The launch of EuroRAP Star rating results in Iceland reveal only 25% of Iceland’s roads have a 3 star or more rating. The Star Rating results of FÍB (Icelandic Automobile Association) and EuroRAP's assessment on 4,200 kilometres of Icelandic road network...
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Star Rating for Schools at SDG Festival in Action, Bonn
"You need to create a safe environment. The goal should be for every single school around the world to have a safer environment. Safe infrastructure saves lives." – Julio Urzua, iRAP’s Regional Director – The Americas, discussing Star Ratings for Schools...
Bruce Highway (Queensland, Australia) upgrade given top marks for safety
The recently upgraded stretch of the Bruce Highway in Queensland, Australia has transformed the road from one of the most dangerous stretches of highway into one of the safest, according to RACQ (Source:...
FIA partnership sees SR4S pilot studies for schools in Latin America
Buenos Aires, Argentina: On the 5-6 February, iRAP’s Regional Director Julio Urzua partnered with representatives from FIA Region IV to train them in the use of the Star Rating for Schools App (SR4S). Teams were trained in both the theory and the practical usage of...
iRAP’s safer roads for Vietnam work in spotlight at BIGRS partners meeting
On the 22 January 2018, iRAP’s Senior Road Safety Engineer, Luke Rogers, was in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam for the Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS) partners meeting. The Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety has dedicated US$250...
Successful launch of road safety interventions for vulnerable users – Bogotá, Colombia
On Tuesday 19 December, the Secretariat of Mobility in Bogotá, Colombia launched the implementation of iRAP’s countermeasures on 80th Street, as part of the BIGRS work. We announced and explained the road safety interventions for vulnerable users implemented on...
EVENT WRAP UP: Road Safety in Asia workshop 2017
Summary The Road Safety in Asia workshop 2017 was held 22-23 August at the Heritage Hotel, Manila in the Phillippines. It was hosted by iRAP and the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP), for the 10th year in Asia. The World Health Organisation's Save...
ADB training with Queensland’s road safety best
Transport specialists from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) are in Brisbane this week for specialist road safety training, learning how to maximise infrastructure safety in projects financed by the Bank throughout the Asia Pacific. iRAP...
2017 UK Risk Mapping & Road Crash Index Launched
The Road Safety Foundation, in partnership with Ageas UK, has today launched an innovative interactive Road Crash Index alongwith its latest UK risk mapping and performance tracking report on the EuroRAP network of Motorways and A roads. According to the report,...
Major funding to improve Chilean road network safety
US$14 million in funding for the Chilean regions of O’Higgins, Maule and Bio Bio was announced in recent days to implement iRAP recommendations and improve road network safety. The funding announcement was made by the Chilean Road Authority via the Road Safety...