Bangkok in new road safety initiative
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Bangkok is one of 10 cities selected for Bloomberg Philanthropies' Global Road Safety Initiative, which aims to reduce fatalities and injuries from road traffic crashes.
With a new commitment of US$125 million over five years, the programme will work at both the national level to strengthen road safety legislation and the city level implementing proven road safety interventions.
Twenty invited cities participated in the competition with ten cities and five countries selected as official participants in the program. The five countries selected to receive technical support to reviewand strengthen road safety legislation include China, India, Philippines, Thailand and Tanzania.
The ten cities are:
1. Accra, Ghana;
2. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia;
3. Bandung, Indonesia;
4. Bangkok, Thailand;
5. Bogota, Colombia;
6. Fortaleza, Brazil;
7. Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam;
8. Mumbai, India;
9. Sao Paulo, Brazil; and
10. Shanghai, China.
