Cities need to urgently accelerate their efforts on road safety. Priority is still focused on car-oriented transport policies that facilitate highway development, high speeds and urban sprawl.
This is exacerbated by the need for more data on road safety, poor enforcement mechanisms, limited resource allocation from the national to the local level, lack of relevant city policies and action plans, as well as outdated urban and transport planning regulations. While the emphasis of interventions often focuses on the national level, cities have a critical role in complementing these actions by reinforcing national policies and implementing projects on the ground.
UN-Habitat is seeking the interest of multi-stakeholder partnerships (cities, NGOs, innovators) in Africa and Eastern Mediterranean cities to fund three pilot initiatives with a clear impact on road safety on the ground and a high potential for replication.
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