Dutch-style cycle safety for other European nations – Mike Woof writes A recent event held in London during October was aimed at improving safety for vulnerable road users. Called Love London go Dutch, the event was intended to highlight some of the experience from Holland in reducing risk rates for vulnerable road users such as cyclists. Similar events were held in other UK cities, while other major European cities such as Paris that are seeing an increase in cycling also have a lot to learn from Dutch exp
A new campaign is getting underway in Kenya that aims to boost road safety and cut crashes. This simple campaign employs a straightforward approach, using stickers to encourage passengers to speak up and tell taxi drivers to slow down. Called Zusha!, the Swahili word for protest, the campaign uses stickers placed on vehicles, encouraging taxi passengers to tell drivers to drive more carefully. Kenya’s 14 seat passenger vehicles are known as matutus and the drivers are notorious for speeding and reckless dri
A new campaign is getting underway in Kenya that aims to boost road safety and cut crashes. This simple campaign employs a straightforward approach, using stickers to encourage passengers to speak up and tell taxi drivers to slow down. Called Zusha!, the Swahili word for protest, the campaign uses stickers placed on vehicles, encouraging taxi passengers to tell drivers to drive more carefully. Kenya’s 14 seat passenger vehicles are known as matutus and the drivers are notorious for speeding and reckless dri
Rohit Baluja is a man with a mission, and that is to help reduce the grim accident toll on India's roads, the worst in the world. Baluja, a shoemaker by trade, has been studying for a PhD in civil engineering, and this has involved regular trips to Birmingham, UK, to complete his doctorate.
All this seems far removed from 18 years ago when in December 1991, using much of his own money, he founded the Institute of Road Traffic Education (IRTE), the only organisation in India that conducts accident investiga
