe as an ordinary road, it is also more comfortable.
This is because motorway companies propose many services (information,
rest and service areas, etc.), the quality of which is regularly
rated by motorway customers.
- Infomation Update: News - Events
- Training sessions - Publications
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