Future challenges for road tunnel safety and security

This paper addresses future challenges for road tunnel safety and security, based on the author’s 20 years of experience within the tunnel community. It notably includes inputs based on exchanges between CETU and PIARC, ITA-COSUF, GTFE and more recently the Work-Stream Tunnel Safety group and the COB. Since the fires in the great alpine tunnels in the 2000s, regulations have evolved considerably. In a first step this paper summarises the considerable progress made over the last 20 years in terms of procedures and the main technical advancements. It then examines the progress required in light of the new challenges looming on the horizon. The conclusion highlights the major roles to be played by the above-mentioned organisations in order to accompany this process.

Language

  • English

Media Info

  • Pagination: pp 23-37
  • Monograph Title: Proceedings from the Ninth International Symposium on Tunnel Safety and Security, Munich, Germany, March 11-13, 2020

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 01845927
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
  • ISBN: 9789189049895
  • Files: ITRD, VTI
  • Created Date: May 20 2022 2:05PM