Mexico City’s efforts to improve the design and management of routes to and from school for children have been recognised at the inaugural Partnership for Healthy Cities Summit.Read more
The safety of children and all vulnerable road users goes under the spotlight this week at the annual gathering of The Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety.Read more
Organisers of the prestigious European Union-backed annual mobility awards have recognised the efforts by three cities to improve their mobility infrastructure – and in doing so making streets safer for children.Read more
Five more areas of London are to introduce a 20 miles per hour speed limit, following what city leaders call a ‘dramatic fall’ in road traffic collisions in boroughs already with a lower limit.Read more
Strength in numbers appears to be the key to an increasingly popular programme which sees youngsters in Portuguese cities cycling to school in organised groups.Read more
The US Government has announced a mammoth cash award of over $800 million USD for making the country’s streets safer, including dedicated ‘Safe Routes to School’.Read more
More than 20 million students in the United States ride school buses every year. This equals approximately seven billion trips per year, making school buses one of the most widely used forms of public transport in the United...Read more
|Comment|author: WRI Center for Sustainable Cities
Physical inactivity is the fourth leading cause of death worldwide. It’s also associated with chronic illness and disability. Recent research estimates that the world could see close to half a billion new cases of major...Read more
|Comment|author: The Conversation Global Perspectives
The introduction of a new ‘default’ UK national speed limit of 20 miles-per-hour (mph) – and with it a safer environment for children – could become a reality, according to a draft government report.
An early...Read more
Children’s safety in cities could be vastly improved if Sustrans, an influential charity that champions non-vehicle mobility, is successful in persuading the UK government to introduce more ‘walkable neighbourhoods’.Read more
‘Chaotic and anarchic parking’ around schools in Lisbon could soon be outlawed, if it becomes the next high-profile European city to bring in a ‘safe streets’ area.Read more
A drastic cut to the speed limit in urban communities across Wales has the potential to save many lives and prevent children and other vulnerable road users being seriously injured.Read more