First Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety, 19 - 20 November 2009 Moscow
Ministers from around the world gathered in Moscow to discuss global road safety and launch a UN Decade of Action for Road Safety 2010-2020. Read More >>
PIARC International Seminar: Promoting Road Safety for Vulnerable Road Users
25-26-27 October 2009 Cape Town, South Africa.
The Plight of Vulnerable Road Users Nearly half of those dying on the world’s roads are vulnerable road users. In most low-income and middle-income countries the majority of road users are vulnerable road users – pedestrians, cyclists, and those using motorised two-or three-wheelers. These groups of road users do not have the protective “shell” around them and are more at risk than those in vehicles. Read More >>
WHO study reveals that nearly one half of all deaths on the roads are people not in cars
Pedestrians, cyclists and Motorcyclists paying the toll The Global status report on road safety, was released in New York on Monday 15 June. This first global assessment of road safety finds that almost half of the estimated 1.27 million people who die in road traffic crashes each year are pedestrians, motorcyclists and cyclists. While progress has been made towards protecting people in cars, the needs of these vulnerable groups of road users are not being met. Read More >>
CSE releases its new findings on how walkable are our cities
New Delhi June 12, 2009: Centre for Science and Environment has released its latest findings on how walkable are our cities in a roundtable organised in the capital today. Read More >>
UNEP speaks on non-motorized transport and road infrastructure at the 2nd Roads and Environment Conference, Geneva, November 2008
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UNEP addresses gathering of development banks and aid donors on Road Financing and Design for Zero Carbon Mobility: a combined global agenda linking safety and environment, London, July 2008. Read More >> [Presentation]
Launch of the Global Alliance for Eco Mobility at Bali Climate Change Conference, December 2007 Read More >>
UNEP delivers message on 10% for sustainable mobility in African cities at launch of Make Roads Safe Africa, Cape Town, May 2007 Read More >> [Presentation]
UNEP supports ‘10% rule’ for road safety, January 2007 Read More >>
