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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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“Too Young to Die” Programme results in Botswana school upgrades
Three Botswana schools have been upgraded as part of the "Too Young to Die" Programme and following SR4S assessments in June 2019. This Road Safety project was implemented by Emergency Assist 991 in partnership with FIA Foundation and Society Of Road Safety...
SR4S app used to inform SARF school upgrades in Mogale City
As part of the Botnar Child Road Safety Challenge, the South African Road Federation (SARF) has partnered with the Mogale City Municipality and 3M South Africa to upgrade schools in Mogale City. The project started in 2017, aiming to improve the safety of young people...
AIP Foundation achieves major milestone with 7 schools in Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) has reached a major milestone with road modifications at 7 schools through the Walk This Way (WTW) program, supported by FedEx and implemented by AIP Foundation. At the end of 2020, Government representatives, school administrators, and AIP...
Touring & Automobile Club de Colombia creating safer journeys in Bogota
The Touring & Automobile Club de Colombia (ACC) has been working with local partners to improve safety of children walking to school in Bogota. Four schools have been selected for the pilot project with SR4S assessments. Colegio Agustiniano Norte was particularly...
ACU and UPM partnership to improve safety of school journeys in Uruguay
The Automobile Club of Uruguay (ACU) has partnered with United Paper Mills (UPM) to ensure safe journeys to school in Uruguay. UPM is planning the construction of a nursery, in which seedlings will be sown and grown, for planting in areas defined by the environmental...
Youth Stars empowering youth leaders to promote safer journeys to school
The Youth Stars programme is in its second-year planning to deliver support to a coalition of young leaders across the world. Youth Stars Master Trainers have attended a Training of Trainer delivered by iRAP and have been empowered to improve safety around educational...
Undertaking SR4S assessments in COVID-19 context
As part of the framework for reopening schools, ensuring safe and healthy school journeys will be essential to protecting children’s safety, education and wellbeing not only in the school but also on their way to school. In preparation for the reopening of schools,...
Automobile Club of Moldova (ACM) starts pilot schools assessment supported by SR4S
EuroRAP RADAR project partner, Automobile Club of Moldova (ACM) has started a pilot school assessment programme in two schools in urban and rural contexts, supported by Star Rating for Schools. One school was selected in Congaz village in the Gagauz region (one of the...
Child-friendly streets for Coimbatore City India
The AITD (Asian Institute of Transport Development) and IndiaRAP are helping to create child-friendly streets and improve non-motorised transport infrastructure in Coimbatore City, Tamil Nadu. Twenty-nine pedestrian hotspots and 295km of cycling routes across...
SR4S newsletter now available – October 2020 edition
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. This edition features: 2nd Decade of Action opportunities School assessment in...
New iRAP Star Ratings of NACTO-GDCI’s Global Street Design Guide resource to help save lives and improve sustainable mobility for all road users
iRAP has partnered with the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) to release the new iRAP Star Ratings of NACTO-GDCI’s Global Street Design Guide…..
New TCT toolkit to complement school assessments – Child Health Initiative
The new Traffic Conflict Technique (TCT) toolkit focuses on traffic conflicts between vulnerable road users and motorised traffic in low- and middle-income countries. It is a helpful complement to Star Ratings for Schools, which assesses the safety of infrastructure...
UNICEF and CHI resource: Guidance for Safe and Healthy Journeys to School (COVID-19 and beyond)
UNICEF and Child Health Initiative (CHI) have launched the report Guidance for Safe and Healthy Journeys to School: During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond to help manage COVID-19 risks…
Thiago Gonzaga Foundation presents “Voting for Life”
The project “Voting for Life”, led by SR4S Lead Partner Global Alliance of NGO’s for Road Safety member Thiago Gonzaga Foundation, has engaged more than 700 students of Porto Alegre, including schools who participated in the first SR4S project conducted in...
2nd Decade of Action provides new opportunity to deliver 5-star journeys
The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed 2021-2030 as the 2nd Decade of Action and released a Draft Resolution encouraging Member States to make efforts to protect all road users through safer road infrastructure by taking into account the needs of motorized and non-motorized transport, and other vulnerable road users, especially on the highest-risk roads…..
Global Alliance member KRSD Trust leading school upgrades in Nigeria
Global Alliance of NGO's for Road Safety member Kwapda’as Road Safety Demand Trust Fund (KRSD Trust) is creating 3-star or better journeys in Nigeria supported with support from the Star Rating for Schools Programme. After a pilot school assessment as part of the...
Automobile Club of Moldova leads school assessment in two cities
The Automobile Club of Moldova (ACM) has started a pilot school assessment programme in two cities. One school was selected in Congaz village in the Gagauz region (one of the biggest schools in Europe, situated on route M3), and another school in Chisinau,...
NEW SR4S CASE STUDY: TRAX India
SR4S CASE STUDY: TRAX INDIA Road Safety & Juniors - Paving the way for a safer tomorrow Government of Haryana, MG Motor and TRAX are developing a safer culture around schools through road upgrades, research and training involving students, teachers and the...
SR4S newsletter now available – July 2020 Edition
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. This edition features: Reshaping spaces for pedestrians now and after COVID-19...
YOURS is leading the youth to improve road safety globally
The Global Youth Coalition for Road Safety, initiated by YOURS, has been launched, opening a path for global youth engagement on road safety actions. During an online ceremony held in July 2020, the young leaders to be part of the Youth Advisory Board have been...
AIP Foundation scales up success of school zone upgrades in HCMC and Pleiku City
Following on from the success of the four school zones upgraded in Ho Chi Minh City as part of the Walk This Way programme, and the two school zones improved in Pleiku City through the Slow Zones, Safe Zones programme, both supported by SR4S, the AIP Foundation is now...
Gonzalo Rodriguez Foundation engages governments on the road safety agenda through webinar series
Given the circumstances of COVD19 experienced around the world, the Gonzalo Rodríguez Foundation launched a cycle of webinars on different aspects of children's road safety. One of these webinars, ‘Entornos Escolares Seguros (Safe School Environments)’ featured the...
Thiago Gonzaga Foundation engages youth on the road safety agenda
Thiago Gonzaga Foundation (Vida Urgente), Global Alliance member, has been working to engage the youth on the road safety agenda. Volunteers from Vida Urgente attended the SR4S webinar delivered in April 2020 and have been trained on the SR4S methodology, getting...
FIA Region II announces grant to improve school zones across Asia and Oceania
FIA Region II has allocated EUR 50,000 to support its members on implementing safety facilities at school zones across the region guided by the SR4S. iRAP has supported the Region II Secretariat to develop the criteria for selection of projects, which focus on the...