Road accidents keep rising, more so in low-income countries: WHO

India has curbed traffic crashes, but casualties remain high, says Global Satus Report on road safety

Supreme Court to now monitor road safety

Appoints three-member committee to give recommendations to reduce road accidents across the country

Dead end

Toll road triggers protests

Pedestrian accessibility needs to come out of the ‘gaps between cars’

Lack of infrastructure, faulty design and laws have pushed the pedestrian off the sidewalks and onto the road

When the car drives you: Speed as hierarchy and privilege

What remains of the public if at their best of expressing their disagreement, their gatherings are called “traffic jams”?

Who fares best and worst on road safety across the world

Road Accidents in India: No way for pedestrians, cyclists

On World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, let’s take a look at how road accidents decreased but more people died in them

Road traffic injuries the second leading cause of death among children aged 5-14 years: WHO

Poverty increased risk of injury, violence; almost 90% of injury-related deaths in low & middle-income countries

Run-up to CoP25 Santiago: Are global transport emissions on course?

This is the first article in a series on global sectoral emissions and the progress on mitigation action in the build-up to 25th Conference of …

CSE road safety audit: Delhi tops in road accident deaths; city most unsafe for cyclists, pedestrians

Delhi NGO releases assessment of road accidents and accident hot spots; puts forth an action plan

Indian roads belong to motorised vehicles, not cyclists or pedestrians

Vehicular emissions cannot be reduced without strengthening the public transport system

UN Africa panel flags vulnerability to road deaths

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa says Zimbabwe is the most unsafe, with highest road accident deaths at 34.7 per 100,000 people

Rickshaws to the rescue

Seeing beyond the lights

In road safety equipment, the latest is an infrared camera for enabling vehicles to traverse safely on treacherous roads

Best road safety practices from around the world

Countries like India could take its cue from the policies, regulatory framework and institutional capacities developed by European nations, Japan …

Walking and good roads a fundamental right: Bombay HC

In most Indian cities, pedestrians outnumber vehicle users. Yet, they remain invisible in policy action

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 7, 2022)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Delhi's accident hot spots

What CSE analysis of accident hotspots identified by Delhi Police revealed

India's roads to remain lethal even in 2030: Lancet

Roads in India ignore motorcyclists and cyclists, prioritise car owners, it says

Lesson planning

A recent report says highly unpredictable form of urban growth in the South is razing down traffic planning attempts

Dead end

Swedish tax drive

Charge to decongest Stockholm

China is financing infrastructure projects around the world – many could harm nature and Indigenous communities

China has an opportunity with the Belt and Road Initiative to improve infrastructure networks around the world in a way that is both sustainable …

Scapegoats

South Asia