- Commitments to sustainable, safe, and affordable transportation for development should be prioritized.
- Partnerships and knowledge sharing will be key to fostering the best results in ECA. This includes collaboration between local and state governments and international agencies.
- That concludes the paper, which is okay in parts but mostly feels like beating a dead horse. Maybe it’s just because it’s Thursday that I feel this way.
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Showing posts with label road safety. Show all posts
Showing posts with label road safety. Show all posts
Thursday, December 03, 2009
Confronting “Death on Wheels” // Chapter 8 : The Task Ahead: Operationalizing an Effective Response in ECA
Confronting “Death on Wheels” // Chapter 7: Priorities for Intersectoral Work on Road Safety in ECA
- This chapter addresses the question of how to implement the 2004 World Bank Report on road safety. Mostly recommends a lead agency, international cooperation, more human and physical resources, and more money. There are some more details for how this can happen according to the recommendation.
- Increased seatbelt use and increased awareness of young drivers and pedestrians can help decrease a significant amount of fatal accidents.
- Demonstration projects should be designed in order to help support these types of projects and to provide benchmarks.
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- Increased seatbelt use and increased awareness of young drivers and pedestrians can help decrease a significant amount of fatal accidents.
- Demonstration projects should be designed in order to help support these types of projects and to provide benchmarks.
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Confronting “Death on Wheels” // Chapter 6: World Bank Support for Road Safety Improvements in ECA and in Other Regions
- There are a decent amount of transportation and infrastructure projects that are being funded by the World Bank in the ECA. These are mostly geared toward road safety solutions such as repaving and extensions.
- Transparency of the grantee government comes into question frequently with these funds. More oversight is needed and more regulation.
Better data collection is needed; this can be done with betting monitoring and oversight, but requires financial resources and coordination of state and local agencies within the nation.
- A culture of road and pedestrian safety should be fostered in the nations. Target drunk driving, build safer roads, and support safe use of transportation infrastructure.
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- Transparency of the grantee government comes into question frequently with these funds. More oversight is needed and more regulation.
Better data collection is needed; this can be done with betting monitoring and oversight, but requires financial resources and coordination of state and local agencies within the nation.
- A culture of road and pedestrian safety should be fostered in the nations. Target drunk driving, build safer roads, and support safe use of transportation infrastructure.
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Confronting “Death on Wheels” // Chapter 5: Road Safety Approaches and Policies
- More investment and policy should be put towards road safety and prevention of accidents. Being able to build safe roads and promote legislation that allows for laws and enforcement are some of the best ways to increase safety.
- This chapter talks about the different organizations and groups that deal with this issue, and about institutional arrangements at the country level.
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- This chapter talks about the different organizations and groups that deal with this issue, and about institutional arrangements at the country level.
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Confronting “Death on Wheels” // Chapter 4: The Role of Health Systems in Preventing RTIs and Helping Victims
- A good health system can help reduce fatal accidents.
- The data available on road accidents is incomplete and under reported.
** I don’t really know why they included this chapter. Obviously the intent of a solid primary care system is to reduce fatalities and disabilities. There’s some recommendations, but this is really a health care policy discussion which is intertwined with roads, but can be separate and apart.
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- The data available on road accidents is incomplete and under reported.
** I don’t really know why they included this chapter. Obviously the intent of a solid primary care system is to reduce fatalities and disabilities. There’s some recommendations, but this is really a health care policy discussion which is intertwined with roads, but can be separate and apart.
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Confronting “Death on Wheels” // Chapter 3: Interventions and Results: What is the Evidence?
- Good road/intersection design, signage and safety features such as passing lanes are used frequently in high income nations and should be used more in developing countries.
- Seatbelts and other vehicle design requirements are a good way to reduce fatal injuries (average 11% according to the report).
- Education and legislation are only effective if enforced correctly and
consistently. Drunk driving is also apparently a huge issue. A few pages in the chapter read like they’re written by MADD. Side note, they are the reason that the legal drinking age in the US is 21. In order for states to get their federal highway funding, MADD lobbied that they had to increase the age to 21. Great reason for a law, right? More Information.
- Russia has been trying to deal with the issue of road safety however their infrastructure is decaying and is a large obstacle to road safety improvement.
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- Seatbelts and other vehicle design requirements are a good way to reduce fatal injuries (average 11% according to the report).
- Education and legislation are only effective if enforced correctly and
consistently. Drunk driving is also apparently a huge issue. A few pages in the chapter read like they’re written by MADD. Side note, they are the reason that the legal drinking age in the US is 21. In order for states to get their federal highway funding, MADD lobbied that they had to increase the age to 21. Great reason for a law, right? More Information.
- Russia has been trying to deal with the issue of road safety however their infrastructure is decaying and is a large obstacle to road safety improvement.
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Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Confronting “Death on Wheels”: Making Roads Safe in Europe and Central Asia // Chapter 2: The Epidemic of Road Traffic Injuries
- RTI’s are growing, however this growth is in line with the spread of other diseases in developing nations. Passengers, pedestrians, and cyclists are the most in danger. This sounds more like a growing metropolitan issue.
- The World Bank and WHO predict that there will be an increase in RTI’s over the next twenty years.
- A considerable amount of these deaths are due to poor road condition and other infrastructure issues. In the CIS there are about three times as many RTI’s than the EU.
- Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation lead the RTI death rates in Who-Euro member nations in 2007 statistics. In later data, most of these deaths look like pedestrian and four-wheeled vehicles. Also, children and young adults die more frequently.
The report goes into some economic calculations on these deaths and tries to factor in other cost factors.
** Honestly I’m not finding this report that shocking. Children and young adults die more because they are not as hardy physically and some young adults may be behind the wheel themselves. Maybe I’m biased because I’ve lived in both types of US cities, one being very car oriented (Los Angeles, CA) and one being very pedestrian/light rail oriented (Portland, OR). I’ve almost been hit by cars walking and driving countless times due to various issues some infrastructure, some driver training, some my fault. I’ll contain the rest of my opinion until I finish the whole report.
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- The World Bank and WHO predict that there will be an increase in RTI’s over the next twenty years.
- A considerable amount of these deaths are due to poor road condition and other infrastructure issues. In the CIS there are about three times as many RTI’s than the EU.
- Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation lead the RTI death rates in Who-Euro member nations in 2007 statistics. In later data, most of these deaths look like pedestrian and four-wheeled vehicles. Also, children and young adults die more frequently.
The report goes into some economic calculations on these deaths and tries to factor in other cost factors.
** Honestly I’m not finding this report that shocking. Children and young adults die more because they are not as hardy physically and some young adults may be behind the wheel themselves. Maybe I’m biased because I’ve lived in both types of US cities, one being very car oriented (Los Angeles, CA) and one being very pedestrian/light rail oriented (Portland, OR). I’ve almost been hit by cars walking and driving countless times due to various issues some infrastructure, some driver training, some my fault. I’ll contain the rest of my opinion until I finish the whole report.
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Monday, November 30, 2009
Confronting “Death on Wheels”: Making Roads Safe in Europe and Central Asia
This World Bank report is focused on how to improve road safety in the CIS and other developing regions. It is essentially a reminder for a 2004 report by a similar title that came to the conclusion that more funding was needed to improve infrastructure and vehicle and operator regulations. The following posts on this will be the usual chapter breakdowns that have been done for prior reports:
Chapter 1: Introduction
- Transportation sector is highly impacted by spending and decisions of most of the other sectors, especially in terms of planning and zoning.
- Road and noise pollution are serious environmental impacts and contribute to the high external cost of car transportation.
- Road Traffic Injuries (RTI)’s are defined in the report as any death occurring due to a traffic incident within 30 days. There is an increasing risk for RTI’s in developing nations due to a lack of regulation and continual funding infrastructure capacity/maintenance.
- Road safety should be an integral piece in transportation policy, which also includes pedestrian alternatives to car transportation.
- “The Commission for Global Road Safety (200) also notes that while the primary rationale for investing more than US$4 billion each year in road infrastructure is to improve road transport efficiency to spur economic growth, the risk and magnitude of increased societal costs associated with rising RTIs is often overlooked”
- This report was primarily written for an internal audience and to raise awareness of how other sectors can influence transportation.
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Chapter 1: Introduction
- Transportation sector is highly impacted by spending and decisions of most of the other sectors, especially in terms of planning and zoning.
- Road and noise pollution are serious environmental impacts and contribute to the high external cost of car transportation.
- Road Traffic Injuries (RTI)’s are defined in the report as any death occurring due to a traffic incident within 30 days. There is an increasing risk for RTI’s in developing nations due to a lack of regulation and continual funding infrastructure capacity/maintenance.
- Road safety should be an integral piece in transportation policy, which also includes pedestrian alternatives to car transportation.
- “The Commission for Global Road Safety (200) also notes that while the primary rationale for investing more than US$4 billion each year in road infrastructure is to improve road transport efficiency to spur economic growth, the risk and magnitude of increased societal costs associated with rising RTIs is often overlooked”
- This report was primarily written for an internal audience and to raise awareness of how other sectors can influence transportation.
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Sunday, November 15, 2009
News: World Bank and Road Safety
Straight from the report:
WASHINGTON, November 11, 2009 – Seven Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) today issued a joint statement outlining a broad package of measures that each would implement in order to reduce an anticipated and alarming rise in the number of road fatalities and casualties in developing countries.
The participating MDBs are the African Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Investment Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, Islamic Development Bank, and the World Bank.
The MDBs said the joint initiatives are important steps in a growing program of work they will undertake as international development partners.
The measures to be carried out fall into four broad categories:
· Strengthening road safety management capacity;
· Implementing safety approaches in the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of road infrastructure projects;
· Improving safety performance measures; and
· Mobilizing more and new resources for road safety.
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WASHINGTON, November 11, 2009 – Seven Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) today issued a joint statement outlining a broad package of measures that each would implement in order to reduce an anticipated and alarming rise in the number of road fatalities and casualties in developing countries.
The participating MDBs are the African Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Investment Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, Islamic Development Bank, and the World Bank.
The MDBs said the joint initiatives are important steps in a growing program of work they will undertake as international development partners.
The measures to be carried out fall into four broad categories:
· Strengthening road safety management capacity;
· Implementing safety approaches in the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of road infrastructure projects;
· Improving safety performance measures; and
· Mobilizing more and new resources for road safety.
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