Webinar: How to Make and Use a Streets for Kids Reverse Periscope
A Streets for Kids Reverse Periscope is a simple DIY tool that can help adults experience streets from a child’s height. Watch this recorded webinar about how to create and use a Reverse Periscope in your community.
FIA Foundation – The Wheels of Change: Safe and Sustainable Motorcycles in Sub-Saharan Africa
This report aims to provide an overview of the key issues surrounding motorcycles in Africa to give context and facts – and to provide recommendations – to help all involved to make informed decisions that will maximise the benefits that motorcycles offer and to reduce the risks.
This research study presents comprehensive strategic recommendations on how to improve motorcycle safety in Africa. The study will serve as policy advice and technical assistance to the Bank’s regional member countries (RMCs). The study focuses on motorcycle safety conditions in Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Rwanda, and Uganda, where the use of motorcycles for daily activities is reputedly high.
Informal Streets: Improving Street Designs and Transport Access for Informal and Underserved Neighborhoods
Michael Krause, CEO of the Violence Prevention through Urban Upgrading (VPUU NPC), spoke about VPUU's work in South Africa to improve life quality and safety on the streets of Cape Town. We also heard from Colombian Architect Giovanna Spera about access to mobility in the street network in Medellin’s informal neighborhoods.
A report outlining road safety conditions in Addis Ababa, showing how road fatalities can be dramatically reduced through street design implementations.
