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Star Rating - Achieving the Sustainable Development Goal on Halving Road Deaths and Injuries: Impacts and the Role of Infrastructure

12 September 2016
Risk factors, sometimes called crash modification factors (CMF), are used by International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) in its methodology to relate road attributes and risk of death and serious injury. Learn how to use iRAP’s Star Rating Demonstrator to produce star ratings that can help…

Sustainable Development Goal - Achieving the Sustainable Development Goal on Halving Road Deaths and Injuries: Impacts and the Role of Infrastructure

12 September 2016
Targets like those reflected in the global sustainable development goals are important because they provide strategic focus for road safety. Research and experience show that long-term goals and targets provide better management of strategies and programs, improved quality of safety programs, and…

Case Studies - Achieving the Sustainable Development Goal on Halving Road Deaths and Injuries: Impacts and the Role of Infrastructure

12 September 2016
The International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) is used for setting road safety targets, assessing existing road networks and tracking infrastructure risk over time, evaluating safety benefits of road projects, assessing risk for design iterations, and conducting post-construction evaluations.…

Climate Change Risk Assessment and Adaptation: Bhutan Case Study

28 June 2016
Bhutan plans to build its second east-west highway to improve trade and rural connectivity in the southern part of the country. This highway is expected to provide additional connectivity to India, increase regional trade and open up internal areas of Bhutan. This requires identification of climate…

Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems for Smart Cities

26 May 2016
Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) are necessary in ensuring safe and efficient transport networks. The current ITS, however, tend to focus on data collection and technology and generally miss out the need to incorporate the welfare of the three crucial components: infrastructure, vehicles, and…

Building Bridges: Conditional Cash Transfers in the Philippines

31 March 2016
This presentation provides a quick overview of the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs, particularly the ultiamate goal and conditions. It highlights the experience of the Philippine government in rolling out its own CCT program called Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program.

Jakarta’s Bus Rapid Transit System

31 March 2016
Hoping to improve the worsening traffic situation in Jakarta brought about by a growing population of 8 million in 2000, Sutiyoso—then Governor of Jakarta—pushed for the construction of the Transjakarta Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), drawing inspiration from Bogota’s Transmilenio. The BRT masterplan is…

Transport (Overview)

17 March 2016
Know more about ADB's programs and projects under the Transport sector, and check out some of the potential opportunities.

Transport (South Asia)

17 March 2016
Know more about ADB's programs, projects, and opportunities in South Asia under the Transport sector.

Transport (Central and West Asia)

17 March 2016
Know more about ADB's programs, projects, and opportunities in Central and West Asia under the Transport sector.