Road traffic charity paves way to safer cities for African children
Dakar, SenegalThomson Reuters Foundation Tanzania’s main city Dar es Salaam did not have traffic signs, speed bumps or footpaths outside many schools, although children walking to class were being hit by cars on a regular basis. So SARSAI, a small non-profit program in Africa, got the government’s permission to install these features itself, reducing child […]
Tackle global road deaths like preventable diseases, says report
Thomson Reuters Foundation Governments should treat road deaths as a public health issue and improve public transport, road planning and urban design to slash the injuries and fatalities that plague poorer countries, said the authors of a report. Shifting responsibility for accidents from drivers to city planners and transport authorities was key to reducing the 1.3 […]