In February we gave the Lunchtime seminar stage to EuroRAP members and partners to share an overview of their programme and relevant developments. The forum hosted presenters from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Italy, Serbia, Spain, and the UK and attracted...
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Welcome to the team Franco Azzato – iRAP’s new Training and Accreditation Coordinator
We are delighted to welcome Franco Azzato, iRAP’s new Training and Accreditation Coordinator. In his role, Franco will be responsible for iRAP training, which has helped make the iRAP methodology accessible to thousands of people around the world, and the iRAP...
VíaSegura: Digital technology for improving road safety
Reproduced from IDB's Moviliblog According to the World Health Organization (WHO), traffic crashes are responsible for 1.35 million deaths worldwide. Traffic fatalities are an avoidable public health crisis that particularly impacts low- and middle-income countries....
PiPa PPP investment assures 3-star or better safety for 2.8m people in Sao Paulo
Innovative Public-Private Partnership (PPP) investment in 3-star of better roads in Brazil was shared yesterday by the Global Infrastructure Hub, International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Agência Reguladora de Serviços Públicos Delegados de Transporte do Estado de...
Evaluating progress to achieving Target 3
The World Bank Global Road Safety Facility (GRSF) and International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) have commenced an innovative project to evaluate countries’ progress in achieving UN Target 3: that by 2030, all new roads achieve technical standards for all road...
BrazilRAP News: iRAP Methodology awarded Inov@BR Seal
Implementation of the iRAP Methodology by the National Department of Transport Infrastructure (DNIT) has been certified with the inov@BR seal, from the Brazilian Ministry of Infrastructure. Inov@BR consists of the Policy for the Modernization of the Federal Highway...
Vision Zero Academy Course, Brazil profiles iRAP and Safer Infrastructure
150 participants attended an iRAP Special Session today on Safer Infrastructure as part of the Vision Zero Academy Course, Brazil. The 2 week digital Course for the Brazilian National Secretariat of Transport launched on 1 February and includes the participation of...
IndiaRAP launches Learning Centre
IndiaRAP proudly launched an innovative new Learning Centre yesterday to support engineers, researchers and students undertaking academic road safety studies using the iRAP Methodology. Almost 60 people joined the Launch highlighting significant interest in the...
Star Rating for Schools January 2022 newsletter now available
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: Celebrating success in 2021 Tracking upgrades with SR4S iRAP joins...
South Australia’s 2031 Road Safety Strategy includes Star Rating KPI
South Australia's recently released Road Safety Strategy to 2031 has set a key performance indicator to improve the Star Rating of the state road network, with a particular focus on high speed, high volume roads. The Strategy sets out the ambitious 10-year targets to...