Be part of a civil society movement showing the reality of our people’s daily journeys. Strengthen your advocacy as part of a global movement challenging how our streets are designed and for who. Every voice adds to and amplifies the power of our message globally and locally.
In our recent #CommitToAct campaign road safety advocates did more than 80 Mobility Snapshots around the world. They are now using them to advocate for safer streets for pedestrians and other road users. It’s not too late to join in. Find out how below.
It’s easy to join the Mobility Snapshot campaign. Taking part will help you to advocate for road safety interventions that have been proven to save lives backed with local data.
A Mobility Snapshot is data collected at a specific intersection in your local community. Using tools that will be provided closer to the campaign date, you will analyze how many people are using the intersection and whether life-saving road safety interventions are in place to protect those people.
Example:
We have accepted unsafe and unsustainable streets as normal and inevitable.
Yet, we know the proven, cost-efficient solutions to fix them.
We need to shine a light, using data to show the reality of people’s journeys to school, work, and shopping.
SAFE MOBILITY IS OUR RIGHT
Pedestrians are among the most at-risk and overlooked road users on our streets. Yet, we are all pedestrians at some time in our daily journeys.
Walking is healthy, sustainable, equitable, and free. When safe, it is an answer to many of society’s ills.
We know the road safety implementations that can keep pedestrians safe and make their journeys more comfortable and less stressful.
Intersections are particularly unsafe for pedestrians. It’s where a lot of crashes occur.
Interventions that protect pedestrians and other road users at intersections are well-proven. They include 30 km/h zones, pedestrian facilities, including footpaths and pedestrian crossings, and traffic calming, such as speed bumps. Find out about the evidence base for these interventions in our Accountability Toolkit.
These interventions are simple and cost-effective, especially in relation to the money and resources that are being spent building and maintaining unsafe roads.
Investing in 30 km/h, pedestrian facilities, and traffic calming saves lives. It also has many other benefits. When people can walk safely, it can improve health, support climate targets, and make societies fairer for those who cannot afford a private vehicle. Safe roads make our communities more livable.
Road safety interventions like these have an excellent return on investment. iRAP estimates that worldwide for every US$ spent on road infrastructure like these interventions, has a US$8 return on investment through reduced health and insurance costs, loss of income and more. Check out their Safety Insights Explorer.
That’s why we are doing the Mobility Snapshots: to identify those interventions and advocate for change.
We want communities to know that their unsafety is unacceptable and demand the right interventions using data and evidence.
We want decision makers to ensure every person’s right to safe mobility and to act on evidence to protect people.
You can choose to do your Mobility Snapshot using the Mini Mobility Snapshot tool.
Use the Mobility Snapshot tools to capture the key data and submit it to be part of our global advocacy.
Use social media to share:
We will hold a social media visibility week from 28 October – 1 November to support your Mobility Snapshot social media activity.
When you have your data, you can start using it to build community demand and advocate with decision makers.
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The Mobility Snapshot form has been adapted for people who have not used iRAP tools before. Join the walkthrough to find out more and check it out on our website [coming soon]
You can expect to receive your Star Rating four weeks after the campaign week.
Not necessarily, but please join the social media campaign during that week. You might want to do your full Mobility Snapshot in advance and then use the campaign week for community activations at the intersection e.g. Mini Snapshots, flash mobs etc.
Yes, please contact us to discuss.
Not necessarily. We have created a Mini Mobility Snapshot for those who do not need or want a star rating for their advocacy but want to take part in the campa
You can use SR4S to do your Mobility Snapshot without having to also complete the Mobility Snapshot tool. If you use other tools, please complete the Mini Snapshot tool to take part in the campaign.
NGOs can apply for a small grants to support advocacy conducted between June and November 2024 using the Mobility Snapshots. You can apply from 20 May to June and you must have already submitted your Mobility Snapshot data.
The aim of the campaign is to highlight how pedestrians are overlooked in road planning and design and that this is true all over the world. While you are welcome to use our tools for other purposes, the campaign focuses on those intersections where one or more evidence-based intervention is missing.
There are no specific activities, however, it is recommended that any activity should engage decision makers in a meaningful way and build community demand. Additionally, a report is needed on the grant activity and should be submitted by the end of October.
We do encourage using the two tools that provide star ratings because they allow stronger arguments to government. However, quality of the data is most important and the assessment will be based on the overall quality of the application.
