United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is currently embarking on a project to encourage institutional donors to allocate a percentage of all investments in road infrastructure to facilities for improving the safety of all users, inclusive of Non.Motorized Transport, with the objective of making entire transport systems safer, more sustainable and more accessible. In order to be able to assess the impact of any investment, the effect on road safety, environment and accessibility has to be anticipated by the investor, the authority and the decision.maker. UNEP requested I.CE to propose indicators in these three areas which should allow decision.makers to choose between alternative options to invest in infrastructure for NMT as part of an overall investment in improving roads for all users. There are no such indicators on accessibility yet and these have to be developed from scratch. Indicators for road safety have been developed by iRAP and, in consultation with iRAP, will be incorporated in this project. Indicators assessing emission reduction are available from literature; relevant literature has been reviewed and organizations contacted for this project’s goal. Indicators have been reviewed mainly to analyze how these indicators can be used in one cohesive and user.friendly manner for all three policy aims. As such a methodology for suitable assessing the impact of roads (e.g. in safety figures, emissions avoided, etc) integrating safety, sustainability and accessibility will be proposed. The completed methodology, explanatory text, and accompanying data and literature, will be integrated into a UNEP report called Share the Road: Investment in Walking and Cycling Road Infrastucture. The chapter on indicators will cover the following elements: 1 Definition of three indicators to form an integrated assessment template/methodology for the three requirements for good roads (safety, sustainability, and accessibility), focusing on NMT usage and users. 2 Suggest application of this set of indicators in road project assessment and by relevant institutions. 3 Describe what the application of this methodology/set of indicators will entail in terms of actual road building when applied on a project basis, i.e. how would the indicators assist in the assessment of alternatives and support the integration of safety together with NMT infrastructure. 4 Suggest ways in which the indicators can be further developed, expanded, integrated, and used by institutions to include larger road safety and environmental considerations. (Author/publisher)
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