June 2020: Pavesys presented on how the iRAP methodology was incorporated as a metric to measure the level of road safety along the 30 year Piracicaba-Panorama (PiPa) road concession. This concession is the first in Brazil to include iRAP methodology to measure the...
Road Attribute maps are now live and available on ViDA The Road Attribute Maps provide a quick way to review categories of an attribute, to see how they vary across a network, and also provide a good way to review the quality of the coding data. The key points for the...
The iRAP Peter Kissinger Memorial Award honours the great road safety work by Peter Kissinger. In recognition of his great contribution to iRAP, the Peter Kissinger Memorial Award is awarded to the iRAP Staff Member who most emulates the iRAP values and spirit that...
Sustainable Transport investment to save lives and create jobs A recent iRAP paper outlines how investment in sustainable transport will provide a legacy of liveable cities and communities for the future. It covers the current Sustainable Transport Challenge, and how...
NCTech have recently become an iRAP accredited inspection system. Based in the UK, NCTech is a tech-enable big data business that captures georeferenced high resolution 360 imagery and LiDAR data around the world. Their mobile mapping system allows them to capture the...
iRAP has launched a Global Policy Advisory Committee (GPAC) comprising high level transport, development bank and road safety agencies to maximise lives saved on roads worldwide. The GPAC membership includes World Bank, Asian Development Bank, World Resources...
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s economic integration of the Western Balkans and the rest of Europe is taking an important step forward thanks to an EBRD USD$600 million loan for the construction of the Corridor Vc Motorway. The development of Corridor Vc is a strategic...
Image Credit (above & right): Revista Vial (Road Magazine) The USD$300 million World Bank-funded Northwest Road Corridor Development (NOA), informed by an iRAP assessment, has a 3-star or better design condition and is part of a larger project that will help to...
The World Bank's Global Road Safety Facility has released 'A year of successes influencing the global road safety agenda' Fiscal year 2020 (July 2019 to June 2020) has been an extraordinarily successful year of growth and delivery for the World Bank's Global Road...
The Midland Highway Final Stages will deliver safety upgrades to the remaining five sections of the Midland Highway, totalling around 54 kilometres in length. This is a vital road network and freight corridor, and these major upgrades will provide a safer and more...