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‘Mobilizing for Impact: Alliances to achieve the UN global road safety goals’ in Washington, D.C
Pictured Above (L-R): Rob McInerney, CEO iRAP; Aimee Gauthier, Chief Knowledge Officer ITDP; Atsani Ariobowo, Director of Child and Youth Health FIA Foundation; Tom Bishop, Program Director AMEND; Nancy Pullen-Seufert, Director National Center for Safe Routes to...
AI&Me: Empowering Youth for Safer Roads becomes a reality across Vietnam
Image credit : AIP Foundation The following article is originally from the AIP Foundation GIA LAI, YEN BAI and HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam – March 15, 2024 Our innovative Big Data road safety program, AI&Me: Empowering Youth for Safer Roads, has been positively...
Unveiling the Power of Your iRAP Data: Watch the #RAPKnowledgeLive Session 7 Recording Now!
Didn't catch the #RAPKnowledgeLive Session 7: Data-Driven Insights: Enhancing iRAP road safety reports with Power BI? No worries, the recording is here for you! Turn Your Data into Life-Saving Strategies This session, held on Thursday March 21, saw a great turnout...
25,000km of Crash Risk Mapping for Spain released
The RACC Mobility Club and Real Automóvil Club de España (RACE) have presented their 20th edition of annual Crash Risk Mapping of the Spanish road network. For the first time in six years, the sections of the State Highway Network with a "high risk" of serious or...
Global experts inform ongoing development of iRAP tools
iRAP's Global Technical Committee (GTC) met last week as part of their important function to govern the iRAP model development and technical integrity of iRAP protocols worldwide. Key topics of discussion were the development of a shunt / rear end crash type for the...
£38 million boost for safer roads across England
£38.3 million government investment to improve road safety on 17 of the country’s most high risk roads from Devon to Durham, road users across England will now benefit from safety improvements on 99 roads part of the £185.8 million investment to prevent over 2,600...
Updated Star Rating for Schools online course – now available in English and Spanish!
We are pleased to announce that the new Spanish edition of the Star Rating for Schools Online Course by iRAP is now available! The English version was also updated in 2023. This new version considers the changes in the model that were introduced last year as well as...
Road safety and sustainable mobility training for CAREC Region
iRAP was proud to support training recently delivered in Kyrgyzstan as part of the CAREC Road Safety and Sustainable Mobility Course. The five-day course, which was officially opened by the Deputy Minister for Transport and Communication of the Kyrgyzstan, is part of...
#SafeRoads4CAREC journey continues to Uzbekistan and Tajikistan
The journey continues this week for our "Safe and Inclusive Road Designs for Central Asia" project, with meetings in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, following last week’s project launch in Kyrgyzstan. The meetings are part of a new and transformative United Nations...
United Kingdom RAP projects – Jacobs A21 and Arup A417 – receive UK National Highways Awards
Dr Suzy Charman, Executive Director of United Kingdom RAP Lead RSF presents the awards on 7 March Last week, the 2023 National Highways Industry Awards recognised two projects that have used the iRAP approach to model and improve the safety case. The two projects...
See you at Autonomy this week!: Changing the way we move in cities
Visiting the Autonomy Mobility World Expo this year? Hear about our partners' work and meet our team in Paris from 20-21 March! Autonomy is the world’s largest platform bringing innovators and policymakers together to change the way we move in cities and we’re proud...
Costa Rica TEC and iRAP sign MOU for safer roads in Central America and the Caribbean
The Costa Rica Institute of Technology (TEC) and the International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote road safety projects and programmes to eliminate high-risk roads in Costa Rica, with life-saving impacts likely in...
Improved road design saves 1,845 lives with climate resilience for Uzbekistan’s A380
An Asian Development Bank (ADB) Report has shared the Bank’s partnership with ORIS using Artificial Intelligence and Digital Twins to optimise the safety and climate resilience of upgrade designs for the A380 Highway in Uzbekistan, projecting the saving of 1,845...
Paving the Way for Safer Roads: Celebrating Women in Road Safety for International Women’s Day
This International Women's Day, we applaud the incredible contributions of women who are making our roads safer for everyone. The theme for International Women's Day 2024, #InspireInclusion and #Countherin perfectly reflects the importance of gender inclusivity in...
#RAPKnowledgeLive Session 7: Data-Driven Insights: Enhancing iRAP road safety reports with Power BI
#RAPKnowledgeLive sessions are held monthly worldwide to discuss the latest knowledge on road safety tools, programmes and partnerships helping make global roads safer. We are back with our 7th #RAPKnowledgeLive session this month, unlocking the benefits of using...
Attention US Partners: $1.25 Billion Grant Opportunity to Improve Road Safety in Your Community
Information sourced from US DoT press release – click here to read The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is offering a fantastic opportunity to improve road safety in your community! Their Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant program provides funding for...
First meetings kick off in Kyrgystan as iRAP, EASST and IRF join forces with UNESCAP to update road design standards in Central Asia
First meetings are underway in Kyrgystan this week as part of a transformative project to improve road design standards across the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) countries - a new United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the...
Arup shares value of iRAP Certification
Civil Engineer Dominic Waterhouse has shared Arup's experience obtaining iRAP Certification for the proposed design of the Tonkin Highway Extension project in Western Australia, and the value it brought to project partners. Arup, on behalf of Main Roads Western...
AusRAP News: Star Ratings for Australian Arterial Roads by 2025
In a bid to enhance road safety nationally, Australia's states and territories will commence publishing updated AusRAP star ratings in 2024, with a commitment to publish star ratings for all major arterial roads by 2025. The recent release of a new AusRAP Strategy and...
Shaanxi road improvements cut deaths by a third, injuries halved
An Asian Development Bank (ADB) report reveals that a major road safety project in Shaanxi, China, reduced deaths by 33% and injuries by 53% on 850km of roads. This translates to 32 lives and 868 injuries saved annually. This impressive outcome coincided with a 22%...
Tanzania’s BRT transformation celebrated
Tanzania’s Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridors in Dar es Salaam are slashing travel times and improving safety for commuters, thanks to construction by the Tanzanian Government with the World Bank, development partners and investors. Phase 1 opened in 2016 with 29 buses...
Road design standards under spotlight in CAREC countries
Improved road design standards for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) countries, and in particular the pilot countries of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, is an urgent goal of a new United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the...
Albania cuts road deaths by 23% with innovative road maintenance programme
A World Bank report reveals that Albania's Results-based Road Maintenance and Safety Project achieved a 23% reduction in annual road fatalities on 1,335km of the nation’s busiest primary and secondary roads, saving 68 lives per year. This impressive outcome was...
iRAP joins forces to launch Brazil’s Road Safety Pact
Yesterday, iRAP joined forces with eleven public and private entities in launching Brazil's Road Safety Pact, a campaign to promote road safety and reduce crashes on the Brazilian road network. The campaign is one of ten work fronts formalized by the Technical...
See you at Autonomy: Changing the way we move in cities
iRAP is proud to once again be an Institutional Partner of the Autonomy Mobility World Expo to be held 20-21 March in Paris - the world's largest platform bringing innovators and policymakers together to change the way we move in cities. Join us, along with our...
Safer roads for Aysen, Chile
Earlier this month, staff from Dirección de Vialidad Ministry of Public Works, DDQ Engineering Consultants and APSA attended iRAP training in Coyhaique, Chile focussed on iRAP assessment results for the Region of Aysen. The training and assessment is part of a larger...
December 2023 metrics share partner success
Our latest global programme metrics demonstrate the incredible power of iRAP partnerships for safer roads – impact in 178 countries, 3.6 million km of road safety assessments, 69,000 people trained and USD$101 billion of infrastructure investment made safer … plus...
Tianjin, China receives 2024 Sustainable Transport Award
Congratulations to Tianjin for its achievement of the 2024 Sustainable Transport Award (STA) recognising the city’s efforts to expand non-motorized transport and improve infrastructure for walking, cycling and public transport connections. The city’s improvement...
Malawi 2030 National Road Safety Strategy launched with iRAP targets
Malawi's new National Road Safety Strategy 2022-2030 includes for Road Safety Audits to be completed for all new roads, and a minimum 3-Star iRAP Rating to be achieved for all road users. Minister of Transport and Public Works Jacob Hara launched the Strategy in...
Armenian Workshop brings partners together to discuss 2027 Strategy
iRAP joined over 60 local and international partners in Armenia on 15-16 November for an External Cabinet Meeting and Road Safety Workshop during which the draft National Road Safety Strategy 2023-2027 was tabled. iRAP took the opportunity to build local capacity in...
CycleRAP Demonstrator Tool now in 5 languages
iRAP's free CycleRAP Demonstrator Tool which enables the quick assessment of crash risk and safety issues on streets or cycling facilities, is now available in five languages of Dutch, English, Spanish, Portuguese and French. The Demonstrator Tool allows users to...
Project PHOEBE: Newsletter #2 out now!
PHOEBE has released its second newsletter on the project ‘Predictive Approaches for Safer Urban Environment’. One year has passed since the project kicked off. Since then, we have asked the end users about road safety, created management plans and discussed the...
Webinar to share PHOEBE, V4SAFETY and SOTERIA for enhanced urban road safety in Europe
The three European Union- funded sister projects of PHOEBE, SOTERIA and V4SAFETY are joining to present their first year updates and preliminary conclusions from their work to enhance urban road safety in Europe. The sister projects' webinar will take place on January...
Join us at TRB Washington
iRAP Global Technical Director James Bradford will be at the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 103rd Annual Meeting next week in Washington DC, sharing iRAP insights and partner activity, and collaborating with leading US and international agencies for safer roads...
15 PhD positions open for AI in Road Safety: IVORY
The IVORY network has opened 15 fully funded PhD positions covering all aspects of AI in road safety - engineering, human factors, computer science, ethics of technology, and more - with applications due by 30 January. Would you like to make an impact in the reduction...
Catalonia Risk Mapping results released for 22nd year
Crash Risk Mapping results for the Catalan road network have been released for another year and show motorcycles are involved in 44% of fatal and serious injury crashes despite representing just 2.3% of overall road mobility in the Spanish territory. Key findings:...
🌏End of Year WrapUp Newsletter – Celebrating success in 2023!
Welcome to iRAP’s December 2023 Newsletter - Celebrating success in 2023 What a year! As 2023 draws to a close, we celebrate the incredible efforts of our more than 29,000 partners in 182 countries. Together we have assessed more than 3.5 million km and 1,356 schools...
Road Safety Good Practices in India: Report shares insights
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MORTH) and SaveLIFE Foundation, supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS), have released a Road Safety Good Practices in India Report to explore and document replicable best practice...
Updated course: Star Rating Essentials self-paced online training
ENROL NOW – The series is now available as an online training course , where participants can learn at their own pace. You can register here to participate Get the essentials for STAR RATING roads and designs for safety The United Nations (UN) have adopted targets...
The talents and value of iRAP Accredited practitioners: Workshop shares
Forty iRAP accredited practitioners from across the world gathered online last week to celebrate the success of their iRAP projects and hear the latest on program developments, tender opportunities, and professional development for this specialist community of...