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The Star Rating for Schools (SR4S) Lead Partners are leading the way with the SR4S pilot and good news stories are spreading fast! Our latest news and updates track progress and celebrates schools’ and partner successes in making school journeys safer.
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Zugdidi City Municipality (Georgia) set 30km/h speed limit around school zones
Image credit: EASST Original article published by EASST here Municipal authorities in the Georgian region of Zugdidi are in the process of setting 30km/h speed limits around all school zones in the municipality. 40 school zones in Zugdidi city have already had new...
Tres Cantos Council (Spain) launches ‘Safe School Roads’ project, resulting in infrastructure improvements
Image credit: Tres Cantos City Council Project Background: During the 2021-2022 school year, Royal Automobile Club of Spain (RACE) has designed and implemented, together with the FIA Foundation, the Road Safety Plan “Caminos Escolares Seguros” in the Madrid...
Youth Engagement App training launch allows young voices to champion safer mobility
Image credits: AIP Foundation As part of the AIP Foundation’s innovative Big Data road safety program, AI&Me: Empowering youth for safer roads, AIP Foundation, iRAP and the Ministry of Transport (MOT) hosted the first hands-on training of the Youth Engagement APP...
FIA School Assessment Toolkit presented at the first COFO Road Safety Meeting in Poland
Image credit (above and right): Rafaela Machado, iRAP Star Rating for Schools (SR4S) Global Programme Coordinator Rafaela Machado had the opportunity to attend the first ever FIA Region I Coordination Forum for Eastern and Central European Countries (COFO) Road Safety...
National and local governments in central Vietnam receive two prestigious international awards for prioritizing safe school zones to safeguard every child’s journey to school
Image credit: AIP Foundation Original content from AIP Foundation: www.aip-foundation.org/national-and-local-governments-in-central-vietnam-receive-two-prestigious-international-awards-for-prioritizing-safe-school-zones-to-safeguard-every-childs-journey-to-school/ For...
Star Rating for Schools interactive tool to share global safety upgrade insights
We are excited to announce the launch of a new ‘Safe Schools Tracker’ – a Star Ratings for Schools (SR4S) interactive report that shares insights about how safety around schools is being improved. SR4S is an evidence-based tool for measuring, managing and...
India’s National Dialogue on Road Safety for Children
IndiaRAP Technical Manager Jigesh Bhavsar presented at a National Dialogue on Road Safety for Children Workshop in Delhi today, marking the occasion of National Engineers Day in the country. The one-day workshop drew leading road safety stakeholders committed to...
Show me the way: Big Data reveals highest-risk schools in Vietnam
In three Vietnamese cities homing over 9 million people, how can we begin to identify the highest risk school zones and the children who use them daily to tackle the leading killer of youth – road traffic crashes. The answer? Big Data. A Big Data Screening Methodology...
FIA Americas Congress focusses on road safety and shares SR4S outcomes in the region
Original article from FIA Foundation - www.fiafoundation.org/news/latin-america-fia-congress-focuses-on-road-safety The FIA Foundation joined mobility and sport clubs from across North America, Latin America and the Caribbean, for the FIA Americas Congress in...
New Report Promotes Walking and Cycling in Africa
A new Walking and Cycling in Africa Report shares critical evidence (including iRAP data) and good practice (such as Star Rating for Schools) for governments and decision makers to inspire action to retain, protect and enable people that walk and cycle. “This report...
Attention USA partners! $5 billion in US Grants available until 15 September
A new SS4A Grant Scheme is delivering $5 billion in funding over five years to prevent roadway deaths and serious injuries in the United States and Star Rating for Schools can beautifully support project applications. The new Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A)...
Global Youth Advocate leads innovative Workshop in Indonesia as part of GRSLC Fellowship
Roadside surveys conducted in teams, role played appeals to decision-makers, and a social media challenge, were all part of an innovative "Safer Roads Save our Lives" Workshop held last Saturday in Indonesia coinciding with International Day of Youth. Nearly 60...
New Policymakers’ Toolkit to support youth engagement
Youth for Road Safety (YOURS) has released a new Policymakers’ Toolkit, a unique advocacy document that will help iRAP partners, policymakers and decision-makers to meaningfully engage with young people for improved road safety. Tragically, road traffic injuries have...
Star Rating for Schools July 2022 Newsletter
The latest Star Rating for Schools newsletter is out now – read some great stories of how SR4S Lead Partners are engaging partners and leading safer infrastructures around the world. In this issue: How to get started UN High-level Meeting for Road Safety brings...
Partnership for Road Safety use SR4S to identify and assess high risk schools in Georgia
Image credit: EASST Original article published by EASST With the support of the FIA Road Safety Grants Programme and the FIA Foundation, EASST have been working with local partners in Georgia – Partnership for Road Safety and the Georgian FIA Club, the Georgian Motor...
UN High-level Meeting for Road Safety brings world leaders together for a Decade of Action and Delivery
Image credit: Global Alliance of NGO's for Road Safety iRAP Partners’ work in more than 100 countries and the critical need for high-level prioritisation of safe road infrastructure were key focusses of the UN High-level Meeting on Road Safety, held from 30 June to 1...
Star Rating for Schools (SR4S) – The Case of Zamboanga and Valenzuela Cities in the Philippines – featured in Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies
Authors from University of the Philippines Diliman Abstract: This study uses the tool developed by the International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) called “Star Rating for Schools” or SR4S. It is a systematic and evidence-based tool for assessing and managing the...
Cities4Children meets and launches publication at World Urban Forum 11
Image credit: Cities 4 Children Alliance In June, iRAP joined the Cities 4 Children Alliance members in Katowice, Poland to discuss the next phase of the Alliance. The alliance is an interdisciplinary network of 27 organisations working together to ensure that child...
RACE and the FIA Foundation launch “Safe School Journeys”
Image credit: RACE Original article published by RACE During the 2021-2022 school year, RACE has designed and implemented, together with the FIA Foundation, the Road Safety Plan "Caminos Escolares Seguros" in the Madrid municipalities of Guadalix de la Sierra and Tres...
Global Alliance showcase benefits of implementing 30 km/h speed limits at ITF Summit
The Global Alliance of NGO's for Road Safety held a livestream session 'Live from Leipzig 30 in Action' at the FIA booth during the International Transport Forum - 2020 Summit, in Germany last month. The event showcased the benefits of implementing 30 km/h limits...
SR4S Lead Partners meet to discuss road upgrades and updated app
Image credit: Fundación Gonzalo Rodríguez In June 2022, iRAP held a meeting with SR4S Lead Partners in London. AIP Foundation, EASST, FIA, Gonzalo Rodriguez Foundation and Global Alliance joined iRAP to hear the progress of SR4S tools since the previous meeting in...
Automóvil Club de Chile promotes safer school journeys
Image credit: Automóvil Club de Chile (ACCHI) Original article published on FIA Foundation website The FIA School Assessment Programme, based on iRAP’s Star Ratings for School (SR4S) methodology, was launched in Chile to improve the safety of children on their way to...
Kitwe City, FIA Foundation, Zambia Motor Sport Association and Zambia Road Safety Trust join forces to promote safer journeys to school
Image credits: Zambia Road Safety Trust Original article published on FIA Foundation website According to the World Health Organization, over 3,500 people die in road traffic crashes every year in Zambia. To reduce road traffic fatalities and injuries in Kitwe, the...
SR4S Programme features in the Road Safety Actors Meeting in Brazil
We were pleased to join the Road Safety Actors Meeting in Brazil (9-10 June 2022) - a pre-meeting on national efforts ahead of the UN High-Level Meeting for Road Safety in New York last week. Star Rating for Schools Programme Coordinator Rafaela Machado presented on...
