Mrs Meredith Liddle; Julio Urzua, iRAP Strategic Projects Director, collecting the trophy on behalf of DNIT; and Miquel Nadal, iRAP Board Chairman The International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) has proudly announced Brazil’s National Department of Transport...
Queensland TMR awarded a Finalist for coveted international Gary Liddle Memorial Award
Mrs Meredith Liddle; Torill Pape, Director (Structures Design, Review and Standards), TMR; and Miquel Nadal, iRAP Board Chairman The International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) has proudly announced the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) in...
Bangkok Metropolitan Administration awarded a Finalist for coveted international Gary Liddle Memorial Award
Mrs Meredith Liddle; Prof Kasem Choocharukul collecting the trophy on behalf of BMA; and Miquel Nadal, iRAP Board Chairman The International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) has proudly announced Thailand’s Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) as a Finalist for...
Croatian Roads awarded a Finalist for coveted international Gary Liddle Memorial Award
Mrs Meredith Liddle; A/Prof Marko Sevrovic, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences (FPZ), University of Zagreb and Senior Road Safety Engineer, European Institute of Road Assessment (EIRA) collecting the trophy on behalf of Croatian Roads; and Miquel Nadal, iRAP...
Aleatica Foundation announces donor support of iRAP to improve safety of high-risk roads
Pictured above: iRAP CEO Rob McInerney and Bosco MARTI, Global Director of Institutional Affairs and Communications Aleatica Foundation iRAP today announced that Aleatica Foundation has become a Donor of the charity, contributing funding to help make roads safer in...
DNIT Brazil awarded a Finalist for coveted international Gary Liddle Memorial Award
The International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) has proudly announced Brazil’s National Department of Transport Infrastructure (DNIT) as a Finalist for the iRAP Gary Liddle Memorial Trophy presented to the world’s best performing road authority eliminating...
Celebrating the evolution of #RAPinEurope
Image above: Road authorities and iRAP partners in Europe (Windsor, 2023)25 -26 September: Road authorities and iRAP partners in Europe came together in Windsor, UK to share best practice and strategies for achieving ambitious national, European and global road...
#RAPKnowledgeLive Session 5: Road Safety Toolkit – the one-stop road safety resource for all
#RAPKnowledgeLive sessions are held monthly worldwide to discuss the latest knowledge on road safety tools, programmes and partnerships helping make global roads safer. Our fifth #RAPKnowledgeLive session will be held at in October, highlighting the Road Safety...
Star Rating for Schools September 2023 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: Welcome to our new SR4S Coordinator - Minh Vo iRAP and partners...
Heading to Prague? Come see us
More than 40 Ministers, 3,500+ delegates and 300 exhibitors from 120 countries are preparing to head to Prague next week for the World Roads Congress and iRAP will be well-represented. Come say hello to our team and partners, and join us at our two-day iRAP Innovation...
iRAP welcomes new Star Rating for Schools (SR4S) Coordinator, Minh Vo
We are excited to announce that Ms Minh Vo is joining the iRAP team as Star Rating for Schools (SR4S) Coordinator. Star Rating for Schools (SR4S) is an evidence-based program for measuring, managing and communicating the risk children are exposed to on a journey to...
CycleRAP tool and pilots feature in New York Times climate edition
Bogotá, Colombia, is one of five cities in CycleRAP’s international pilot program.Image credit: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group, via Getty Images After launching CycleRAP in 2022, in 2023 iRAP embarked on an international pilot project with the generous...
An open letter to Heads of State and Governments
Image credit and original post: Global Alliance of NGO's for Road Safety The UN SDG Summit will take place at the UN Headquarters in New York on 18-19 September 2023. Read our open letter to world leaders below.Dear world leaders, We are writing to you today in the...
AusRAP News: 80% of travel on 3-star or better roads by 2030
Australia’s states and territories will publish AusRAP star ratings on all arterial roads by 2025, as part of a commitment to accelerate the use of AusRAP. The Austroads members approved a new AusRAP Strategy and Business Plan that commits to 12 targets that will...
iRAP receives Google support to advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and Road Safety
MEDIA RELEASE EMBARGO: September 12, 2023 6am EST, 11am UK time, 5pm Vietnam, 8pm Brisbane Download full media release here Leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI), iRAP’s Star Rating for Schools and AiRAP partnerships will be scaled up to provide 3-star or better...
New local government Star Ratings tool launched for the Western Australian context
The Western Australian Local Government Association (WALGA) RoadWise has partnered with the Western Australian Centre for Road Safety Research (WACRSR) at the University of Western Australia (UWA) to develop a tailor-made Safety Ratings Tool for the state’s Local...
Improving Road Safety in Cambodia project kicks off
Left to Right: iRAP Global Projects Director Julio Urzua, Secretary of State Mr Phneng Sovicheano, iRAP Global Operations Manager Luke Rogers and RoadKorea Branch Manager Jaebum Seo An “Improving Road Safety in Cambodia” project has kicked off this week supported by...
Hear the interviews! Project PHOEBE pilot leaders update on predictive approaches being unveiled for safer urban environments
Project PHOEBE (‘Predictive Approaches for Safer Urban Environment’) is underway in Europe and pilot leaders, including iRAP's Shona Holroyd and James Bradford, have shared the state of play of the pilots in Athens, Valencia and West Midlands. The innovative 3.5 year...
Second NEOM training builds capacity for 5-star roads in world’s first cognitive city
Last week saw the completion of a second week of iRAP training in Saudi Arabia to build capacity for safe roads and paths in the revolutionary new smart city and surrounds of NEOM, under construction in the Tabuk Province of the Kingdom. NEOM’s road infrastructure...
First iRAP Pilot in Lithuania
A 50 km pilot study and capacity building has recently been completed in Lithuania, representing the first iRAP assessment in the country. The pilot focussed on two road sections of motorway and primary roads. The results showed the selected sections rated mostly...