The first meeting of a new global Road Designers Consultation Group has occurred today providing valuable insights into how we achieve the shared global goal of safe road designs, with a star rating for every road design on earth. Over 100 nominations were received...
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Meeting of Brazilian Actors to shape national discussion ahead of UN High-Level Meeting
We are pleased to join this week’s Road Safety Actors Meeting in Brazil, a pre-meeting on national efforts ahead of the UN High-Level Meeting for Road Safety to be held in New York from 30 June to 1 July. The Road Safety Actors Meeting, promoted by the Pan American...
Australian innovation: NetRisk2 launches
iRAP Centre of Excellence, ARRB has launched NetRisk2, a tool that brings together AusRAP data generated using the iRAP Star Rating methodology, and Australian National Risk Assessment Model (ANRAM) data. iRAP’s Global Innovation Manager and Cities Specialist Monica...
Interested to hear more on the future of safe cycling infrastructure? ???
With World Bicycle Day just passed and CycleRAP launching on 14 June, we'd love to share more information with you on the future of safe cycling infrastructure. Join our 30 minute CycleRAP Q&A SessionTuesday 7 June (tomorrow) from 12:30 - 13:00 hours CET. Join us...
New and improved Road Safety Toolkit online resource launched
To support the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021 – 2030, we are pleased to announce the launch of the new and improved Road Safety Toolkit. First launched 10 years ago, the Road Safety Toolkit is an important online resource that provides free information on the...
National Highways exceeds England’s Star Rating target with 96% of travel rated 3-star or better
National Highways has recently released its Strategic Road Network Star Rating Report showing it exceeded its 2020 policy target to achieve 90% of travel on its network on roads rated 3-star or better, with an impressive result of 96%. National Highways, formerly...
In Pleiku City, Vietnam 25 upgraded school zones achieve top safety ratings
The Slow Zones, Safe Zones program will continue to improve road safety immensely in Pleiku while increasingly encouraging families to walk and ride their bicycles to school, paving the way for healthier and greener cities. Article and images reproduced from AIP...
CycleRAP to launch globally at Velo-City
Following successful pilots in Europe and four years of research development in consultation with global cycling and safety experts, CycleRAP will launch at next month’s Velo-city Conference on 14 June in Ljubljana, Slovenia. CycleRAP is an easy, affordable and fast...
ThaiRAP wins Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence
ThaiRAP Lead, Professor Kasem Choocharukul receives the award from Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha during the 15th National Road Safety Seminar (Image source: ThaiRAP) ThaiRAP has been awarded a prestigious Prime Minister’s National Award for its outstanding efforts...
26,000 of target 54,000km of Brazil’s Federal Highways assessed for safety
Reproduced from Brazil's Ministry of Infrastructure website using machine translation The National Department of Transport Infrastructure (DNIT) has advanced in the safety assessment of Brazil's federal highways using the iRAP methodology, From a survey covering...