Sep 30, 2024 | Africa, General, News, SR4S, Training
Road infrastructure safety is being lifted in Malawi thanks to a ground-breaking $350 million Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) compact and five-day iRAP capacity building initiative completed last week with local partners. Malawi’s nearly 5,000 kilometres of...
Sep 29, 2024 | General
We are thrilled to announce that iRAP is now offering a learn at your own pace course on CycleRAP essentials. What is CycleRAP? CycleRAP is an easy, affordable and fast method of evaluating road and bicycling infrastructure for safety. It aims to reduce crashes and...
Sep 26, 2024 | General, News
We are delighted to announce that iRAP and our represented partners have received several International Safety Media Awards (ISMA) for 2024. The ISMAs recognise high quality safety media from around the world, they provide safety promotion and injury prevention...
Sep 19, 2024 | General, SR4S, Training
The updated Star Rating for Schools (SR4S) online course, developed by iRAP with support from Millennium Challenge Corporation, is now available in a range of languages. This expansion provides crucial training opportunities for a wider audience interested in...
Sep 16, 2024 | Events, General, News, SR4S, Youth Engagement App
iRAP participated in discussions with CHI partners at the pre-conference session. Images credit: FIA Foundation and iRAP Road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death for children and young adults aged 5–29. High-risk roads significantly contribute to the...
Aug 21, 2024 | #RAPKnowledgeLive, General, News, SR4S, Youth Engagement App
Join us for our #RAPKnowledgeLive session 10 – Leveraging Technology and Youth Power for Safer Roads In this session with Fondation Botnar, AIP Foundation and Youth for Road Safety (YOURS), we will discuss: the AI&Me framework in the “AI&Me: Empowering...
Aug 20, 2024 | General, News, SR4S, Youth Engagement App
Image Credit: ACM The Star Rating for Schools (SR4S) programme continues to create heart-warming and inspirational stories of school journeys being made safer across the world. As of June 2024, SR4S partners have assessed 1,638 schools in 74 countries, positively...
Aug 14, 2024 | General, News
Worldwide, the use of Powered Two Wheelers (PTW) is growing rapidly and as a result PTW users are estimated to be the largest group being killed on the world’s roads. It is estimated that PTW users suffer almost 7 million deaths and injuries each year on the world’s...
Aug 13, 2024 | General, LAC, News
Image credits: Ministry of Transportation and Public Works (MTOP) An exciting iRAP project has officially launched in Montevideo today assessing Uruguay’s 8,700km road network and 54 schools, to identify and improve high-risk locations and safety for road users. The...
Jul 31, 2024 | General, News, Women in Engineering
Road Safety needs us all! iRAP started the Women in Engineering Grants first in 2021 and continues the offer again in 2024 to 30 successful applicants. These grants give these successful applicants the opportunity to take our Star Rating Essentials and Star Rating for...
Jul 29, 2024 | General, News
Amid fond memories of Peter Kissinger and commemorating the 5th year of this special award, the 2025 iRAP Peter Kissinger Award recipients were announced last week, in the virtual presence of Peter’s wife Willie and long-time friend Dave Anderson. In recognition of...
Jul 24, 2024 | General, News, RAP Tools, SR4S
The latest Star Rating for Schools newsletter is out now – read some great stories of how SR4S Lead Partners are engaging partners and leading safer infrastructures around the world. In this issue: SR4S latest updates and new features! Empowering youth for safer...
Jul 16, 2024 | General, News
New data has been unveiled in iRAP’s Safety Insights Explorer, a critical datahub for decision-makers and partners worldwide seeking to understand the true extent of road trauma, the safety of the world’s roads, and the positive impact that can be made with targeted...
Jul 15, 2024 | CycleRAP, General, News
The CycleRAP International Pilot Project has just received an Honorable Mention in the Data Collection and Research category at the Promoting Mobility by Bicycle in Brazil 2024 Award. Our CycleRAP partner Flávio Soares, Project manager at Ciclocidade will officially...
Jul 12, 2024 | General, News, RAP Tools, SR4S, Youth Engagement App
Image Caption: Students reported areas where they feel unsafe on YEA and confidently presented this information to the stakeholders including FIA Foundation’s Executive Director Saul BillingsleyImage Credit: AIP Foundation Road traffic injuries are now the leading...
Jul 9, 2024 | #RAPKnowledgeLive, General, News
Over 121 participants from 51 countries tuned in last week for the 9th #RAPKnowledgeLive session – Learnings from High Impact RAPs. This session took a deep dive into the progress, experiences, learnings and achievements of AusRAP, ThaiRAP, BrazilRAP Sao Paulo and...
Jul 5, 2024 | General, News, RAP Tools, SR4S
Image credit: AIP Foundation Original article – AIP Foundation AIP Foundation, in collaboration with Fondation Botnar, iRAP, and the FIA Foundation, proudly announces the launch of the public-facing report on the AI&Me: Empowering Youth for Safer Roads program....
Jul 3, 2024 | Crash risk mapping, General, News, RAP Tools, Training, Upcoming events
iRAP offers a comprehensive two-part online course (2 x 1 hour live sessions) on Crash Risk Mapping, equipping you with the skills and knowledge to identify and address high-risk areas on your roads. Crash Risk Mapping: Crash Risk Maps use detailed crash data to...
Jun 25, 2024 | General, News, RAP Tools, ViDA
Exciting New Feature: Drag & Drop Uploads We are thrilled to announce the implementation of the Drag & Drop feature on the upload page in ViDA. This new functionality allows for quicker and more user-friendly uploads, streamlining your experience by making it...
Jun 17, 2024 | General, LAC, News
Organization of American States (OAS) Press Release: June 13 2024 The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) is joining the international call to mobilize resources to build safer roads and improve existing roads to ensure the safety of the...
Jun 17, 2024 | Africa, General, News, Training
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Alliance of NGOs for road safety is collaborating with iRAP to deliver a webinar building capacity and proficiency of participants involved in road infrastructure development, maintenance and management. The objective...
Jun 4, 2024 | Europe, Events, General, News
The 2024 ITF Summit on Greening Transport: Keeping Focus in Times of Crisis took place last month in Leipzig, Germany. It was the annual Summit of the International Transport Forum, serving as the world’s largest gathering of transport ministers and a premier...
Jun 3, 2024 | General, News, RAP Tools, SR4S
Original content from the AIP Foundation AIP Foundation’s innovative Big Data and AI road safety program, AI&Me: Empowering Youth for Safer Roads, has been positively engaging youth to raise their voices for safe mobility across Vietnam. Earlier this year,...
Jun 3, 2024 | #RAPKnowledgeLive, Events, General, News
High Impact RAPs iRAP is the global umbrella organisation for a number of ‘x’RAPs – national or state Road Assessment Programmes (RAPs) – that bring together local experts, using local research and resources to eliminate high-risk roads in their countries,...
May 27, 2024 | General, News, Training, Women in Engineering
This International Women in Engineering Day (Sunday, June 23rd), we’re celebrating early by offering training grants to 30 female engineers! We’re passionate about increasing women’s presence in the #RAPcommunity, which currently sits at just over...
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