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    Forests
    Insights
    November 29, 2022

    How Forests Near and Far Benefit People in Cities

    • Water
    • Cities
    • Water Quality
    • Water Security
    • health
    • Climate
    • biodiversity
    urban forest
    • Water
    • Cities
    • Water Quality
    • Water Security
    • health
    • Climate
    • biodiversity
    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
    Asia Latin America
    News
    December 18, 2019

    RELEASE: Safe, Affordable Sanitation a Pipe Dream for Too Many Households in Global South

    • Towards a More Equal City
    • sanitation
    • waste
    • Cities
    • health
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • sanitation
    • waste
    • Cities
    • health
    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
    June 5, 2019

    5 Under-recognized Impacts of Air Pollution

    • Climate
    • Cities
    • Air Quality
    • Sustainable Development Goal 3
    • health
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Visible air pollution in Delhi, India
    • Climate
    • Cities
    • Air Quality
    • Sustainable Development Goal 3
    • health
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    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
    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
    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
    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
    July 23, 2015

    How to Make Cities Safer by Design

    • public transit
    • road safety
    • health
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    • public transit
    • road safety
    • health
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    May 8, 2015

    Designing Safer Cities for Children

    • road safety
    • health
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Children in Seoul, South Korea. Photo by Brian Negin/Flickr
    • road safety
    • health
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    Latin America
    Insights
    February 3, 2015

    Transport Plays a Key Role in Urban Air Quality

    • public transit
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • road safety
    • health
    • transportation
    Transport plays a growing role in both the global climate and public health in cities like Londrina, Brazil. Photo by Mariana Gil/EMBARQ Brasil.
    • public transit
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • road safety
    • health
    • transportation
    Cities
    Insights
    June 26, 2014

    People-Oriented Cities: Designing Walkable, Bikeable Neighborhoods

    • biking
    • Cities
    • road safety
    • health
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Mexico City has created urban streetscapes around its Metrobús bus rapid transit (BRT) system that support safe bicycling and walking, connecting urban residents to mass transport. Photo by Alejandro Luna/Flickr.
    • biking
    • Cities
    • road safety
    • health
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    Latin America North America
    Insights
    June 3, 2014

    Demystifying Transit-Oriented Development

    • Climate
    • Cities
    • Air Quality
    • Energy Access
    • GHG emissions
    • health
    • road safety
    • transportation
    • Urban Development
    Transit-oriented development strategies can help urban areas develop sustainably, uniting land use, transport planning, and urban design to create more people-oriented cities. Pictured: Small businesses and pedestrians at a hub near Mexico City’s Metrobús bus rapid transit (BRT) system. Photo credit: Justin Swan/Flickr
    • Climate
    • Cities
    • Air Quality
    • Energy Access
    • GHG emissions
    • health
    • road safety
    • transportation
    • Urban Development
    Cities
    News
    November 27, 2013

    MEDIA ADVISORY: New Report and Panel Discussion on Saving Lives and Improving Traffic Safety with Sustainable Transport

    • transportation
    • road safety
    • health
    • Urban Development
    • Health & Road Safety
    • transportation
    • road safety
    • health
    • Urban Development
    • Health & Road Safety

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