Aplicabilidade da metodologia iRAP no Brasil

Abstract

The road transportation mode is the main means of travel and transporting cargo in Brazil and therefore has great economic, social and cultural relevance, so that road infrastructure figures as a factor of global competitiveness, in addition to being directly related to the operating costs of goods transportation and the costs arising from traffic accidents caused by poor road infrastructure. Thus, in order to enable greater targeting with regard to actions to improve the road network of the country, in line with the Global Plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021-2030 proposed by the United Nations (UN), the implementation of the International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) was initiated on Brazilian federal roads, along with the creation of the BrazilRAP Program, managed by DNIT. This method is based on the analysis of more than 50 road attributes, which results in a Star Rating, from 1 to 5, which represents the highest and lowest risks respectively, and provides an investment plan with countermeasures that can reduce risks for all road users: vehicle occupants, motorcyclists, cyclists and pedestrians. Therefore, this work aims to present a diagnosis of the implementation of the iRAP methodology in Brazil, through the survey of road safety actions in the country and the evaluation of the results of the Star Rating results of the roads included in BrazilRAP, from which it will be discussed the prospect of applying the methodology on state and municipal roads.