The Charter contains twelve objectives among which the creation of 30 zones and cycle paths and the integration of road safety in local mobility strategies.
After two days of exchanging experiences and knowledge of road safety, 2 nd Meeting of Cities for Traffic Safety ends with the commitment of all participants to work for urban road safety and sustainable mobility, promoting policies, strategies and actions that create an urban environment safer, healthier and peaceful.
For this reason and considering that the cities are aware of the problem of the accident urban road and that municipalities are responsible for consolidating the culture in their cities, in the 2 nd meeting were proposed a number of objectives will facilitate input from English cities to reduce accidents and improve road safety.
Participants in the 2 nd meeting state:
Integrate road safety in local strategies for sustainable mobility and making sustainable mobility and accessibility universal fundamental values \u200b\u200bin planning and urban management.
To verify the need for an observatory for urban mobility in the General State Administration , a clearinghouse for sustainable mobility and road safety, to develop recommendations, technical standards, reports and disseminate good practice Following the recommendation of the European Action Plan for sustainable urban mobility.
Actuate the design of streets by prioritizing the use way, creating a model city to ensure sustainable and safe mobility of all systems of travel and transportation, and promote a competitive business.
increase the protection of vulnerable groups by extending Areas 30 and living areas to match the speed to the requirements of the safety of pedestrians and cyclists.
Planning a core network of cycle paths connecting complementary to the living areas, and promote public system of bicycle and other good practices to promote the bicycle as a system of mobility. Experience
road designs that help the living of the bikes with other vehicles on the road, according to their increasing incorporation into the system of urban mobility.
School Foster Road and safe routes as a tool to encourage cities to be educated in the values \u200b\u200bof coexistence, respect and civility.
permanently strengthen discipline levels municipal road, especially in regard to the most serious and active participation, local police in monitoring campaigns and national control.
Adapt Rules of the road to the new vision of sustainable and safe mobility , so that municipal ordinances have a new legal framework that allows them to regulate mobility walking and cycling in the city.
Implement systems to improve collection and analysis of information road accidents on urban mobility and feeding the national database of traffic accidents. Consider
victims as center that focuses on action to improve road safety. Ensure the health and social care to victims traffic accidents and their families, track their progress and a rehabilitation and compensation of just sequels.
Promote citizen participation and debate and promote the covenants local mobility and road safety. Enhance collaboration among institutions to gain a better understanding of the accidents and to promote common action.
SAFE MOBILITY AWARD
The jury awarded the Municipality of Pontevedra Secure Mobility Award for the efforts he has made to implement a local model more sustainable mobility and, in particular the participation of different sectors and municipal departments in this process. The City Council has created Pontevedra, thus, an urban environment focused on the pedestrian, which helps reduce accidents and ensure that all citizens to move safely and healthy.
also made special mention of the City of Córdoba for their sustainable urban mobility plan that integrates the various sectoral programass, in which we work in areas such as security, mobility, education, infrastructure, planning and health with effective results.
INSTITUTIONS, AGENCIES AND ASSOCIATIONS
In this 2 nd meeting were more than 60 papers, including more than 20 municipalities, such as Madrid, Barcelona, \u200b\u200bCordoba, San Sebastian, Malaga, Vitoria, Valladolid, Ávila, Pontevedra. Institutions and agencies such as the Catalan Traffic Service, the Traffic Department of the Basque Government, the Office of Traffic Safety, victims' associations as AESLEME, Stop Accidents, ASPAYM, DAY, PAT and Almaty. User associations and RACC, RACE, Mutua Motera, A Pie. Research institutes and foundations like CIDAUT. Universities such as Valencia, Barcelona, \u200b\u200bBasque Country and Granada. And other central government agencies as Directorates-General of Land Transportation and Environmental Quality and Assessment and the Provincial of Barcelona.
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