2024 has been a another pivotal year for iRAP's training and accreditation program. We've continued our commitment to building capacity and empowering professionals worldwide to make roads safer. Key Highlights: Expanded Language Offerings: We've expanded our training...
Road Safety Foundation releases Crash Risk Mapping Results 2024 – Britain’s motorways and ‘A’ roads
The Road Safety Foundation in the United Kingdom have just released the Crash Risk Mapping Results 2024 – Britain’s motorways and ‘A’ roads This year’s report tracks the safety performance of motorways and ‘A’ roads in Great Britain, These roads make up less than 14...
Make a Difference in Road Safety: Project Manager (Europe) at iRAP
Do you have a passion for saving lives and a talent for keeping projects on track? The International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) is searching for a highly motivated and organized Project Manager to join our team (to be based in the UK). This is a unique...
Celebrating Excellence in Road Safety: Dr. Suzy Charman Receives 2024 Achievement Award
Image credit: Road Safety GB Awards Last week, Road Safety GB announced the winners of its 2024 awards, with the Road Safety Foundation’s Dr Suzy Charman receiving the Achievement Award Road Safety GB is a national road safety organisation made up of representatives...
iRAP for Environmental Impact Assessment and the Rickman’s Green Village Case Study
The UK’s Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) has offered guidance for the environmental impact assessment of traffic and movement for over 30 years, and a 2023 Guideline update recommends using iRAP Star Ratings or similar for Safe System...
ACP to audit Lisbon’s cycle paths using CycleRAP
Automóvel Club de Portugal (ACP), supported by Lane Patrol and the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), has commenced a project to assess the road safety of 40 km of Lisbon's cycling network applying the CycleRAP methodology. Over the past few years,...
Event Summary: RAP in Europe 2024
Forty iRAP Partners from across Europe came together last week, from 4-5 September in Brussels, with a focus on “Half way to 2030: Gearing up for Safer Mobility in Urban and Rural Environments”. The event brought together iRAP partners, road authorities, the European...
Join us at the IRF Europe and Central Asia Regional Congress
Mark your diaries and join us at the upcoming IRF Europe and Central Asia Regional Congress and XVIIth Bulgarian National Transport Infrastructure Conference in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, from 24-27 September. Samar Abouraad, iRAP Safer Journeys Specialist and Marko Sevrovic,...
PHOEBE advances models and simulation for safer urban environments
The PHOEBE Project has reached a significant milestone with the completion of its deliverable report ‘New and Enhanced Models/Simulation Environments and User Support Materials (Beta ed.)‘. Development has highlighted vulnerable road users as the cornerstone of safe...
PHOEBE Brussels Meeting shares progress with EU Commission
The PHOEBE Consortium met in Brussels last week to advance project plans and update the European Commission during a two-day exchange of 11 sector-leading partners. The EU-funded ‘Predictive Approaches for Safer Urban Environment’ (PHOEBE) Project aims to increase the...
ELABORATOR powers on in Europe
ELABORATOR partners gather for Consortium Meeting in Copenhagan in June In recent weeks, the ELABORATOR Project has been very busy with its latest Consortium Meeting in Copenhagan, and presentations across Europe at Velo-city 2024, Eurocities Mobility Forum, 2nd...
Building capacity for safer roads in Estonia and Latvia
A one-day iRAP training course was conducted in Tallinn in May for Estonian and Latvian Road Authorities helping to build capacity in the countries, and Baltics region, for safer roads. The results of Estonia’s first Star Rating pilot project were shared, providing...
Event Summary: 2024 ITF Summit in Leipzig
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 global...
Join us at the 2024 ITF Summit in Leipzig!
The 2024 ITF Summit on Greening Transport: Keeping Focus in Times of Crisis is on this week in Leipzig, Germany. The annual Summit of the International Transport Forum is the world’s largest gathering of transport ministers and the premier global transport policy...
Road safety for all: How the PHOEBE project is enhancing traffic simulation to forecast infrastructure safety
Article and image credit: Marcel Sala, PhD Transportation Engineer, Aimsun Our PHOEBE Project partner Aimsun shares this update on project progress and how safety assessments are being addressed in Aimsun simulation solutions. More than 20,000 road fatalities...
ELABORATOR publishes Inclusion Plan to drive inclusive urban mobility solutions
ELABORATOR, a leading initiative in the realm of sustainable urban mobility, has released its highly anticipated Inclusion Plan, signalling a pivotal step forward in the quest for inclusive and climate-neutral cities. This comprehensive document outlines strategies to...
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...
£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...
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...