Sep 30, 2021 | News
Over 200 nominated road safety stakeholders from Tanzania received specialist road safety training last week as part of the 10 Step Plan for Safer Road Infrastructure Pilot currently underway in the country. The group of private sector consultants and engineers drawn...
Sep 28, 2021 | General, News
Raquel Barrios has joined the iRAP Board bringing youth and social entrepreneurship skills to the charity’s governance. Based in Madrid, Raquel is the Youth for Road Safety (YOURS) Project Manager leading the Global Youth Coalition for Road Safety, a support structure...
Sep 27, 2021 | News
iRAP presented at Kazan Digital Week last week alongside representatives of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs State Traffic Safety Inspectorate and local partners, to explore intelligent transport systems and traffic safety technologies to advance road safety...
Sep 26, 2021 | General, News
At the core of every iRAP programme is a partnership to save lives. Working together to eliminate high-risk roads will unlock the win-win benefits of safer roads, leading to reduced burden on families, communities, and the health system. Kwapda’as Road Safety...
Sep 26, 2021 | News
iRAP’s Global Programme Director Greg Smith and ThaiRAP Lead Kasem Choocharukul were interviewed live as part of the WHO Royal Thai Government Country Cooperation Strategy on Road Safety. According to the Third Global Status Report on Road Safety, Thailand has...
Sep 26, 2021 | AiRAP, General, News
The 2021 iRAP Innovation Workshop co-hosted with the Regional Road Safety Observatories will be presented free in 5 languages (English, Spanish, Portuguese, French and Russian) on 7 and 14 October and will shine a light on “Data Driven Innovation to Halve Global Road...
Sep 21, 2021 | News
A national road safety round table hosted today by the Ministry of Tourism and Sports of the Republic of Uzbekistan and National Automobile Club of Uzbekistan (NACU) has brought together 50 national and international stakeholders focussed on strategic policy and...
Sep 20, 2021 | AiRAP, General, News
Main Roads Western Australia and Anditi have revolutionized road safety assessments with an approach which automatically detects road infrastructure data applied on 2,000km of roads across the State. In their goal of Star Rating the safety of 80 per cent of the...
Sep 14, 2021 | CycleRAP, News
The infrastructure risk of cycling routes across Croatia, Slovenia and Austria is becoming better known, thanks to the SABRINA team and a specially equipped assessment bicycle pedaled across 6 EuroVelo routes. The EuroRAP Project SABRINA – Safer Bicycle Routes in...
Sep 8, 2021 | AiRAP, General, News
Improving road safety performance is a priority for all levels of government in Australia and an iMOVE project is leading the way on innovative approaches to capturing road feature data for road safety Star Ratings. The initiative is being led by Transport for NSW...
Aug 31, 2021 | General, News
The Safe Roads for All Report released recently, and informed by EuroRAP UK results, has called on the UK Government to deliver a Safe and Healthy Mobility Strategy and Action Plan for Roads 2021-2030. The expert report to the UK Government was prepared by leading...
Aug 31, 2021 | General, News
The final conference of the EuroRAP RADAR Project will be held online on 23 September and share results of risk assessments and activities to improve road infrastructure safety across 12 Danube countries. Themed “Striving for Safer Infrastructure for all Road...
Aug 19, 2021 | General, News, Star rating for designs
Star Rating of Designs for the improvements to the Nekempte–Bure Road in Ethiopia, west of Addis Ababa are underway. The safety project is funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies and being undertaken by the Global Road Safety Facility with local road authorities. iRAP...
Aug 13, 2021 | General, News
FRED Engineering is carrying out a EuroRAP assessment of 300 km of roads in the Lazio region of Italy. FRED Engineering has just started the activities for the assessment according to the iRAP methodology. The technical assistance is addressed to Italian Automobile...
Aug 11, 2021 | News
Photo caption: BR-277 escape area, towards Curitiba-Litoral. (Guilherme Pupo/Ecovia). Reproduced with an English translation from Gazeta Do Povo. Story by Elvira Fantin. A new concept is being applied in Brazil and Paraná to improve road safety and reduce accidents...
Aug 11, 2021 | General, News
On 9 August, iRAP CEO Rob McInerney presented alongside India’s Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari and other eminent experts on road safety investments and private sector partnerships that do well and do good in India. The event was hosted by...
Aug 10, 2021 | General
Photo caption: rea de escape da BR-277, sentido Curitiba-Litoral. ( Guilherme Pupo/Ecovia). Reproduced from Gazeta Do Povo, 10 August 2021 and written by Por Elvira Fantin Um novo conceito está sendo aplicado no Brasil e no Paraná para melhorar a segurança nas...
Aug 10, 2021 | News
iRAP warmly congratulates Dr Soames Job on his retirement as Head of the Global Road Safety Facility (GRSF) of the World Bank. iRAP CEO Rob McInerney said Dr Job made a significant impact to global road safety during his 6 years at GRSF. “Soames has been a passionate...
Aug 6, 2021 | News
As a charity, iRAP’s focus is on enabling others and creating locally-led programmes and partnerships for 2030 impact. The latest metrics as at 30 June chart growth in safer roads activities and investments across the world along with the capacity building focus as...
Aug 5, 2021 | General, News
iRAP, in partnership with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), recently trained 50 journalists to support the promotion of road safety in the media and Second Decade of Action efforts to halve global road deaths and...
Aug 2, 2021 | General, News
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) are proud to announce the signing of a 5-year agreement to promote programmes and projects for safe and sustainable transport in Asia and the Pacific. ADB and iRAP have been working in...
Aug 2, 2021 | AiRAP, General, News
The Transportation Research Board (TRB) has called for tenders in an innovative AiRAP pilot to leverage artificial intelligence and big data to enhance road safety analysis in US networks, with expected global benefit. The 30-month research programme aims to advance...
Jul 28, 2021 | News
The Zambia Road Safety Trust (ZRST) hosted an online “iRAP Helping Save Lives in Zambia” Workshop today, attended by 24 stakeholders, profiling dynamic work underway and planned in the country informed by the iRAP Methodology. The Workshop Programme (with...
Jul 23, 2021 | News
Moral and market failure in road safety is leaving victims and the transport system vulnerable with few financial incentives for reform according to iRAP, yet results-based financing holds promise. The true cost of road crashes, who bears them and the potential for...
Jul 20, 2021 | General, News
An assessment of two high-risk roads in Ecuador commissioned by the Inter-American Development Bank will inform IDB investment in the prioritization and monitoring of road safety improvements in partnership with The Ministry of Transport and Public Works. The project...