Safer walking and cycling crucial for road safety and better health

Traffic will visit the work at the intersection of Rijnstraat and Lekstraat. The intersection will be made safer and clearer. As a result, the intersection will be closed to traffic until May 23. We spoke to project leader Joost Ruiter about what the intersection will look like. “We are going to make the intersection safer. We will do this by paying more attention to pedestrians and cyclists and we will ensure that cars have to reduce their spee…

8th UN Global Road Safety Week - FleetPoint

The 8th UN Global Road Safety Week, which runs from the 12th to the 18th May 2025, offers an opportunity to spur action at national and local levels to make walking and cycling safe, by highlighting concrete and specific interventions that can be taken by different stakeholders – governments, international agencies, civil society, businesses and schools. These actions will help promote and facilitate a shift to walking and cycling, which are mor…

Global Push to Make Streets Safer for Walkers and Cyclists as Deaths Climb

🌍As the 8th United Nations Global Road Safety Week kicks off under the theme “Make walking and cycling safe,” the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for urgent action to improve safety for the world’s most vulnerable road users. The campaign aims to reduce the annual death toll on roads by making walking and cycling

Safer walking and cycling crucial for road safety and better health

As the 8th UN Global Road Safety Week kicks off around the world under the theme “Make walking and cycling safe,” the World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a new toolkit to help governments promote active mobility – by making it safer.Each year, nearly 1.2 million people lose their lives on the roads, more than a quarter of them while walking or cycling. Yet, only 0.2% of the roads worldwide are equipped with cycle lanes, and far too many…