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The Road Safety Foundation<\/a>\u2019s Active Travel Tool aims to help UK road authorities evaluate active travel facilities for both safety according to Safe System<\/a> principles and age and ability. The tool allows a spot evaluation of the different available facilities for a given road, rather than a network or route-based evaluation that can be achieved using the full iRAP methodology<\/a> or CycleRAP<\/a>.<\/p>\n The tool uses safety Star Ratings<\/a>, together with a age and ability criteria, to compare bicycle and pedestrian facilities, such as paths, crossings and low traffic neighbourhoods (LTN). It is envisaged that the tool will be used to support practitioners in their decision making and help communication of safety and LTS considerations to road safety stakeholders and the public.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.12.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/irap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Active-travel-tool-page-image.png” title_text=”Active travel tool page image” disabled_on=”off|off|off” _builder_version=”4.12.1″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” url=”http:\/\/vida.irap.org\/” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text disabled_on=”off|off|off” _builder_version=”4.12.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Access the Active Travel Tool via ViDA<\/a>.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.12.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.12.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.12.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”|0px|||false|false” custom_padding=”|0px|||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n The Active Travel Tool allows practitioners to see how different facilities for cycling and walking would change the safety Star Ratings<\/a> for pedestrians and bicyclists under different conditions of speed and flow. Star Ratings are a measure of the level of safety which is \u2018built-in\u2019 to the road.\u00a0 Five-star roads are the safest while one-star roads are the least safe.<\/p>\n The iRAP Star Rating Model was developed by the world\u2019s leading road infrastructure research organisations and is fully documented on the iRAP website<\/a>.<\/p>\n Age and ability criteria, based on level of protection from traffic, speed and the number of lanes of the road, evaluates suitability of three categories of treatments for different types of bicyclists and pedestrians:<\/p>\n The criteria are used to categorise a facility into a \u2018stress\u2019 level, and broadly align with those used by the Level of Traffic Stress (LTS) rating system<\/a> originally developed by Mekuria, Furth and Nixon (2012)<\/a>.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/irap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LTS.png” title_text=”LTS” show_in_lightbox=”on” _builder_version=”4.12.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.12.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n This tool is currently being trialled in the UK. RSF would welcome your feedback on this tool and how you are using it. If you are using the tool, or would like access to it, please contact RSF at icanhelp@roadsafetyfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/irap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Active-Travel-Tool.png” title_text=”Active Travel Tool” _builder_version=”4.12.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text disabled_on=”on|on|on” _builder_version=”4.12.1″ _module_preset=”default” disabled=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_post_slider posts_number=”20″ include_categories=”781″ show_meta=”off” image_placement=”left” disabled_on=”on|on|on” _builder_version=”4.12.1″ _module_preset=”default” header_font_size=”20px” background_color=”#35809f” custom_margin=”10px||10px||false|false” custom_padding=”10px||10px||false|false” auto=”on” auto_ignore_hover=”on” disabled=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_post_slider][et_pb_text admin_label=”For more information” _builder_version=”4.12.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\nStar Ratings<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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