Tuesday, February 8, 2022, 17:15-18:45 (Calgary time)

Chair: Mr. Christos Xenophontos, Rhodes Island DoT (USA), Chair of PIARC Committee 1.1

This session will present insights on how roads and the road transport sector, and the organisations and professionals who manage them, provided an essential service even in the midst of the COVID pandemic. In fact, they have demonstrated their amazing resilience and their ability to move people and essential goods safely,
Panellists will include representatives of the group of PIARC international experts which was set up in March 2020 to organize knowledge-sharing webinars, from a wide variety of geographical areas, on a large diversity of topics. Their outputs will be presented, including briefing notes, a survey note, and a detailed report. The latter highlights lessons learnt as well as key conclusions and recommendations such as Economic Measures to Support Businesses, Road Works, Freight and Logistics, Intelligent Transport Systems, etc.
At a time when countries all over the world are mobilizing funds to relaunch their economy though public investment, the main question is a question of efficiency, and this session will present insights on how to build road transport into such recovery plans and to best serve users’ needs.