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December 13, 2023

Road Safety Report Shows Progress, Still Calls For Urgent Action

The WHO Global Status on Road Safety Report 2023 shows inroads into reducing road traffic deaths, but also highlights key challenges. Learn how GDCI's work supports cities to reduce vehicle speeds and save lives.

Road Safety Report Shows Progress, Still Calls For Urgent Action
Connect with the GDCI team at NACTO’s Designing Cities 2022

September 1, 2022

Connect with the GDCI team at NACTO’s Designing Cities 2022

NACTO’s 2022 Designing Cities conference will come together in Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville, Massachusetts, next week and the Global Designing Cities Initiative team is excited to be presenting three sessions throughout the event.

Piazze Aperte: Come Milano ha restituito le sue piazze ai suoi abitanti

May 24, 2022

Piazze Aperte: Come Milano ha restituito le sue piazze ai suoi abitanti

A maggio 2022,  il Comune di Milano ha implementato 38 interventi di urbanistica tattica e continua a progettarne di nuovi, con un residente milanese su due a 15 minuti (800 metri) da una delle Piazze tattiche.

Piazze Aperte: How Milan Gave its Piazze Back to the People

May 24, 2022

Piazze Aperte: How Milan Gave its Piazze Back to the People

As of May 2022, the Municipality of Milan has now implemented almost 40 tactical interventions and continues to plan new ones—with one in two Milanese residents now living within 15 minutes (800 meters) of the Piazze.

New GDCI Handbooks Available for Download

May 17, 2022

New GDCI Handbooks Available for Download

GDCI releases two new handbooks: "How to Implement Street Transformations" and "How to Evaluate Street Transformations."

2021 in Review: Highlights from GDCI

January 24, 2022

2021 in Review: Highlights from GDCI

As featured in NACTO's newly-released annual report, here are some of our proudest activities and milestones from 2021

Ethiopia Endorses Global Street Design Guide

August 12, 2021

Ethiopia Endorses Global Street Design Guide

On July 28, 2021, the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia became the first African nation to endorse the Global Street Design Guide—a globally-accessible publication that allows urban planners, designers, and transportation practitioners in cities around the world to immediately implement tested and life-saving street designs.