ROAD AND COMPUTERS --PIARC XVIII WORLD ROAD CONGRESS, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, SEPTEMBER 13-19, 1987

This report outlines the history of the computer in the ministry of public works in Belgium and its use in road administration. Details are given of: (1) the road administration policy and the setting up of the agar project (automation of management in road administration); (2) road data base, its content and use; (3) use of computer aided design (cad) for mapping and road projects; (4) the delta project which represents the first general application of automation to some administrative procedures of road administration; (5) the soger project which analyzes future road conditions for maintenance purposes; (6) the traffic project which aims at total integrated computerization in the graphic processing of junctions, processing of road census data, processing of traffic permits for heavy vehicles and search for suitable itineraries, and processing of all technical administrative dossiers. For the covering abstracts of the congress see IRRD 812115 and 812116.

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  Permanent International Assoc of Road Congresses

  27 rue Guenegaud
  Paris,   France 
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Media Info

• Pagination: 43 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administration; Computer aided design; Conferences; Data banks; Digital computers; Forecasting; Highway design; Highways; Intersections; Itinerary; Maintenance; Maps; Traffic control; Trucks
• Geographic Terms: Belgium
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00481366
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 30 1989 12:00AM