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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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SR4S training in the Philippines – creating safer journeys for school children
Image credit (above and below): UP NCTS The University of Philippines (UP) National Centre for Transportation Studies (NCTS), in collaboration with ImagineLaw, conducted a training session on Star Rating for Schools (SR4S) in Cagayan De Oro City on March 17 2023. The...
Under spotlight at world’s largest mobility expo
We are delighted to join the Autonomy Mobility World Expo (AMWE) in Paris this week from 22-23 March, the world’s largest platform for sustainable mobility solutions. Star Rating for Schools and the YEA app will be on show, along with iRAP partner innovation making...
Mozambique School Zone Safety Supported with Star Rating for Schools
Image credit: FIA Foundation Original article from FIA Foundation https://www.fiafoundation.org/news/mozambique-school-zone-safety-supported-with-star-rating-for-schools Mozambique auto club ATCM has joined forces with road safety NGO Amend on new school zone safety...
New! SR4S launches new tools to support school assessments
Enhanced Star Rating for Schools mobile app now available for Android and iOS We are thrilled to announce the launch of the new SR4S mobile app. It supports the data collection process for school assessments and works in combination with the SR4S web app. The new SR4S...
Youth Engagement App now integrated into SR4S web app
In exciting developments, iRAP has integrated results from the YEA (Youth Engagement App), recording road safety perceptions of students travelling to and from school, into Star Rating for Schools (SR4S) assessments to provide a more comprehensive picture of the...
Come see us at the Global Alliance of NGOs Meeting, El Salvador
We are looking forward to sharing the life-saving impact of Star Rating for Schools (SR4S) and roads made safer world-wide thanks to the inspiring work of road safety NGOs at next week’s Global Meeting of the Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety in El Salvador. With the...
iRAP and Prudence Foundation Announce Partnership to Improve Safety for School Children Around the World
The International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) today announced that Prudence Foundation, the community investment arm of Prudential Plc, has become a Global Programme Partner in the Star Rating for Schools (SR4S) programme. In this collaboration, Prudence...
Young Generation of Tajikistan is addressing children’s road safety as an urgent priority (EASST)
Image credit: EASST The Star Rating for Schools App has been used to help assess and improve road safety around schools in Tajikistan. Original article published by Eastern Alliance for Safe and Sustainable Transport (February 2023) In 2021, Tajikistan’s Traffic...
Launch of the AI&Me Youth Engagement App encourages young voices to champion safer mobility in Vietnam
As part of our innovative Big Data road safety project, AI&Me: Empowering youth for safer roads, we are excited to launch the Youth Engagement App (YEA) pilot in Ho Chi Minh City, Pleiku City, and Yen Bai starting December 2022 to January 2023. The launch engages...
Star Rating for Schools December 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: Launch of SR4S interactive tool to share global safety upgrade...
KRSD Trust and Lea Primary School, Nigeria video receives an Honorable mention in the International Safety Media Awards 2022
HONORABLE MENTION in the Short Video category for Star Rating for Schools - KRSD Trust and Lea Primary School, Nigeria video We are delighted to announce that SR4S and our represented partners have an Honorable mention at the International Safety Media Awards for...
SR4S features in FIA Foundation Annual Report 2022
Our major donor the FIA Foundation has just released their 2022 report which once again highlights some of the Star Rating for Schools’ significant achievements. The FIA Foundation reports on its charitable activities in 2022, including participating in the first UN...
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...