1st IRF Caribbean Regional Congress
May 8-11, 2012
Montego Bay, Jamaica
Hosted by the IRF, this unique Congress will bring to Jamaica top regional and international transportation experts to discuss and offer solutions to the growing infrastructure needs of the Caribbean states. The Congress will feature two main concurrent tracks focusing on Road Safety and Transportation Asset Management.
The Congress will also mark the one-year anniversary of the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety. An official celebration will take place along with a wide-ranging discussion of regional and international relevance on the steps needed to meet the goal of reducing road deaths and injuries.
Roads Safety: Meeting The Decade of Action Challenge
- The Three “E’s” of Road Safety
- Pedestrian & Bicycle / Motorcycle Safety
- Road Safety Policy & Legislation
- Data - Its Application to Collision Prevention & Reduction
- Legal and Institutional Framework for Road safety
- National Road Safety Strategies
- Public Awareness & Advocacy
- Work Zone Safety
- Road Safety Audits & Assessments (Case of IRAP - Belize)
- Funding Road Safety
Asset Management: Making Asset Management Work in the Caribbean
- Asset Management Principles/Basics
- Asset Management in Developing Countries: The World Bank Experience
- Summary of Current Transportation Asset Management Practices in the Caribbean
- Performance Measures / Decision Support Tools and Techniques
- Funding Road Maintenance
- Preservation of Low Volume Roads
- Slope Stability and Stabilization Methods
- Pavement Preservation Techniques - The State-Of-The-Art
