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October 31, 2024 35 seconds Read
The 61st edition of the IRF World Road Statistics 2024 is available
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February 1, 2021 2 minutes Read
Barriers to European safety: how safe is safe?
Roberto Impero, chief executive of SMA Road Safety, and Stefano Caterino, head of SMA's marketing, urge a major rethink about how European crash…
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February 1, 2021 3 mins Read
The worksite of the (near) future
Innovations will impact efficiency and productivity in worksites of the future
Ras Al Khaimah’s steel arch bridge, UAE, one of the winners of the IRF GRAAs
January 26, 2021 2 mins Read
IRF Announces Winners of its 2020 Global Road Achievement Awards
IRF has announced the winners of the 2020 IRF Global Road Achievement Awards, a global competition to recognise outstanding achievement by road…
January 20, 2021 2 minutes Read
Springtime for the use of analytics
Winter road maintenance can be made more efficient and effective through the use of big data and analytics, says Samu Karanko, head of science for…
Vehicles will read the road to improve the driving experience and road condition data will be available for highway maintenance teams (photo © Phuttaphat Tipsana/Dreamstime)
January 18, 2021 5 mins Read
A virtual virtuous circle
Virtual sensors will allow a safer driving experience and reduce road maintenance costs. Tactile Mobility’s Eitan Grosbard talks to David Arminas
Data is shown in real time on the screen in the cab for the machine operator to view
January 14, 2021 3 mins Read
Sophisticated technology allows milling accuracy
Given the increase in vehicle numbers and that modern vehicles are heavier, it is more important for modern highways to be constructed to higher…
Kohler is planning to offer its K-HEM hybrid technology commercially by 2022, with two different power outputs
January 12, 2021 2 mins Read
New engine option from Kohler
Kohler has developed a sophisticated compact hybrid system aimed at industrial applications
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January 11, 2021 4 mins Read
Roads to Recovery after the pandemic
IRF president Bill Halkias shares the Federation’s view on post-Covid
The $4.3 billion M8 tunnels between Beverly Hills and St Peters opened in July this year (image courtesy WestConnex | Transurban)
January 11, 2021 7 mins Read
What lies beneath Down Under
The third and final construction stage on Sydney’s WestConnex project has begun, including the underground Rozelle Interchange – with a lot of help…
Road widening work in Nepal (photo: Ram Krishna Wagle, World Highways correspondent)
December 17, 2020 3 mins Read
The GRSF: breaking down barriers
Improving road safety can be expensive, especially for low- to middle-income countries. The Global Road Safety Facility has been working hard to…
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