iRAP is creating a network of CycleRAP Trusted Suppliers, all of which have excellent knowledge, capability, international experience and innovative tools for applying the CycleRAP model to meet the individual needs of municipalities around the world. We are pleased...
16 new Accredited Practitioners hit the road in Tanzania
Ramadhani Msangi undertaking iRAP accreditation activities (Image source: R Msangi) Sixteen new iRAP Accredited Practitioners in Tanzania position TanRAP well to eliminate high-risk roads in the country and support of activities of the 3-year Ten Step Project...
Big data and youth voices: AI&Me celebrates its 1st anniversary for safer schools in Vietnam
Mobility has a different definition for every person around the world. Some of us take cars and motorbikes to bring their children to school. Other students can walk or ride their bicycle. No matter how we move, mobility is at the heart of our society, and our future...
KiwiRAP News: New Guides tackle speed and infrastructure risk rating
New Zealand’s new Speed Management Guide and updated Infrastructure Risk Rating Manual aim to tackle the more than 85 per cent of speed limits in the country deemed to be above safe and appropriate limits to achieve Vision Zero. The new Guide and Manual are based on...
Development of the Investment Case to Reduce Road Traffic Injuries among Adolescents
iRAP data has informed research conducted by the Australian Murdoch Children's Research Institute and Victoria University into the development of an investment case to reduce road traffic injuries among adolescents. Road traffic injuries are one of the leading causes...
Congratulations to all our successful candidates for iRAP’s Women in Engineering training grants this year!
Road Safety needs us all! iRAP started the Women in Engineering Grants first in 2021 and continues the offer again in 2022 to 30 successful applicants. The grant programme aims to benefit women with a background in engineering to undertake the Star Rating...
Star Rating for Schools July 2022 Newsletter
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: How to get started UN High-level Meeting for Road Safety brings...
Malawi commits to safer roads by 2030
The Minister for Transport and Public Works, important road safety officials and NGO Road Safety Alert Foundation (RSAF) unite in their commitment to reduce road crash fatalities and injuries in Malawi. Included in picture: Kingston Sandula, Director of Road Traffic...
EuroRAP projects on show at ConnectingEurope Days
Four transformative and transnational EuroRAP projects were on show last week at the ConnectingEurope Days held in Lyon, France from 28-30 June. ConnectingEurope Days – formerly known as TEN-T Days – is Europe’s mobility flagship event, bringing together politicians,...
New resources for 5-star RAPs
An online package of new Resources for 5-star RAPs, funded by FedEx, has launched today to support road assessment programmes around the world eliminate high-risk roads and save lives. The launch comes at an opportune time, on the back of the UN High-level Meeting of...
Event Summary: UN High-level Meeting for Road Safety brings world leaders together for a Decade of Action and Delivery
Recognising the unacceptable scale of road trauma globally, World Leaders gathered in New York last week to commit to an increase in investment and action to ensure the SDG goal to halve road deaths and injuries by 2030 is met. Ensuring the Global Plan for the Decade...
Cities4Children meets and launches publication at World Urban Forum 11
Image credit: Cities 4 Children Alliance iRAP joined the Cities 4 Children Alliance members in Katowice, Poland to discuss the next phase of the Alliance. The alliance is an interdisciplinary network of 27 organisations working together to ensure that child rights are...
iRAP Statement on the Political Declaration of the High-level Meeting on Road Safety
UN Member States adopted a Political Declaration during the first ever High-Level Meeting on Improving Global Road Safety. The Declaration is a commitment by all countries to deliver on the Decade of Action on Road Safety, halving deaths and serious injuries by...
Safe System Approach & new report in action at ITF Day @ OECD in Paris
iRAP was pleased to participate in today’s ITF Day @ OECD in Paris, presenting to OECD Ambassadors and staff on financing road safety investments. iRAP Global Technical Director James Bradford presented on the evidence base for results-based financing, Star Rating...
Cambodia stakeholders gather to shape Ten Year Plan
Cambodia stakeholders have gathered for a National Road Safety Consultation Workshop to shape the country’s National Plan for the Decade to 2030, and iRAP was pleased to provide input. The Ministries of Interior and Public Works and Transport jointly organised the...
EuroRAP members and supporters gathered at the 20th General Assembly in Slovenia
EuroRAP held its 20th General Assembly in Lipica, Slovenia, on 24th May 2022. The hybrid event allowed members and stakeholders the opportunity to meet in person and contribute online. The main agenda item was the plan for streamlining European activities. In...
New national progress mapping helps world leaders and partners ahead of High-level Meeting
As country leaders head into next week’s first ever UN High-level Meeting on Road Safety, iRAP has released 3 new resources to assist understanding of national progress in making roads safer and inform decisive action based on the human and economic benefit of...
iRAP training grants now available for 30 women in Engineering
This year, as part of the International Women in Engineering Day (Thursday 23 June), we are announcing a new training grant opportunity, selecting 30 women to take our Star Rating Essentials and Star Rating for Designs courses for free. Women make up just over 20% of...
Celebrating 20 years of FIA Foundation impact, including iRAP
We congratulate our major donor The FIA Foundation on its 20 Year Anniversary and inspiring global impact, including safer roads through its creation and ongoing support of iRAP. The FIA Foundation was created in 2001 as an act of great foresight and generosity. It...
New position available: Safer Journeys Lead for Europe needed to help create safer roads and safer journeys
iRAP is looking for a collaborative and enthusiastic person with a passion for safe mobility and experience in road infrastructure safety to join our team. In this newly created role, the Safer Journeys Lead for Europe will work with a range of partners to create...