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17TH World Congress on Road Winter Service, Resilience and Decarbonisation - Pre-proceedings of the Congress

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Resilience Session 07 - Resilience and sustainable operation of tunnels

Thursday, March 12 09:30 - 11:00
Chair: Mr. Ingo KAUNDINYA, Chair of PIARC TC 4.4, Germany
Room: Room 2

In the context of road tunnels, resilience could be described as the ability to keep the tunnel safely available for traffic, during various abnormal situations, like traffic incidents, technical malfunctions, extreme weather conditions, other natural and man-made hazards, or maintenance and refurbishments. In short, resilience is the ability to prepare for, adapt to and recover from abnormal events. The new cross-cutting topic of sustainability with a focus on the operation and maintenance of road tunnels deals with new aspects regarding reduction of energy consumption and use of renewable energy sources for tunnel operation. Also the use of tunnels by active mobility users (pedestrians, cyclists) contributes to more sustainable and greener transport through road tunnels. Special safety aspects as well as international good practices will be discussed.
Presentations in this session will focus on the final Technical Report on Resilience from 2020-2023 Work Cycle as well as the results of the resilience session we had in the International Seminar on Tunnels in China. Additionally first outputs of TC4.4 on sustainable operation of tunnels as well as active mobility users in road tunnels and digitalization of tunnel operation will be presented.

  1. Welcome and session introduction
  2. Presentations
  3. Questions and Answers
  4. Conclusion
  5. Organization

Welcome and session introduction

• Mr. Ingo KAUNDINYA, PIARC TC4.4 Chair, Germany

Presentations

  • Improving Road Tunnel Resilience, considering Safety and Availability - PIARC Technical Report and results of International Seminar in China
    • Tiago MASSINGUE (South Africa) - English speaking Secretary PIARC TC 4.4 "Tunnels"
  • Sustainability of Tunnel Operation: new Approaches
    • Frédéric WAYMEL (France) - Co-leader of WG1 from TC 4.4 "Tunnels"
  • Active Modes of Transport (walking, cycling, wheelchair) in Road Tunnels
    • Michaël POTIER (France) - Co-leader of WG2 from TC 4.4 "Tunnels"
  • Digitalization of Road Tunnel Design and Management
    • Pierre LONGTIN (Canada/Quebec) - Co-leader of WG3 from TC 4.4 "Tunnels"

Questions and Answers

• Moderator: Ms. Hélène Mongeot, French speaking Secretary of PIARC TC4.4, France

Conclusion

• Mr. Ingo KAUNDINYA, PIARC TC4.4 Chair, Germany

Organization

Session Organiser: Mr. Ingo KAUNDINYA, PIARC TC4.4 Chair, Germany
Session Secretary: Mr. Tiago Massingue, English speaking Secretary PIARC TC4.4, South Africa