accelerating the shift in urban areas

Accelerating the Shiftin Urban Areas

Workshop on Green Urban TransportGeneva, September 2021

Pedro Homem de GouveiaCoordinator, Safety & SecurityCoordinator, Governance & Integration

Cities & Regions

Transport Authorities

Research Institutes

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Associated members

Full members

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Reduce Emissionssubstantively & fast

Prepare for inevitable impacts

+ Social & Politically viable change

Reduce Emissionssubstantively & fast

Prepare for inevitable impacts

+ Social & Politically viable change

Urban Areas

Reduce Emissionssubstantively & fast

Prepare for inevitable impacts

+ Social & Politically viable change

Public TransportWalkingCycling

Safety &Governance

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Peter Salk gets a polio shot from his father Jonas, as his mother looks on (1953)

“We recognisethe following Principles as necessary for sound and effective actionfor Traffic Safety...”

Before

18,00 m

45 sec gr

After

5,50 m

14 sec gr

Pedestrian Crashes, Before & After

[average 2017-18 vs. average 2014-16](AI + 5 meters)

Source: Bruxelles CR, 2020

Photo: Aurélie Audureau/MAXPPP

Photo: Mairie de Paris, 2021

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Photo: Marian Carrasquero/The New York Times.

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Photo: SBB, 2020.

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Photo: Daniel Szigeti, 2020

...thank you ☺

Pedro Homem de Gouveia

Coordinator, Safety & Security

pgouveia@polisnetwork.eu