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    Cities Commentary health nature-based solutions road safety Insights
    Cities
    Insights
    February 15, 2023

    5 Priorities for Urban Climate Action in 2023 and Beyond

    • transportation
    • electric mobility
    • Freshwater
    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • nature-based solutions
    • poverty
    • human rights
    A new electric bus in New Delhi, India
    • transportation
    • electric mobility
    • Freshwater
    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • nature-based solutions
    • poverty
    • human rights
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    December 17, 2021

    5 Ways China’s Cities Can Drive Equitable and Sustainable Urbanization

    • Urban Development
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • nature-based solutions
    • development
    • low carbon development
    A close-up of shrubbery with skyscrapers in the distant background.
    • Urban Development
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • nature-based solutions
    • development
    • low carbon development
    Cities
    Insights
    March 20, 2020

    COVID-19 Could Affect Cities for Years. Here Are 4 Ways They’re Coping Now.

    • coronavirus
    • Cities
    • health
    • transportation
    New York city transit
    • coronavirus
    • Cities
    • health
    • transportation
    Cities
    Africa Latin America
    Insights
    January 30, 2020

    PODCAST: A Mother for Road Safety with Zoleka Mandela

    • podcasts
    • Urban Mobility
    • Cities
    • road safety
    • Health & Road Safety
    Zoleka Mandela speaking out at Global Road Safety Week. Photo by makeroadssafe/Flickr
    • podcasts
    • Urban Mobility
    • Cities
    • road safety
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    November 20, 2019

    To Clean Delhi’s Air, Reform Its Transport System

    • Cities
    • Air Quality
    • health
    • transportation
    New Delhi's air quality, already poor, tends to plummet as Diwali ends and winter begins. Photo by Sumita Roy Dutta/Wikimedia Commons.
    • Cities
    • Air Quality
    • health
    • transportation
    Insights
    August 6, 2019

    India Has the Worst Road Safety Record in the World. A New Law Aims to Change That

    • Cities
    • Sustainable Development Goal 11
    • health
    • road safety
    • Health & Road Safety
    busy street from Charminar
    • Cities
    • Sustainable Development Goal 11
    • health
    • road safety
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    Insights
    May 6, 2019

    Is Your City Really Serious About Road Safety? Look for These 3 Things

    • health
    • road safety
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Washington, DC
    • health
    • road safety
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Insights
    May 3, 2019

    Scooter Use Skyrocketing in Cities, But Are They Safe? A Look at the Evidence

    • biking
    • Urban Mobility
    • Cities
    • road safety
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    A man rides a scooter in Austin, Texas.
    • biking
    • Urban Mobility
    • Cities
    • road safety
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    Africa
    Insights
    April 17, 2019

    Q&A: One Woman Aims to Save Kids’ Lives by Redesigning the Roads They Walk

    • Urban Transformations
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • road safety
    • poverty
    • health
    • Health & Road Safety
    Ayikai Charlotte Poswayo
    • Urban Transformations
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • road safety
    • poverty
    • health
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    Africa
    Insights
    April 3, 2019

    Urban Transformations: In Tanzania’s Capital, Safer Children Mean Better Neighborhoods

    • Urban Transformations
    • road safety
    • human rights
    • poverty
    • health
    • Urban Development
    • Health & Road Safety
    Children in Dar es Salaam
    • Urban Transformations
    • road safety
    • human rights
    • poverty
    • health
    • Urban Development
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    Insights
    October 3, 2018

    6 Road Design Changes That Can Save Lives

    • Cities
    • road safety
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    A roundabout in Frise, Netherlands.
    • Cities
    • road safety
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    Latin America
    Insights
    April 5, 2018

    “Life Is Sacred”: The Surprising Link Between Reducing Homicide and Traffic Fatalities in Bogotá

    • road safety
    • Health & Road Safety
    Traffic in Bogotá
    • road safety
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    Insights
    January 11, 2018

    We Know How to Save Millions from Dying on the World’s Roads

    • health
    • road safety
    • Urban Development
    • Health & Road Safety
    Mexico City
    • health
    • road safety
    • Urban Development
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    Insights
    May 12, 2017

    4 Steps to Promote Safer Speeds that Save Lives

    • health
    • road safety
    • Health & Road Safety
    Speed limit sign and pedestrian crossing in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • health
    • road safety
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    Insights
    May 9, 2017

    The Need for (Safe) Speed: 4 Surprising Ways Slower Driving Creates Better Cities

    • Cities
    • health
    • road safety
    • Health & Road Safety
    Bangkok traffic
    • Cities
    • health
    • road safety
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    Insights
    December 7, 2016

    Bigger Isn’t Always Better: Narrow Traffic Lanes Make Cities Safer

    • Cities
    • road safety
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Traffic in Tokyo Reveals Narrow, Safe Traffic Lanes
    • Cities
    • road safety
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    Latin America
    Insights
    September 22, 2016

    In Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Breaking Car Addictions Starts in the Workplace

    • Urban Mobility
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • road safety
    • transportation
    CAMG in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
    • Urban Mobility
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • road safety
    • transportation
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    March 16, 2016

    DC’s Metro Closure Shows Why Creating Trust in Public Transit Matters

    • public transit
    • health
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • health
    • transportation
    Cities
    Insights
    February 19, 2016

    4 Keys to Unlock Innovative Urban Services for All

    • Urban Mobility
    • public transit
    • road safety
    • transportation
    Two people crossing with luggage in front of tramway, Historic Peninsula, Istanbul, Turkey
    • Urban Mobility
    • public transit
    • road safety
    • transportation
    Asia
    Insights
    January 14, 2016

    How Mobile Apps Are Improving India’s Rickshaws

    • Cities
    • Air Quality
    • road safety
    • transportation
    • Urban Development
    • Health & Road Safety
    Auto ricks outside office
    • Cities
    • Air Quality
    • road safety
    • transportation
    • Urban Development
    • Health & Road Safety

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