Topic: #safecities

EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK recognises cities for child-friendly work

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

01-03-2023|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

UK government urged to introduce more ‘walkable neighbourhoods’

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

12-01-2023|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

‘Safe Streets’ could be introduced around Lisbon schools

‘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

14-12-2022|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

School zone transformations worldwide to increase safety of child pedestrians

Protecting child road users is the aim of an ambitious plan to introduce safer school zones in cities across the globe.Read more

04-05-2022|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

‘Why cities are letting down children’

It is often only when we read about the tragic death and legal case of Ella Roberta, the London schoolgirl that died of asthma due to air pollution, or the six-year-old in Madrid who died...Read more

02-12-2021|Comment|author: Mark Nieuwenhuijsen