The state of electric school bus adoption in the US
Electric school bus adoption continues to expand in the United States. As of December 2022, there are 1,398 electric school buses that are either on order, delivered or operating. In total, there are now 5,612...Read more
Cycling Games promotes Danish ‘learning by playing’ philosophy for cycling in schools
Promoting cycling in and around schools is the aim of an innovative new project, The Cycling Games, which is bringing together urban mobility experts from across the globe.Read more
Mobility school teaches youngsters the rules of the road
European Mobility Week may have just ended but it is leaving behind a legacy of tangible results that show society how it can work towards truly child-friendly cities.Read more
Dutch allow electric child cart to return to the road
In The Netherlands, the ‘Stint’, an electric transport vehicle that is used to transport children will return after a ban. The ban was put in place last year after four children were killed when a...Read more
Birmingham city to pilot car free school streets
In September the Birmingham City Council will ban vehicles from roads that surround six schools. The roads will be closed for about an hour at the start and end of each school day. The goal...Read more
How Bogotá is harnessing leadership to redefine road safety and save lives
From May 6-12 2019, the United Nations celebrated the fifth iteration of its Global Road Safety Week with the theme of leadership. The topic highlights the role that elected leaders have in enforcing and implementing...Read more
A design competition that’s putting a new spin on parking
Spin and Better Block Foundation are calling on designers, urbanists and anyone who cares about safe and livable streets, to submit ideas for a new generation of multimodal parklets. Winning projects will be rolled out...Read more
Road safety is an essential component in sustainable urban mobility
In European cities, pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists make up 70% of road deaths. This is according to the European Transport Safety Council, who are authors of a new report. The report also states tackling urban...Read more
CitC Antwerp: Reflections on Sustainable Mobility
During the Child in the City International seminar in Antwerp, Sven De Visscher was the moderator of the Parallel Session on Sustainable Mobility. In this article, he provides a summary of the presentations and ideas...Read more
Is your city serious about road safety? Look for these 3 things
Thirty-six people died in traffic crashes in Washington, D.C., last year, a 20% increase from 2017. Eight people, six of whom were walking or biking, have already been killed this year, prompting a major public rally...Read more
One woman saves kids’ lives by redesigning the roads they walk
Some schools in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, see more than a dozen of their students injured or killed in road crashes every year. Haphazard development in the nation’s capital paired with a growing number of...Read more
In Tanzania’s capital, safer children mean better neighbourhoods
Chaos often reigns on the streets of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s capital. Minivans, cars and motorcycles careen along half-finished roads without markings, sidewalks or traffic lights. Pedestrians walk single-file within reach of speeding vehicles. Groups...Read more
The urban development expert in you and me
Jens Aerts will give his keynote presentation at the Child in the City International Seminar in Antwerp next month. His keynote is titled ‘Shaping a sustainable urban future for and by children’. In this interview,...Read more
Lessons from Flanders: school traffic safety in four steps
The Belgian municipality of Hoogstraten is making primary school routes safer. The municipality won the Flemish Road Safety Award 2019 last month and they are in the process of redesigning the area around eight schools....Read more