Conference of European Directors of Roads (CEDR)

Today is International Day of Climate Action! In recognition, we're sharing some information on our climate action efforts:   📑 In March, we published our updated Sustainability Implementation Plan, which outlines our guiding principles and ambitions for sustainability across TII.    🧮 TII measures our climate impact via an annual carbon inventory. This process helps to identify key emission sources related to TII’s value chain, capturing a picture of TII’s emissions.   🗺️Our Climate Action Roadmap is published every year, demonstrating how we will achieve emissions reductions to 2030. It focuses on 25 projects that we plan to deliver between 2024 and 2030, which will contribute to emissions reduction.    ⚠️We are adopting a proactive approach to managing the impacts of climate change, to prevent the worst of these impacts and avoid relying on costly reactive measures. TII’s approach to climate adaptation is outlined in our 2022 Climate Adaptation Strategy.   🍃 We integrate biodiversity considerations into our work in accordance with our 2023 Biodiversity plan, which outlines five overarching biodiversity objectives and the associated actions to deliver on these objectives.   All of our sustainability plans and roadmaps can be found on our website here. https://lnkd.in/dpz8bMdf #climateaction #transport #adaptation

It’s a wrap! A huge thank you to our Governing Board members who came to Antwerp from all over Europe to discuss and take decisions on our key strategies, future direction as well as new opportunities. Also, a thank you to our hosts at Agentschap Wegen en Verkeer whose impeccable organisation ensured everything ran smoothly and efficiently. 🙌 Conference of European Directors of Roads (CEDR) #CEDR #NRA #GoverningBoard #Antwerp

26 countries represented! The 43rd Governing Board meeting of the Conference of European Directors of Roads (CEDR) is right now taking place in Antwerp. The focus of our workshop? Digital Road Management - a critical topic that will shape the future of smart mobility and road infrastructure. #CEDR #NRA #GoverningBoard #Antwerp #DigitalRoadManagement

🌟 Ready for an impactful day ahead! We are all set for our 43rd Governing Board meeting in Antwerp which promises to be filled with dynamic discussions and strategic decisions on key topics that will drive our work forward. Conference of European Directors of Roads (CEDR) Agentschap Wegen en Verkeer #CEDR #NRA #GoverningBoard #Antwerp

And we're off! Beyond a tunnel vision has officially kicked off with eye-opening insights from Kathy Vandenmeersschaut and Alfons van Marrewijk. Hosted by Karin de Haas and Steve Phillips, this is just the start of a fantastic day full of knowledge sharing and networking.

🤝 Strengthening ties and preparing for the future! Today we had the privilege of meeting the Bulgarian diplomatic mission in Brussels to discuss the priorities and upcoming meetings of the CEDR Bulgarian Presidency in 2025. With many plans on the horizon, we are already looking forward to a fruitful and impactful year ahead! Conference of European Directors of Roads (CEDR) Road Infrastructure Agency #CEDR #RIA #Presidency #Bulgaria

Tonight we are discussing the future priorities of commercial road transport in the European Union at the IRU Manifesto Dinner in Brussels. The call for action is focused on three crucial areas: people, environment and prosperity. Some of the most pressing issues facing the sector concern the shortage of drivers, the decarbonisation of road transport and digitalisation. #CEDR #IRU #CommercialRoadTransport #People #Environment #Prosperity

Our Dutch member, Rijkswaterstaat is organising a webinar on the impact of radar reflections in tunnels on vehicle safety. 🚨 After numerous reports of false braking events in a specific tunnel, our colleagues in the Netherlands launched an investigation to uncover the causes and find solutions. The findings will be presented in this webinar. Let's dive into how tunnel design influences radar reflections and their effect on systems like autonomous emergency breaking, adaptive cruise control, and others. 🚗 📅 Date and time: Friday 8 November at 11.00 CET 🔗 CEDR members can find the registration page here: https://shorturl.at/VebNG Jan van Hattem #Rijkswaterstaat #Webinar #RadarReflections #TunnelDesign #AutonomousDriving

For many years now, CEDR has required all of its contractors (and their subcontractors) to confirm their attention to our road safety requirements. Although European law does not currently allow us to impose these conditions as additional requirements for bidders, we are applying them as a condition of the way that a contractor carries out the work for us. These conditions require that; For driving ✓ Employees are recommended to receive re-training and refresher courses at regular periods and/or when changing vehicles (especially vehicles with new features). ✓ Employees receive clear (written) guidelines to actively discourage distracted driving (e.g. texting). ✓ Employees receive clear (written) guidelines to actively discourage speeding. ✓ Employees receive clear (written) guidelines to avoid driving when tired including after work. ✓ Employees receive clear (written) guidelines to avoid driving in adverse weather conditions and understand that they can cancel journeys or make other arrangements. ✓ In addition, contractors are invited to provide any details of re-training and refresher courses required of employees at regular periods and/or when changing vehicles (especially vehicles with new features). Vehicles ✓ Where applicable, all vehicles purchased or leased by the organisation shall meet at least the Euro NCAP - For Safer Cars, Vans & Trucks 5-star criteria and shall wherever possible include C-ITS Day 1/1.5 services. ✓ All vehicles used by any employees for any professional purposes, including the private vehicles of employees, are required to be maintained to manufacturers requirements and employees are instructed to make regular checks of basic features (tyres, windscreen washer etc). Planning ✓ Risk assessments ensure that all professional journeys shall be planned to give sufficient time for employees to drive within the applicable speed limits and provide adequate time for rest breaks. ✓ Measures are in place to ensure that the schedule of working shall be arranged to ensure that adequate rest breaks and sleeping times are ensured before any driving tasks. Sub-contractors ✓ Procurement practices are in place to ensure that all sub-contractors and suppliers are encouraged to follow road safety requirements. These are a small step within the limits currently available, but have created a discussion with, and within, our contractors and we continue to look at ways to encourage continual improvement within our supply chains. #VisionZero #RoadSafety Any comments and suggestions? Let us know.

🛣️ Transport Infrastructure Ireland’s National Roads and Greenways Conference was last week, and we had 29 excellent speakers, from Ireland and abroad, who spoke on a variety of transport themes relevant to National Roads and Greenways.   Over 350 attendees from local authorities gathered to hear about new approaches and developments in transport. Athlone proved to be a great location with its central location in the country served very well by National Road and Greenway infrastructure.   👏 We extend our sincere thanks to everyone who took the time to attend and present at the conference. It was a valuable opportunity for networking and meaningful conversations.   If you are interested in seeing what was presented, please click here to view the slides - https://lnkd.in/dz-V3Zrc #greenways, #sustainabletransport, #NR2040, #NationalRoads, #NationalCycleNetwork (NCN), #ActiveTravel, #MovingTogether #Greenways #sustainabletransport, #NR2040, #NationalRoads, #NationalCycleNetwork (NCN), #ActiveTravel, #MovingTogether Eamon Ryan Hughes Helen Barry Kehoe Westmeath County Council Sian Kerr Denise Keoghan Department of Transport Bernhard Hintermayer Donal Minnock, Anne Graham National Transport Authority Kelly McCarthy Glenn Hingerty Dermot Donovan Richard Bowen Ivor Heavey Dan Brennan Steven O'Gara Fáilte Ireland Sarah-Jane Phelan Ph.D. Dimitris Michailidis (CEng MIEI) Martin Deegan Pam Sheridan John McCarthy Kieran Feighan Stephen Smyth Vincent O'Malley John Martin Gerry Baker Arup PJ Hourigan Jenny Dunwoody Eoin King Derek Brady James Walsh Deirdre Miller Claire Scott MetroLink James Dowling CEng MIEI Michelle Lindsay Thomas D Allen, Oonagh Duffy, Cormac Collins, Michael O'Connor, Ambrose Clarke, Geraldine Fitzpatrick, Fiona Bohane, Damian McDermott, Aine McHugh,