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Two new UN Vehicle Regulations will increase the protection of pedestrians and cyclists

Two new United Nations Vehicle Regulations will reduce the number and severity of collisions between vehicles moving off from a stationary position or in reverse manoeuvre at low speed, and pedestrians and cyclists. They build  on the provisions adopted in 2018 introducing Blind Spot Information Systems (BSIS).

Advancing gender mainstreaming in transport, health and environmental policies in the Pan-European Region

Despite decades of discussions on the challenges and intersections between gender and transport, progress has been slow in implementing a gender perspective in transport policies. This has been problematic, for example, in urban planning which fails to recognise the different travel patterns between different genders, having an adverse impact on the mobility of women. Progress has been even slower for policies integrating the health and environmental aspects despite several studies demonstrating how transport policies, if including a gender perspective, can also be beneficial for the enviro

Electronic TIR framework enters into force across globe in huge boost to trade facilitation

The new legal framework for the full digitalisation of the TIR system (the so-called eTIR) enters into force today, opening eTIR to 77 countries across five continents.

This landmark change will allow for completely paperless cross-border transit of goods, under the customs guarantee of the TIR system.

European countries adopt Vienna Declaration on clean, safe and healthy transport

Today, European countries adopted the Vienna Declaration to spur the transformation towards clean, safe, healthy and inclusive transport and mobility, with a strong focus on promoting cycling across the pan-European region.  

The Vienna Declaration was signed at the end of the Fifth High-level Meeting on Transport, Health and Environment. The virtual meeting, hosted by the Federal Government of Austria, brought together 46 ministers and state secretaries and representatives of 41 countries in the pan-European region.  

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UN Road Safety Fund

Established in April 2018, the United Nations Road Safety Fund (UNRSF) aims to help low- and middle-income countries put in place effective national road safety systems in order to (a) substantially curb the number of fatalities and injuries from road crashes, and (b) reduce economic losses resulting from these crashes... Read more >

 

29 April

Join LIVE our special #KAPTalks with Jean Todt, UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy on Road Safety for a lecture on "Safe and sustainable mobility: on the road to the SDGs". All information you may find here.

12 April 

Happy 3rd anniversary to the @UN_RSF? Learn about our accomplishments and our ambitions for saving lives on the road.

Watch our video!

14 January 2021

Do you want to join a dynamic community of donors, collaborate in innovative and ethical investing while increasing your visibility?

-˃ Please see your benefits of becoming a fund donor

18 December 2020

The third edition of the UNRSF Newsletter is out. Enjoy reading!

27 November 2020

We welcome and thank our new donor, the Kingdom of Bahrain, for its generous donation of USD 250.000 to support the UNRSF. We are stronger together as we enter a new decade of Action for Road Safety!

 

30 October 2020

Welcome to our new donor - Spanish TV Nuez Audiovisual Productions!

11 September 2020

Thank you Hungary for its second generous donation of USD 30.000 to support UNRSF activities in LMICs. We are stronger together as we enter the new Decade of Action for Road Safety

22 May 2020

Welcome to Essilor and the Republic of Mauritius, our two new donors!

21 May 2020

Interview with Ms. Lotte Brondum, Executive Director of the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety Secretariat

UN Road Safety Fund

Established in April 2018, the United Nations Road Safety Fund (UNRSF) aims to help low- and middle-income countries put in place effective national road safety systems in order to (a) substantially curb the number of fatalities and injuries from road crashes, and (b) reduce economic losses resulting from these crashes... Read more >

 

29 April

Join LIVE our special #KAPTalks with Jean Todt, UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy on Road Safety for a lecture on "Safe and sustainable mobility: on the road to the SDGs". All information you may find here.

12 April 

Happy 3rd anniversary to the @UN_RSF? Learn about our accomplishments and our ambitions for saving lives on the road.

Watch our video!

14 January 2021

Do you want to join a dynamic community of donors, collaborate in innovative and ethical investing while increasing your visibility?

-˃ Please see your benefits of becoming a fund donor

18 December 2020

The third edition of the UNRSF Newsletter is out. Enjoy reading!

27 November 2020

We welcome and thank our new donor, the Kingdom of Bahrain, for its generous donation of USD 250.000 to support the UNRSF. We are stronger together as we enter a new decade of Action for Road Safety!

 

30 October 2020

Welcome to our new donor - Spanish TV Nuez Audiovisual Productions!

11 September 2020

Thank you Hungary for its second generous donation of USD 30.000 to support UNRSF activities in LMICs. We are stronger together as we enter the new Decade of Action for Road Safety

22 May 2020

Welcome to Essilor and the Republic of Mauritius, our two new donors!

21 May 2020

Interview with Ms. Lotte Brondum, Executive Director of the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety Secretariat

Massive scaling up in funding will be needed to halve the number of victims on the road by 2030 LMauranne Mon, 17/05/2021 - 10:48

Mobility is a primary enabler of our economic and social life. However, despite its many benefits, the costs of mobility to societies around the world remain unacceptably high. These include greenhouse gas emissions (transport accounts for some 24% of global CO2 emissions, three quarters of which is from road vehicles), pollution, and the road crashes that alone claim 1.4 million lives annually, or some 3,800 fatalities every single day.  

High-Level Meeting on Transport, Health and Environment will push forward clean, safe, healthy and inclusive mobility in Pan-European Region LMauranne Thu, 06/05/2021 - 19:38

Decarbonizing transport and mobility remains a critical policy challenge, for which we must seize the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic as a unique opportunity to accelerate progress. Decarbonization is one example of an issue where transport, health, and environment all meet – an intersection which has been the focus of two decades of multilateral negotiation and cooperation under the Transport, Health and Environment Pan-European Programme (THE PEP).