New Guide to Empower Creation of Road Safety Data Coalitions in Africa
Geneva, 14 September, 2023— Today, the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety (the Alliance) and the International Road Federation (IRF), with the support of the TotalEnergies Foundation program, are pleased to release the LEARN Guide, a new resource of ...
Private Sector Unites To Support Road Safety Efforts in Zambia
Geneva, 7 July 2023. A “Private Sector Road Safety Coalition” has been launched today in Zambia. Coordinated by the International Road Federation (IRF), this initiative in Zambia builds upon the successful launches of private sector coalitions in Tanzania, Pakistan, and ...
New Report Lays Out Concrete Steps Toward Safer Roads
Leipzig, May 24, 2023— Countries can reduce deaths and injuries from road traffic crashes by flipping the traditional mobility hierarchy and adopting the Safe System approach, finds a new report from the Sustainable Mobility for All Initiative (SuM4All). This approach ...
The Moroccan Private Sector Road Safety Coalition Unveils its Strategic Priorities and Appoints its President
Casablanca, 17 May 2023 – In the framework of the celebration of the United Nations Global Road Safety Week, the Moroccan Private Sector Road Safety Coalition met to unveil its strategic priorities in the presence of public sector institutional stakeholders ...
World-first Ten Step Project Celebrates Success in Tanzania
Dar es Salaam, 2 March 2023. Capacity to eliminate high-risk roads and curb the more than 16,000 people (WHO 2018) who die on Tanzania’s roads annually has taken a leap thanks to the innovative Tanzania Ten Step Plan Project, celebrated ...
IRF & IRU Sign MoU at the Occasion of Their 75th Anniversary
Geneva, 20 February 2023. The International Road Federation (IRF) and the International Road Transport Union (IRU) have signed today a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to reinforce their long-standing collaboration. The two organisations have a 75-year-long history that stretches back to ...
Magali Anderson Honoured as IRF Personality of the Year 2022
At the occasion of the IRF Annual Conference and 4th International Conference on Sustainable Mobility hosted in Marrakech on 6 October 2022, the IRF Personality of the Year Award for 2022 has been bestowed on Magali Anderson, Chief Sustainability and ...
2022 Edition of the IRF World Road Statistics Marks the Beginning of a New Open-data Era
Marrakech, 6 October 2022 - The IRF Annual Conference hosted today in Marrakech saw the launch of the 2022 edition of the IRF World Road Statistics (WRS) which – thanks to the support of the TotalEnergies Foundation and the Michelin ...
National Road Assessment Programme launched to eliminate high-risk roads in Tanzania
Dar Es Salaam, September 14, 2022 - TanRAP, the Tanzania Road Assessment Programme, has been launched today in Dar es Salaam to eliminate high-risk roads and curb the more than 16,000 people who die on the country’s roads annually. The ...
Valerann and Excelerate Technology Leverage Space Technology Enabled ITS to Enhance Security at the UEFA Women’s Euro 2022
London, UK, July 21, 2022. ITS Equant, a project managed by a consortium between Valerann and Excelerate Technology and funded by the European Space Agency’s Space Solutions, has been selected to deploy the jointly developed innovative solution with Milton Keynes ...