- Author
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Theologitis, D.
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Schmitz, P.
- Title
- Tunnel Safety in Europe.
- Journal
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International Fire Protection (IFP) Magazine,
No. 25,
52-56,
February 2006
- Keywords
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tunnels
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fire safety
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accidents
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costs
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railroads
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transportation
- Identifiers
- efficient infrastructure for transport is vital for EU competitiveness; European integration requires sufficient access to EU transport networks; Trans-European Networks; Road Tunnels Committee of the World Road Association (PIARC); Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Conference of Western European Road Directors (WERD); Economic Commission of the United-Nations (UN-ECE); durable and reliable tunnel structures (DARTS); development of decision-support expert system for crisis management in tunnels (SIRTAKI); methods to upgrade existing tunnels with regard to fires (UPTUN); thematic networks on Fires in Tunnels (FIT and SAFE-T); Federal Roads Authority (FEDRO) - Switzerland