This new Road Safety PIN Flash compares Member States’ progress in reducing deaths among pedestrians, cyclists and Powered Two-Wheelers (PTW). With this publication, ETSC is marking the launch of the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety. Many vulnerable road users are being killed worldwide and the situation in the EU is no exception. On the 11th of May 2011, the UN will officially launch the Decade of Action for Road Safety. On this occasion, ETSC calls on all decision makers to adopt strong measures to cut road deaths among pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists. Initiatives targeted at improving the safety of vulnerable road users will be crucial to reaching the new EU 2020 Road Safety Target and contribute to the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety and the goals set out in the recently published EU Transport White Paper. About 50% of all car trips are shorter than 5km. It is important that shifting a substantial part of these short-distance car trips to walking, cycling and public transport should increase overall road safety as well as contributing to health and sustainability goals. (Author/publisher)
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