University students from our Safety Delivered program’s youth ambassador network took to major arterial roads in Phnom Penh in order to spread awareness about distracted driving ahead of the Khmer New Year holiday. H.E. Min Meanvy, General Secretariat of the National Road Safety Committee, also participated in the initiative to show her support. Statistics indicate
The prestigious Botnar Child Road Safety Challenge has awarded AIP Foundation with a grant to implement Slow Zone, Safe Zone, our new two-year, city-wide road safety program focused on reducing speed in school zones in Pleiku City, Vietnam. The overall purpose of the program is to reduce road crash injuries and fatalities in school zones in Pleiku
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration and Royal Thai Police announced major speed limit reductions on critical roads in the city. The reduction, from 80km/h to 50km/h, follows a yearlong advocacy campaign carried out by our Slow Down to Save Lives program, which is supported by Global Road Safety Partnership under the Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety. “Tell
As part of the Safety Delivered program supported by The UPS Foundation, AIP Foundation organized training workshops for 210 road safety ambassadors from seven universities in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi. The capacity-building workshop will equip the university students with the knowledge and skills to promote safe driving behaviors among their peers through workshops, word-of-mouth, clubs, and events.
Together with representatives from the Legal Development Program (LDP), we attended the Speed Management Workshop organized by the World Resources Institute (WRI) at the Traffic Police Division in Bangkok. The objective of the workshop was to discuss risk factors for road crashes in Bangkok, how to reduce speeding-related crashes, speed management in Bangkok, and success stories for
Our Thailand Chairperson Ratanawadee H. Winther appeared on Spring News, a Thai Television news channel, with German Ambassador Peter Pruegel, Irish Ambassador Brendan Rogers, and Swiss Ambassador Ivo Sieber to discuss lessons learned and ways to reduce road crashes and fatalities. The interview covered a range of road safety issue areas, including how advances in car technology can
The Daily News, a Thai-language daily newspaper distributed nationwide, recently sat down with Thailand Country Manager Oratai Junsuwanaruk to discuss the progress of the Slow Down to Save Lives program in implementing Bangkok’s first safe speed zone. After three months of working closely with the Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB) and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA),
Thailand Country Manager Oratai Junsuwanarak met with Pol. Maj. Gen. Jirapat Phumjit, Deputy Chief of the Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB), to follow up on the establishment of the first pilot safe speed zone in Bangkok’s Bang Sue District. Pol. Maj. Gen. Jirapat Phumjit confirmed his commitment to the new speed rules for the pilot zone
As part of a capacity building workshop for road safety advocates, Kelly Larson, Director, Global Road Safety Program at Bloomberg Philanthropies, and Dr. Witaya Chadbunchachai, Director, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion, shared their advocacy expertise with the participants. Members of the Legal Development Program (LDP), who have backgrounds in policy,
A new PSA launched in Bangkok urging people to “Tell Auntie PIA” (“Fong Pa PIA”) about risky road behaviors they see and dangerous traffic areas in the city. The campaign is part of the new Slow Down…Save Lives program, which is a collaboration between AIP Foundation and the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP). The PSA was unveiled
