


Improved Road Design Safety in Papua New Guinea
Capacity for safer roads and designs is being lifted in Papua New Guinea as part of the Mountainous Road Improvement and Resilience Program (MRIRP) funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and supported by the Department of Works and Highways, DT Global and iRAP....
Training series on road safety engineering standards emphasises need for holistic approach in Central Asia
This month, iRAP joined project partners the Eastern Alliance for Safe and Sustainable Transport (EASST) and the International Road Federation (IRF) in hosting a series of three training sessions for engineers and road safety practitioners across Central Asia. Over 60...
iRAP for Environmental Impact Assessment and the Rickman’s Green Village Case Study
The UK’s Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) has offered guidance for the environmental impact assessment of traffic and movement for over 30 years, and a 2023 Guideline update recommends using iRAP Star Ratings or similar for Safe System...
Aurecon: First in the world to make #SaferRoadsPledge
The International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) and Aurecon Australasia have today announced Aurecon as the first company in the world to make a #SaferRoadsPledge, part of a global leadership campaign to eliminate high-risk roads worldwide. iRAP, International Road...
#SaferRoadsPledge Campaign launches – Make your Pledge now!
The International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP), the International Road Federation (IRF) and the FIA Foundation have launched a #SaferRoadsPledge campaign calling on organisations involved in designing and financing roads to pledge their commitment to safer roads...
ELABORATOR powers on in Europe
ELABORATOR partners gather for Consortium Meeting in Copenhagan in June In recent weeks, the ELABORATOR Project has been very busy with its latest Consortium Meeting in Copenhagan, and presentations across Europe at Velo-city 2024, Eurocities Mobility Forum, 2nd...
#SafeRoads4CAREC journey continues to Uzbekistan and Tajikistan
The journey continues this week for our “Safe and Inclusive Road Designs for Central Asia” project, with meetings in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, following last week’s project launch in Kyrgyzstan. The meetings are part of a new and transformative United...
Arup shares value of iRAP Certification
Civil Engineer Dominic Waterhouse has shared Arup’s experience obtaining iRAP Certification for the proposed design of the Tonkin Highway Extension project in Western Australia, and the value it brought to project partners. Arup, on behalf of Main Roads Western...
Tanzania’s BRT transformation celebrated
Tanzania’s Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridors in Dar es Salaam are slashing travel times and improving safety for commuters, thanks to construction by the Tanzanian Government with the World Bank, development partners and investors. Phase 1 opened in 2016 with 29 buses...
Road design standards under spotlight in CAREC countries
Improved road design standards for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) countries, and in particular the pilot countries of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, is an urgent goal of a new United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the...
Europe news: Urban Public Space Design project cluster kicks off for collaboration
Inclusive mobility projects for climate-neutral cities in Europe are collaborating for impact. On 28 June, the Horizon EU Urban Public Space Design thematic project cluster, together with NetZeroCities and CIVITAS (the platform supporting the mission for 100 cities to...
New Guide: Integrating Safety into Road Design
The World Bank’s new Guide to Integrating Safety into Road Design recognises the iRAP Star Rating, the Star Rating for Designs Tool and Road Assessment Programmes as valuable measures for ensuring safety is systematically embedded in road designs to save lives. Whilst...
Supporting safe highway geometric design at ISHGD2022
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...
A strategy to make roads safer: 3 steps for assessing and enabling road safety in transit oriented development
Reproduced from World Bank Blogs.Article by Gerald Ollivier, Prerna Mehta, Abhishek Behera and Alina Burlacu This blog is part of “Let’s talk about Streets for Life” – a blog series on Transit-Oriented Development and Road Safety. Previously in its blog series,...
Safety at heart of urban road concession design, Chile
Come with us on a virtual journey through the tunnels, overpasses and multi-lane carriageways beneath and across Santiago to see how engineering safety at the design stage can save lives, money and time. Designs for the Américo Vespucio Oriente I (AVO I) concession in...