Streets for life: Saving lives on the road through safe speeds
- May 19, 2021 - 9:00 am to 10:30 am
- Online
High-level Panel | Streets for life: Saving lives on the road through safe speeds
On May 19, GRSF hosted the high-level panel “Streets for Life: Saving Lives on the Road through Safe Speeds.” The conversation shined new light on the amazing potential of global speed management initiatives to save lives on the road.
- Overview
In a bid to help address the collective impact of speed as a contributor to crash risks, the World Bank’s Global Road Safety Facility (GRSF) celebrated the 6th UN Global Road Safety Week (UNGRSW) by hosting two high-level events and a global social media campaign.
With this year’s theme “Streets for life: #Love30,” GRSF promoted key knowledge products and its Speed Management Hub that advocates and calls for action on low speed streets worldwide, limiting speeds to 30 kph (20 mph) where people walk, live and play.
On May 19, GRSF hosted the high-level panel “Streets for Life: Saving Lives on the Road through Safe Speeds.” With an engaged audience of 5,700+ people across various platforms, the conversation shined new light on the amazing potential of global speed management initiatives to save lives on the road.
This event marked an important milestone in the roadmap towards establishing the Second Decade of Action in Road Safety. The interactive event provided information and technical sessions on evidence-based road safety knowledge to help manage speeds through infrastructure interventions, effective enforcement, targeted awareness measures, and vehicle technology.
All the information, including recordings, presentations and knowledge products is available at: roadsafetyfacility.org/streets-for-life.
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Opening Remarks
Pablo Fajnzylber, Acting Vice President and Director of Strategy and Operations, Infrastructure, World Bank
Technical Presentation
Presenters: Radoslaw Czapski, Senior Transport Specialist & Program Manager, World Bank GRSF; and Alina F. Burlacu, Senior Transport Specialist and Program Manager, World Bank GRSF
High Level Panel
Hartwig Schafer, Vice President, South Asia Region, World Bank
Jean Todt, UN Special Envoy for Road Safety, FIA president
Mamta Murthi, Vice President, Human Development, World Bank
Etienne Krug, Director, Department of the Social Determinants of Health, WHO
Susanna Zammataro, Director General, International Road Federation
Moderator: Binyam Reja, Practice Manager and Acting Global Transport Director, World Bank
