📅  WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 2021 |  9:00 – 10:30 AM (EST) 

Following this year’s theme of the UNRSW “Streets for life: #Love30”, this high-level panel will be focused on communications strategies for speed management initiatives in low-and middle-income countries, promoting key knowledge products and a new Speed Management Hub that advocates and calls for action on low-speed streets worldwide, limiting speeds to 30 km/h (20 mph) where people walk, live and play.

For GRSF, this activity will mark an important milestone in the roadmap towards establishing the Second Decade of Action in Road Safety 2030. This interactive event will provide information and technical sessions on evidence-based road safety knowledge to help manage speeds through infrastructure interventions, effective enforcement, targeted awareness measures, and vehicle technology.

📅  THURSDAY, MAY 20, 2021 | 9:00 – 10:30 AM (EST) 

Together with the World Resources Institute (WRI), this event will mark the official launch of a new Low Speed Zone Guide, which helps empower communities and decision-makers to plan, design and implement effective interventions. A pre-launch of an upcoming Global Speed Management Guide for policy makers is also planned.

As the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly altered urban landscapes around the world, cities are facing new challenges and there is increased urgency for improved road safety. Many cities are now tasked with protecting more vulnerable users in addition to creating safe public spaces that will enable economic recovery and allow residents to enjoy the outdoors. At the same time, walking and cycling are among the most sustainable ways to get around cities – but not if they are extremely dangerous. Low-speed zones are therefore not only key to improving safety by reducing fatalities and injuries, but also reap a variety of other benefits, ranging from better air quality, to economic recovery to long-term sustainability.