The Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety
The Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety helps to implement a comprehensive package of activities proven to save lives. In partnership with international organizations and governments, it focuses on five key areas to improve road safety and save lives: strengthening national legislation; enhancing data collection and surveillance; changing road user behavior; improving road infrastructure; and upgrading vehicle safety.
Since 2007, the initiative has worked with governments and international and local partners to help pass nearly 200 national, state, and city policies that protect 4.2 billion people and have already saved nearly 900,000 lives. Working with partners, the initiative has also improved safety features in 135 car models, redesigned over 2,400 dangerous intersections, and trained nearly 80,000 traffic police across 22 countries. The next phase of the initiative aims to save one million additional lives through 2030.
The initiative includes the Bloomberg Initiative for Cycling Infrastructure (BICI), which helps cities around the world design streets that increase biking rates, revitalize neighborhoods, and promote the health and well-being of communities.
To date, BICI’s competitive grant program has reached two million people in 10 cities since 2022, building over 200 miles of safe and accessible cycling facilities and preventing 8,000 crashes with an anticipated reduction of 97,000 tons of CO2 emissions by 2040.
To learn more about global road safety efforts, visit the Road Safety Resource Hub.
Top photo: A redesigned intersection in Quito increases pedestrian safety.