Organised by:
Highway and Transportation Engineering Technical Division, IEM


SYNOPSIS

Since 2006, the International Road Assessment Programme or iRAP is adopted worldwide as an alternative to conventional practice of identifying road safety issues and countermeasures such as in black spot programme and road safety audit. The iRAP Malaysia programme was launched early 2016 by the Ministry of Transport whereby a steering committee comprising key agencies across different ministries was set up under the Cabinet Committee for Road Safety. The Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS) who was appointed as one of the iRAP Centre’s of Excellence, is currently leading the programme to star rate high volume roads and propose high impact countermeasures. Since the launch, more than 10,000km of roads have been star rated with potential countermeasures proposed to the road authorities. This session will highlight the approach undertaken in the iRAP Malaysia programme and the methodology adopted to determine the star ratings.  


SPEAKER BIODATA

DR SITI ZAHARAH ISHAK is currently the Director General of the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research  (MIROS), Ministry Of Transport (MOT), Malaysia. She graduated in B. Eng (Hons) Civil from UiTM Shah Alam, followed by MSc. In Highway and Transportation Engineering from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) and PhD. In Transportation Systems Engineering from University Of South Australia (UniSA), Adelaide, South Australia. Her professional activities including industry consultancy activities, teaching, academic research and research student supervision interests span in all the aspects of road and rail safety engineering, public transport and transportation systems engineering.  

ALVIN POI WAI HOONG has been involved in the field of road safety research for 10 years at the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS) focusing on projects dealing with road assessment programs. He is actively involved in the International Road Assessment Program (iRAP) and has been working closely with the road authority in the effort of making use of the concept to identify and improve high risk roads in the country. Alvin Poi obtained his first degree in civil engineering and Masters of Science in Highway and Transportation Engineering from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). He is now heading the Highway and Traffic Engineering Unit in MIROS.