This area encompasses all topics related to the planning, development, and operation of a road network, as well as those linked to the tools necessary to optimize available resources. It will consider planning aspects, economic, technical, and regulatory factors, the relationship between planning and land use, traffic monitoring, evaluation, and allocation. It will also cover different methodologies for ensuring genuine sources of funding, various financing alternatives, the interrelationship between road transport and other modes, and the needs for regional integration projects.
It will cover all issues related to road infrastructure, from defining its function to the need to structure a system that allows for sustainable financing, as well as policies for managing road assets.
» THE AREA TOPICS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:
• Road Planning and Programming.
• National and Regional Integration Road Works.
• Road Networks and Multimodal Transport.
• Public-Private Partnerships in Transport Infrastructure Development.
• Ring Roads and the Relationship of the Road System with Urban Areas.
• Integration of Road Infrastructure into Smart Cities.
• Road Asset Management Systems.
• Relationship between Private Users and the State.
• Sources of Funding and Financing for Roads. Financing and Economic Management Models. Public-Private Partnerships. Pay-Per-Use Models. User Payments. Financial Resources. Alternatives. Tolls.
• Climate Resilience. How to finance projects that withstand climate change as a source of funding.
• ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) Criteria to Attract International Investment.
• Implementation of AI and Machine Learning for Predictive Maintenance.
Coordinators:
Lic. Miguel Ángel Salvia
Eng. Silvina Crivelero