Resources for Transport Professionals
Road Safety: A Global Crisis
Road traffic fatalities and injuries impose high costs on society, especially on the poor and the working-age population. In addition to the loss of life and toll on human health, they result in lost productivity, property damage, legal and judicial costs, out-of-pocket expenses, and public healthcare expenditures. Road crashes cost low and middle-income economies the equivalent of 2-6% of their GDP each year.
Without urgent action, road traffic crashes will keep rising as the demand for mobility in low and middle-income countries grows.
Information from the Global Road Safety Facility.
www.globalroadsafetyfacility.org
Global Street Design Guide
The Global Street Design Guide is supporting practitioners to redefine the role of streets in cities around the world. Created with the input of experts from 72 cities in 42 countries, the Guide offers technical details to inform street design that prioritizes pedestrians, cyclists, and transit riders. Here are a few guides:
Global Street Design Guide
Designing Streets for Kids Guide
How to Implement and Evaluate Street Transformations
Click here for https://globaldesigningcities.org
The Opportunity of Reforming Parking: A Taming Traffic Deep Dive Report
“If you plan cities for cars and traffic, you get cars and traffic. If you plan for people and places, you get people and places.” — Fred Kent, urbanist
Parking reform is on the rise in cities around the world, as many look to repeal parking minimums and better manage and price their on-street parking. On and off-street parking, however, are often not managed by the same city staff members, let alone by the same agency. In order to ensure that parking supply and demand are appropriately balanced, cities must understand parking as a holistic ecosystem, with on- and off-street parking ultimately affecting one another.
In The Opportunity of Reforming Parking report, authors underscore this comprehensive approach to parking through five case studies that represent the shift to managing on and off-street parking together: Zurich, Switzerland; San Francisco, USA; Mexico City, Mexico; Montreal, Canada; and Kigali, Rwanda.
Click to download the International Transportation & Development Policy. The Opportunity of Reforming Parking: A Taming Traffic Deep Dive Report
