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"Every minute, someone in the world dies in urban traffic. Local governments
are at the forefront of efforts to prevent these needless road deaths. Their
actions – speed limit reductions and radical changes in street design, for
example – are delivering measurable results. One city, Warsaw, achieved the UN
target for halving road deaths between 2010 and 2020. Barcelona and Edmonton
came close to meeting the target.
With the launch of the Second UN Decade of Action for Road Safety and its
target to halve road deaths and injuries by 2030, all cities need to adopt
measures that have proved to be effective. This report investigates the
progress made in the First Decade of Action from 2010 to 2020. Some cities have
achieved more promising results than others. Therefore, there are opportunities
to accelerate progress using evidence of success in peer cities to support the
adoption of more effective policies.
Under the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), road-injury prevention is
explicitly mentioned in the Goal for Health and the Goal for Cities (SDG 11.2:
Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable).
Safer streets are crucial for making cities more liveable. If streets are
dangerous, efforts to promote walking and cycling are undermined. Reducing the
risks of urban traffic not only saves lives but also opens doors to sustainable
forms of transport, which can reduce pollution, cut emissions, fight congestion
and improve citizens’ physical and mental health."
Via
Future Crunch issue 193:
https://futurecrunch.com/
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
