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With the support of the Aleatica Foundation for Road Safety, around 60 iRAP partners from nine LAC countries came together from 27-28 November in Mexico City, with a focus on \u201cSafer Roads for Latin America and the Caribbean: Saving Lives by 2030\u201d.<\/p>\n
Road safety professionals from the public and private sectors, multilateral banking, mobility clubs, research organisations and NGOs joined the high-level interactive dialogue on the challenges and perspectives of the region to achieve the objectives of the Second Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021-2030, focused on the safe infrastructure pillar.<\/p>\n
Participating speakers and organisations included Bosco Mart\u00ed (President of Aleatica Foundation), Marco Fr\u00edas (Director of Mexican Association of Road Concessions), Juan Manuel Mares (Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications and Transport of Mexico), Jos\u00e9 Segundo L\u00f3pez (Secretariat of Mobility, Bogota, Colombia), Ricardo Gaviria (Movernos Seguros project), Eduardo Bohn (Thiago de Moraes Foundation), among others.<\/p>\n
During the two-day event, safer roads progress and projects across the region were discussed; iRAP tools-utilisation case studies were shared from\u00a0M\u00e9xico, Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile and Brasil; best practice was explored, and the necessary management, prioritisation, design and finance of safe road infrastructure improvements to achieve the 2030 goals.<\/p>\n
Useful tools<\/a>\u00a0and approaches were presented, including\u00a0the enhanced\u00a0Star Rating for Designs Tool<\/a>,\u00a0CycleRAP<\/a>,\u00a0Star Rating for Schools<\/a>, the\u00a0Youth Engagement App (YEA<\/a>)\u00a0and\u00a0AiRAP<\/a>, highlighting their role in making roads safer in both urban and rural areas.<\/p>\n Many of the speakers shared their experiences in using iRAP tools and methodologies and emphasised their enormous usefulness in guiding more effective road safety investments. Countries such as Chile, Brazil, Colombia and Uruguay have officially adopted these tools and use them to constantly assess the safety of their road networks, school environments or cycle routes.<\/p>\n So far in 24 LAC countries, over 276,000 kilometres of existing roads and designs (including 405 schools) have been Star Rated, helping to inform the safety of\u00a0US$13 billion of road infrastructure investments. Capacity has been improved in 24 countries through iRAP training and over 50 practitioners are iRAP Accredited. Road safety is being influenced in 30 countries supported by iRAP tools and training.<\/p>\n The event emphasized the critical contribution of iRAP Partners in LAC in implementing the iRAP methodology and tools to inform safer road infrastructure and speeds which have saved over 700,000 lives and prevented serious injuries worldwide since 2016,\u00a0as reported by Johns Hopkins University<\/a>.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/irap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Picture3.jpg” title_text=”Picture3″ show_in_lightbox=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/irap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Picture4.jpg” title_text=”Picture4″ show_in_lightbox=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/irap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Picture5.jpg” title_text=”Picture5″ show_in_lightbox=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/irap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Automovil-Club-of-Chile-presenting-the-SR4S-programme-in-the-city-of-Santiago-USD180K-have-been-invested-to-implement-countermeasures-Image-credit-Julio-1.jpeg” title_text=”Automovil Club of Chile presenting the SR4S programme in the city of Santiago USD180K have been invested to implement countermeasures Image credit Julio (1)” show_in_lightbox=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/irap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Julio-Urzua-kicking-off-the-RAP-in-LAC-event-Image-credit-Morgan-1.jpeg” title_text=”Julio Urzua kicking off the RAP in LAC event Image credit Morgan (1)” show_in_lightbox=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/irap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/RAP-in-LAC-Team-Image-credit-Julio-1.jpeg” title_text=”RAP in LAC Team Image credit Julio (1)” show_in_lightbox=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/irap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/RAP-in-LAC-sessions-1-Image-Credit-Morgan-1.jpeg” title_text=”RAP in LAC sessions 1 Image Credit Morgan (1)” show_in_lightbox=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n A big thank you to the Aleatica Foundation for Road Safety<\/a> for their generous support, and all the participants for contributing to this successful event! \u00a0Together, we are making critical in-roads in eliminating high-risk roads across the region.<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=”Click here to view the full programme and download presentations available” open_toggle_background_color=”#FFFFFF” closed_toggle_text_color=”#FFFFFF” closed_toggle_background_color=”#35809f” toggle_icon=”||divi||400″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” title_level=”h3″ closed_title_font=”|700|||||||” closed_title_font_size=”22px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Opening remarks.<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0Rob McInerney<\/strong><\/p>\n