We were pleased to be a part of the 6th International Symposium on Highway Geometric Design (ISHGD2022), featuring the 6th Urban Street Symposium in Amsterdam last week.
The Symposium was held from 26-29 June and, held every 5 years, aims to encourage the continuous improvement of highway geometric design.
With the theme “Smart Highway and Street Design, Ready for the Future”, ISHGD2022 focussed on the latest breakthrough practices relating to highway engineering in their different life phases, including daily operational effects and safe highway designs.
iRAP Global Technical Director James Bradford moderated the session on “Challenges and Innovation in Traffic Safety Evaluation and Prediction” and took the opportunity to share Star Rating for Designs (SR4D) with participants.
Se trata de un proceso y un programa de aplicaciones basado en la evidencia, fundamentado en la metodología iRAP, que permite la medición objetiva y la mejora del nivel de seguridad vial "integrado" en el diseño de una carretera para los ocupantes de vehículos, motociclistas, peatones y ciclistas, antes del inicio de las obras civiles.
SR4D is already in use in 38 countries and enables road engineers and designers, municipalities and road authorities, funding agencies and governments to make roads safer.
Star Rating for Designs will be essential to supporting countries to achieve the Objetivos mundiales de las Naciones Unidas sobre el desempeño en materia de seguridad vial, especialmente Objetivo 3 Garantizar que todas las carreteras nuevas se construyan con un estándar de 3 estrellas o superior para todos los usuarios de la vía.
See the ISHGD2022 programme aquí which included more than 150 papers presented from 35 different countries.
The event was hosted by Association Infra Design and TRB, with the support of ARCADIS, Autodesk, Sidra Solutions and Transoft Solutions.
For more information on Star Rating for Designs, visit https://irap.org/star-rating-for-designs/
To join the Star Rating for Designs Interest Group to hear more on the programme and process developments, haga clic aquí.
James opens the session on Challenges and Innovation in Traffic Safety Evaluation and Prediction