CEO Mirjam Sidik discussed challenges and opportunities with road safety in Vietnam as part of a panel discussion and press conference attended by 25 members of the media. Sidik joined representatives representatives of the Underwriters Laboratories (UL), a global safety science company, and the College of Transportation Ho Chi Minh City. The press conference was
As part of our Safety Delivered program, 2,338 quality helmets were donated to students at Le Van Tam Primary School in Hanoi, where less than 5% of students were recorded wearing helmets during a pre-implementation survey. The primary school is located in the heart of the city center, which is notorious for its chaotic traffic flow. A teacher training workshop
Since November 2017, AIP Foundation and Grab Thailand joined forces to deliver road safety education to over 800 students, parents, and teachers at Wat Chong Nonsi School in Bangkok as part of our Helmets for Kids program. As the program comes to a close, we have a special video to showcase our activities and achievements over the past five
AIP Foundation President Greig Craft attended the UN Road Safety Collaboration (UNRSC) meeting in New York City. Attendees discussed implementation of the recently adopted UN General Assembly Resolution A/RES/72/271; voluntary global performance targets for road safety; the next high-level meeting on improving global road safety; current and future activities of UNRSC project groups; and partner
On 12 April, 2018, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed launched the new UN Road Safety Trust Fund at headquarters in New York City, U.S. The Fund will mobilize critical resources to finance road safety interventions by opening up new government and municipal funding and re-focusing national road safety budgets towards proven ‘Safe System’ interventions.
Street Wise and Songkhla Province worked together to launch a road checkpoint in preparation for the upcoming Songkran festival period, which tends to see a dangerous spike in road traffic injuries and fatalities each year. At the launch, students and teachers from participating schools wore traditional Thai outfits, seizing on the popularity of ‘Love Destiny’, a smash hit
University students from our Safety Delivered program’s youth ambassador network took to major arterial roads in Phnom Penh in order to spread awareness about distracted driving ahead of the Khmer New Year holiday. H.E. Min Meanvy, General Secretariat of the National Road Safety Committee, also participated in the initiative to show her support. Statistics indicate
AIP Foundation Policy and Programs Advisor Louise Goldman has been shortlisted for the 2018 Australian Road Research Board (ARRB) Award, which recognizes and celebrates research excellence across the transport sector. Goldman was nominated for the ‘Knowledge Transfer Commitment’ category of the award, presented in appreciation for a focused commitment towards communicating research outcomes to practitioners
Thirty student road safety ambassadors, representing four partner universities in Phnom Penh, seized the opportunity to develop effective communication, digital, and social media skills as part of an awareness-raising and training workshop organized by our Young Ambassadors for Road Safety (YARS) program. Subject experts moderated the workshop and and encouraged the YARS students to discuss
The Core Group Bus team held its first meeting at the Road Safety Policy Foundation, where group participants, including four Legal Development Program (LDP) members, shared ideas and discussed plans to improve school bus safety through legislative solutions. According to data gathered by the Road Safety Policy Foundation, in 2017 there were 30 school bus-related
