{"id":1349,"date":"2026-04-02T14:20:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T03:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.temp.irap-dev.org\/?post_type=team&#038;p=1349"},"modified":"2026-04-22T12:08:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T02:08:14","slug":"jigesh-bhavsar","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/irap.org\/nl\/team\/jigesh-bhavsar\/","title":{"rendered":"Jigesh Bhavsar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jigesh Bhavsar is een specialist op het gebied van verkeersveiligheid met meer dan 20 jaar internationale ervaring in infrastructuurveiligheidstechniek, iRAP-beoordelingen en capaciteitsversterking in Azi\u00eb, Afrika, het Midden-Oosten en de Pacific. Hij heeft leiding gegeven aan Star Rating- en Safer Roads Investment Plan (SRIP)-beoordelingen voor nationale snelwegen, stedelijke corridors, autowegen en plattelandsnetwerken, waarbij hij overheden en multilaterale ontwikkelingsbanken ondersteunde bij het behalen van een 3-sterrennorm of hoger voor alle weggebruikers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zijn expertise omvat onder meer audits van de verkeersveiligheid, analyse van ongevalsgegevens, Star Rating for Design (SR4D), economische evaluatie van investeringen in veiligheid en institutionele hervormingen op het gebied van verkeersveiligheid. Jigesh heeft gestructureerde trainingsprogramma&#039;s en accreditatiecursussen verzorgd voor ingenieurs, planners en wegbeheerders in meer dan 15 landen. Hij wordt gedreven door de Safe System-filosofie en de overtuiging dat op bewijs gebaseerde, goed ontworpen infrastructuur systematisch risicovolle wegen kan elimineren en vermijdbare doden kan voorkomen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jigesh-bhavsar\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jigesh-bhavsar\/\">Maak verbinding via LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":1574,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"inline_featured_image":false},"class_list":["post-1349","team","type-team","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.7 (Yoast SEO v28.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jigesh Bhavsar - iRAP<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/irap.org\/nl\/team\/jigesh-bhavsar\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"nl_NL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jigesh Bhavsar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jigesh Bhavsar is a road safety specialist with over 20 years of international experience in infrastructure safety engineering, iRAP assessments, and capacity strengthening across Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and the Pacific. 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