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Safe System Approach in Action at ITF Day @ OECD in Paris
iRAP was pleased to participate in today’s ITF Day @ OECD in Paris, presenting to OECD Ambassadors and staff on financing road safety investments. iRAP Global Technical Director James Bradford presented on the evidence base for results-based financing, Star Rating...
Cambodia stakeholders gather to shape Ten Year Plan
Cambodia stakeholders have gathered for a National Road Safety Consultation Workshop to shape the country’s National Plan for the Decade to 2030, and iRAP was pleased to provide input. The Ministries of Interior and Public Works and Transport jointly organised the...
ITE Talks Transportation with Rob McInerney
iRAP CEO Rob McInerney was pleased to join the ITE Talks Transportation Podcast last week to discuss Improving Global Roadway Safety with the Safe System Approach. The timing was opportune as world leaders prepare for this week's UN High-level Meeting on Road Safety...
$1 billion to Improve India’s Road Safety
Image source: iRAP The World Bank and Asian Development Bank (ADB) have each announced USD$250 million in funding to support India’s Program for Strengthening Road Safety, an investment to be matched by the Government of India for a sum $1 billion investment in road...
Working together for safe roads in Morocco
We are delighted to be working with the National Road Safety Agency (NARSA) and General Department of Roads (GDR) to shape a Memorandum of Understanding to work together to eliminate high-risk roads in Morocco. This has important context as Morocco's Minister for...
New national progress mapping helps world leaders and partners ahead of High-level Meeting
As country leaders head into next week’s first ever UN High-level Meeting on Road Safety, iRAP has released 3 new resources to assist understanding of national progress in making roads safer and inform decisive action based on the human and economic benefit of...
iRAP training grants now available for 30 women in Engineering
This year, as part of the International Women in Engineering Day (Thursday 23 June), we are announcing a new training grant opportunity, selecting 30 women to take our Star Rating Essentials and Star Rating for Designs courses for free. Women make up just over 20% of...
Celebrating 20 years of FIA Foundation impact, including iRAP
We congratulate our major donor The FIA Foundation on its 20 Year Anniversary and inspiring global impact, including safer roads through its creation and ongoing support of iRAP. The FIA Foundation was created in 2001 as an act of great foresight and generosity. It...
New position available: Safer Journeys Lead for Europe needed to help create safer roads and safer journeys
iRAP is looking for a collaborative and enthusiastic person with a passion for safe mobility and experience in road infrastructure safety to join our team. In this newly created role, the Safer Journeys Lead for Europe will work with a range of partners to create...
UN High-level Meeting: Your last questions answered
The UN High-level Meeting on Global Road Safety (HLM) is now just days away! Thank you to all our partners for your efforts to raise it to the attention of your President/Prime Minister and Ministers, and share your national success. Partner efforts are helping to...
Celebrating International Women in Engineering day on June 23 2022
International Women in Engineering Day (June 23 2021) is an international awareness campaign to raise the profile of women in engineering and focus attention on the amazing career opportunities available to girls in this exciting industry. It celebrates the...
Official global launch of CycleRAP
Media Release - 14 June 2022 Following successful pilots in Europe and four years of research development in consultation with global cycling and safety experts, CycleRAP was launched at the Velo-city Conference on 14 June 2022 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. CycleRAP is the...
Help us improve the Vaccines for Roads website
We need your help..... Vaccines for Roads unlocks the world’s largest road infrastructure safety database (358,000km of roads across 54 countries) to explore how safe the world’s and individual countries’ roads are, the human impact of road crash injury and provide...
Potential of safer Caribbean roads on show in Barbados
iRAP's Safer Journeys Regional Leader for the Americas is in Barbados this week presenting at the landmark 10th IRF Caribbean Regional Congress aiming to bring solutions and best practice to the twin challenges of road safety and climate-resilient infrastructure in...
First meeting of Global Road Designers targets safe design
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...
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...
Engaging partners for national success: Coffee and Connect
More than 50 leads of national road assessment programmes (RAPs) in 28 countries registered for Coffee and Connect today to learn about the key elements and partners that make up an effective RAP ‘ecosystem’ and tips for engaging them for success. The session...
22,000km Colombia assessment underway
A 22,000km Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and World Bank supported iRAP assessment has kicked off in Colombia led by the National Road Safety Agency (ANSV) and supported by iRAP Accredited Supplier APSA. The 9-month project aims to identify high-risk road...
#CommitToAct: Celebrating 3-star or better in policy
This week, the International Transport Forum is drawing Ministers together from 63 countries to advance road safety and the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety is encouraging all to #CommitToAct. In recognition, we're celebrating the growing list of countries...
Join the Launch: Mobilising Financing for Road Safety in LMIC
The World Bank Global Road Safety Facility (GRSF) invites you to the June 7 launch event for the Saving Lives Through Private Investment in Road Safety Report. The report, produced by the World Bank and International Finance Corporation (IFC), in partnership with iRAP...
ITE Journal: Vision Zero and Results-Based Financing of Safe System Action Worldwide
The May Issue of the Institute of Transport Engineers Journal includes an iRAP feature authored by CEO Rob McInerney on Vision Zero and Results-Based Financing of Safe System Action Worldwide. The United Nations will hold the first ever High-level Meeting on Global...
EuroRAP General Assembly next week!
EuroRAP is pleased to invited its members and supporters to its annual EuroRAP General Assembly event on the 24 May 2022 in Lipica, Slovenia. The welcome dinner will be hosted by EuroRAP in the evening of the 23 May. The meeting will be held in hybrid mode for those...
TRL Speed Management Tool set to deliver reduced Road Casualty in LMIC Countries
Article republished from TRL. Image credit: Steven Arenas, Pexels iRAP Centre of Excellence TRL has been awarded a prestigious grant by the World Bank’s Global Road Safety Facility (GRSF) to develop ways of implementing its Speed Management Assessment Tool (SMAT) in...
Opportunity for iRAP Accredited Suppliers: Interested in working with iRAP in Mozambique?
Request for proposals from iRAP accredited suppliers The International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) has been invited to support the National Road Administration (Administração Nacional de Estradas, ANE), Mozambique with the implementation of an iRAP Star Ratings...
Building a common road safety agenda in Latin America with FIA Region IV and FIA Foundation
iRAP was proud to join an FIA Region IV and FIA Foundation workshop recently presenting iRAP programmes and tools and to define a working mechanism for mobility clubs in the region to work together to achieve a common agenda - making roads safer for all. The following...
Road safety assessment using iRAP targets part of high-risk strategic road network in Nepal
Nearly 1,500km of Nepal’s high-risk strategic road network has been assessed by The Department of Roads (DOR), supported by the World Bank and iRAP, to improve safety conditions and guide future works planning and investment. Using its own resources and consultant for...
Join us at ITF2022 in Leipzig!
iRAP invites all to join us this month at the ITF 2022 Summit in Leipzig where our key focusses will be on supporting member countries to eliminate high-risk roads, powering inclusive innovation and #30 in Action. The 2022 Annual Summit of the International Transport...
Six year programme improving road safety in Lebanon
Following an iRAP assessment of more than 6,000km of roads in Lebanon in 2016 and World Bank-funded infrastructure upgrades, road safety audit training led by FPZ continues today helping to improve road safety in the country. iRAP Centre of Excellence University of...
Catch us on Podcast: NETS Talk Now, Driving Change
iRAP is proud to feature on this month's NETS Talk Now: Driving Change Podcast discussing the impact of road infrastructure safety for fleet and community safety worldwide. Guest presenter and iRAP CEO Rob McInerney said, "There is one thing everyone worldwide has in...
UNRSC Statement on the High-Level Meeting
27 members of the UN Road Safety Collaboration (UNRSC), including iRAP, have made a joint statement regarding the High-level Meeting on Global Road Safety to be held 30 June–1 July 2022. We, the undersigned members of the United Nations Road Safety Collaboration, have...
2022 Peter Kissinger award winners announced
The 2022 iRAP Peter Kissinger Award recipients were announced yesterday in a virtual celebration attended by Peter’s wife Willie and iRAP's Chairman of the Board Miquel Nadal. In recognition of his great contribution to iRAP and global road safety, the Peter Kissinger...
Call for Proposals Open – UN Road Safety Fund 2022
The UN Road Safety Fund Call for Proposals 2022 is open between 07 April 2022 and 30 June 2022 (23:59 CEST). Currently, the UN Road Safety Fund finances projects through calls for proposals that are designed on the basis of key Fund documents - including priorities...
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