Local Actions Project Winner Tendekayi Marapara has worked on improving road safety knowledge by educating youth of Zimbabwe on the Star Rating for Schools (SR4S) Methodology- an award-winning evidence-based programme of tools, training and support to measure, manage and communicate the risk children are exposed to on a journey to school.
His project “Safer School Zones Zimbabwe” focused on advocating for a 30km/hr maximum speed around school zones, a minimum of 3-star or better safety rating around school zones using results from SR4S as evidence and installing countermeasures treatments at high-risk locations.
As a means of meeting these goals, he and his team have trained young people and local engineers on how to use the SR4S methodology, conducted road assessments and star-rated schools using the SR4S methodology, and wrote an assessment report with proposed scheme designs of the countermeasures to address road crashes in school zones.
With the help of the City Council, local stakeholders, like the School Development Committee, Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe, and the City of Harare, Tendakayi and his team were able to install six speed humps, two raised pedestrian crossings with accompanying road signs, and 30km/h signs were successfully installed.
