We are the largest

research group on
Rural Roads in
Europe

OUR RESEARCH FUNDERS

LINEAR
TRANSPORT
RESEARCH

20+ INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS CONTACT US

Department of Civil Engineering

transformative research at the
University of Birmingham
University of Birmingham focusing on
Birmingham, B15 2TT
the provision of safe, reliable,
United Kingdom
economic and climate resilient roads
Tel: (+44) (0)121 414 4191
and railways to support the growth of
highwaycourses@contacts.bham.ac.uk
developing economies
www.birmingham.ac.uk/rural-roads
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 LEADING
THE WAY
CAPACITY BUILDING
Since 1997 our Senior Road Executives
Programme is The World Bank’s
mechanism for disseminating road research
to senior decision makers in the roads sector
Our Rural Roads for Development short
course provides training that promotes the
selection, support, design and maintenance
of rural roads to improve their contribution to
development, growth, and poverty reduction
EDUCATION
Since 1970 on Road Development and
Strategic Planning, Road financing, Traffic
Engineering, Road Safety, Rural Roads,
Road Asset Management, Sustainable
Transport
We are establishing the Centre for Sub-
Saharan Transport Leadership funded by
ReCAP through UKAid to develop the
professional leadership core for roads and
transport in Sub-Saharan Africa
50 years of excellence in
Research, Education and
Capacity Building across
25+ Countries on road
and railway transportation
in Europe, Asia and Africa
RESEARCH
We work with 20+ International Partners on £12.5 million+ research grants delivering
£30 billion+ impact across the globe.
Road Investment Appraisal: HDM-4
(>£1 million)
Economic Growth through Effective Road
Asset Management (£1 million)
Knowledge and Evidence for Development
in Infrastructure (£7.5 million)
A Systems Approach to Air Pollution in
East African Cities (£1.1 million)
High Volume Transport - Strategic Rail
and Roads in South Asia and Africa
(£300,000)
Bangladesh Road Design Collaborative
Research and Capacity Building (£750,00)
Real Time Traffic Speed Condition Survey
(£478,000)
Since 2008, HDM-4 has determined over
$30 billion of World Bank funding to help
developing nations build and maintain their
road networks through strategic planning,
research and policy studies
Socio-Economic Efficiency of
Rural Roads in Liberia (£155,000)
Mainstreaming Climate Resilience Risk in
Road Management in Bosnia and
Herzegovina (£135,000)
Resilient sustainable road infrastructure
research for Ethiopia (£108,000)
A proposed framework for asphaltic
concrete pavement design for tropical
soils: case study of Ghana (£60,000)
Promotion of Sustainable Rural Access in
the implementation of UN's 2030 Global
Agenda on Sustainable Development
(£55,000)
Research and Capacity Building for the
Gambia Road Authority (£18,000)