Saving Lives with Infrastructure: World Bank-GRSF Regional Course in Latin America

During the month of April, World Bank-GRSF organized the “Saving Lives with Infrastructure” course for leaders in the region involved in planning, financing and delivery of road infrastructure. The primary objective of the course, delivered in partnership with Delft Road Safety Courses, was to provide tools for decision makers, managers and other officials involved in infrastructure to ensure road infrastructure is safe.

The main audience were participants from national road safety agencies and units, ministries of infrastructure, national and city public works and mobility departments in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Mexico and covered the following topics over three weeks:

• Causes of crashes, Safe System approach, International developments

• Principles of safe system road design, Safe design for vulnerable users, Traffic calming

• Roadsides, Design manuals, Work-zone safety

• Human factors, Common mistakes and low-cost solutions, Urban crossing / bypass

• Roads 2 + 1 (Costa Rican experience), Public transport and road safety, Speed management

• Assessments in roads life cycle, Road safety audits/ inspections and iRAP, Investment decisions