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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

SR4S Global Programme Partner 3M brings visibility to an issue that is too often left in the dark. The company launched the Project School Zone Safety, a company initiative aimed to raise global awareness of the road dangers children face travelling to and from...

Image credit: AIP Foundation In May 2022, the AIP Foundation gathered with government partners, the National Traffic Safety Committee (NTSC), the Ministry of Education and Training, the Ministry of Transport, the Gia Lai Provincial People’s Committee, the Gia Lai...

Kathu Wittaya School in Phuket, Thailand has improved its school zone safety after modifications were assessed using the Star Rating for Schools tool, thanks to 'The 1st Bridgestone Global Road Safety Project'. This project was driven by SR4S Lead Partner AIP...

From 5 to 7 April 2022, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will host the Asia and the Pacific Transport Forum 2022 to discuss how transport will work in a changed world due to COVID-19 and its impacts. The forum will include a series of special webinars and dedicated,...

FISEVI 2022, the most important forum on children’s road safety in Latin America, has provided an important opportunity for Star Rating for Schools collaboration with iRAP regional partners to reduce the human and economic cost of road crashes – the leading killer of...

A webinar hosted by UNICEF and FIA Foundation this week has profiled striking Star Rating for Schools (SR4S) results in Paraguay, Philippines, Vietnam and Uruguay. The invitation-only online UNICEF Child Road Safety Webinar on Monitoring and Evaluation for Safe...

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: Celebrating success in 2021 Tracking upgrades with SR4S iRAP joins...

Image credit: AIP Foundation AIP Foundation/AA Vietnam and AA Ceylon have launched safer school zone infrastructure in Vietnam and Sri Lanka, respectively, thanks to the grant provided by FIA Region II. AA Ceylon conducted an assessment at both WP/Mattegoda and...

Image credit: Global Youth Coalition for Road Safety The Star Rating for Schools tool has been used to assess safer street designs developed by youth as part of an Innovative Local Action Project, led by Transportologi in Indonesia. Transportologi conducted road...

The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) is launching the 2022 Road Safety Grants Programme. The FIA Road Safety Grants Programme enable Clubs to address road safety at a local level and support the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety. As part of the...

Are you assessing road upgrades with SR4S? We have just launched a new feature and now it is much easier to add this information to your project. When creating a new location, select the option Road Upgrade and link your pre- and post-intervention assessments. Watch...

Image credit: FIA Foundation Child pedestrians are among the highest-risk groups in Mozambique for road traffic injuries. In fact, a child in Africa is twice as likely to die on the roads as a child in any other region. The government of Mozambique (Maputo Municipal...

Image credit: FIA Foundation New interventions for a Safe Routes to School pilot project in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil have been launched, in a road safety collaboration between the city’s Department of Education and its engineering department (CET-Rio), supported by ITDP...

We are pleased to announce that iRAP has recently joined the Cities 4 Children Global Alliance. The alliance is an interdisciplinary network of 22 organisations working together to ensure that child rights are firmly embedded in the urban agenda. Through the Star...

Star Rating for Schools Lead Partner Eastern Alliance for Safe and Sustainable Transport (EASST) has released their 2021 Annual report. It highlights how SR4S has been used in projects and to advocate for safer school journeys, including: Page 3 - Advocating #Love30...

Global Programme Partner 3M conducted an 3M Asia School Zone Safety Roundtable event in December bringing together industry leaders from governments, institutes, and NGOs to discuss initiatives and plans to save kids lives in the region through improved school zone...