Summary Hosted by the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) and organised by the China Highway & Transportation Society (CHTS), the World Transport Convention (WTC) 2018 was held at the China National Convention Centre, Beijing from 18 -...
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EVENT WRAPUP – INTERNATIONAL CHILD ROAD SAFETY FORUM (FISEVI) 2018
The International Child Road Safety Forum (FISEVI) 2018 was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina last week. The event attracted 400 road safety stakeholders from governments, international agencies, law enforcement, civil and traffic engineers, health and...
ChinaRAP: Zhengtong road redevelopment project
Ahead of the World Transport Convention in Beijing in June 2018, a video has been released to provide an update on the Zhengtong Road redevelopment project. Through the Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety, the World...
European Institute of Road Assessment wins RADAR bid
The Slovenia-based European Institute of Road Assessment (EIRA) has signed the contract for its work on a €2.15 million project over 3-years to improve road infrastructure safety across 12 countries in the Danube region. The Danube Transnational Programme approved for...
New report tackles the transition to automated vehicles on roads that cars can read
Serious crashes on inter-urban roads may be slashed by a quarter over the next 30-40 years with the introduction of automated vehicles. However, the journey may be far from easy, with a mixed fleet transition and vital need for roads that cars can read, according to a...
EVENT WRAPUP: ROAD SAFETY ON FIVE CONTINENTS (RS5C)
Summary The Road Safety on Five Continents (RS5C) conference was held on 16-18 May 2018 on Jeju Island, South Korea. The conference was organised by VTI in close cooperation with Korea Transportation Safety Authority (KOTSA) and Ministry of Land,...
EVENT WRAPUP: ITF2018
Summary iRAP played a lead role at the 2018 International Transport Forum Summit (ITF2018), held 23-25 May in Leipzig, Germany. With this year's theme of "Transport Safety and Security", the annual summit is the world’s largest gathering of transport ministers and the...
New Vaccines for Roads Big Data Tool Set to Save Lives
iRAP’s Vaccines for Roads new Big Data Tool being launched today at the ITF Summit in Leipzig provides for the first time an interactive health check on how safe the world’s roads are and the road attributes that matter, along with the projected human life...
Join us in Leipzig
Join us in Leipzig this week from 23-25 May when iRAP, its partners and safer roads saving lives are in the spotlight before 1400 decision-makers and 40 ministers from more than 80 countries. Key to iRAP’s participation will be the launch of Vaccines for...
With the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – help us keep in touch…
iRAP takes pride in the ability to keep you up-to-date on RAP programmes, projects, events and activities helping to save lives and reduce serious injuries on global roads. This includes updates on activities such as ViDA, Star Ratings for Schools etc. The...