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Speeding Toward Safety: How To Lower Road Travel Speed and Save Lives

Improving management of road travel speeds will decrease traffic deaths and injuries in the Asia and the Pacific. Policies focused on enforcement, road design, vehicle technology, and urban planning are needed.

Improving management of road travel speeds will decrease traffic deaths and injuries in the Asia and the Pacific. Policies focused on enforcement, road design, vehicle technology, and urban planning are needed.

Ritu Mishra

Ritu Mishra joined ADB in 2018. She actively contributes to the strategic and operational support of transportation achieving the goals of climate finance. She is engaged in promoting sustainable transportation, transport infrastructure asset management, and road safety. She obtained her MSc. in Transport Planning and Engineering from University of Leeds, and MSc. in Sustainable Development from University of Sussex, UK.

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Ускорение ради безопасности: как снизить скорость движения на дорогах и спасти жизни

Улучшение управления скоростью дорожного движения приведет к снижению смертности и травматизма в результате дорожно-транспортных происшествий в Азиатско-Тихоокеанском регионе. Необходимы меры, ориентированные на обеспечение соблюдения правил, проектирование дорог, транспортные технологии и городское планирование.

Ritu Mishra, Soames Job

Soames Job

Soames has over 40 years of experience in road safety, including successfully heading government lead organisations in road safety, providing road safety guidance to governments and leaders in over 100 countries and states, being a Professor in Road Safety, and consulted for many MDBs, the UN, the World Health Organization, ISO, and the OECD. Experience in Road Safety includes: Global Lead for Road Safety, World Bank; Head of the Global Road Safety Facility; Executive Director, National Road Safety Council of Australia; Executive Director, New South Wales Centre for Road Safety.

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Ускорение ради безопасности: как снизить скорость движения на дорогах и спасти жизни

Улучшение управления скоростью дорожного движения приведет к снижению смертности и травматизма в результате дорожно-транспортных происшествий в Азиатско-Тихоокеанском регионе. Необходимы меры, ориентированные на обеспечение соблюдения правил, проектирование дорог, транспортные технологии и городское планирование.

Ritu Mishra, Soames Job

Nirojan Donald Sinclair

Donald Sinclair works at ADB’s Sri Lanka Resident Mission where he manages projects and activities for the urban and water sector and for transport. He is a civil engineer and obtained his MBA from the University of Colombo. He also has postgraduate diplomas in Development Studies and Project Management. Prior to joining ADB, he worked for the United Nations Office for Project Services and was involved in post-tsunami (2004) and post-conflict (2009) humanitarian and development projects in Sri Lanka.
 

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Three Ways to Improve Road Safety in Sri Lanka

Road safety in Sri Lanka has been a continued challenge. Fewer road crashes were expected during the recent pandemic lockdowns and the economic crisis, but this has not happened. Despite limited government resources, there are steps that can be taken to make roads safer.

Road safety in Sri Lanka has been a continued challenge. Fewer road crashes were expected during the recent pandemic lockdowns and the economic crisis, but this has not happened. Despite limited government resources, there are steps that can be taken to make roads safer.

How Road Asset Management Can Deliver Climate Resilience

Integrated road management systems and climate-responsive strategies are key to enhancing road resilience. Policymakers should act now to safeguard road networks against climate challenges.

Integrated road management systems and climate-responsive strategies are key to enhancing road resilience. Policymakers should act now to safeguard road networks against climate challenges.

Theuns Henning

Theuns Henning is also a founding member of the Climate Adaptation Platform, specialising in Asset Management, Performance Monitoring, Climate Adaptation, Performance-Based Contracts and Benchmarking. He holds a Master of Engineering (Transportation) from the University of Pretoria, South Africa and completed his PhD at the University of Auckland in 2009, where he was the recipient of the Foundation for Research and Technology Bright Future Scholarship.

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Six Steps Toward Greener Climate-Resilient Roads in Asia and the Pacific

Sustainable road development can balance economic growth with environmental protection and social inclusion.

Sustainable road development can balance economic growth with environmental protection and social inclusion.

Frank van Steenbergen

Frank van Steenbergen provides research and consultancy services in water governance, and offers specialized communication products geared to the international resource management and development sectors.

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Gordon Keller

Gorden Keller has worked as a Project or Program Manager on numerous units of the U.S. Forest Service throughout his working career since 1972 until he retired late in 2011 and now works as a private consultant. He received a BS in Civil Engineering from UCLA in 1968, served as an officer in the U.S. Navy for two years, and then received a MS in Geotechnical Engineering from U.C. Berkeley in 1972. He is currently licensed both as a Civil Engineer and Geotechnical Engineer in the State of California.

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