Road Safety in South Asia – Rethinking Urban Mobility amid COVID-19 | World Bank Live

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COVID-19 has upended mobility in South Asian cities, disrupting public transport and laying bare poor and unsafe conditions, especially for pedestrians and cyclists.

How can South Asia make its urban mobility sustainable and safer for all, as we move towards a resilient recovery?

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Speakers

Jean Todt, UN Special Envoy for Road Safety, FIA president

Jean Todt

President, Fédération Internationale de L’Autombile & UN Special Envoy for Road Safety

Durga Shanker Mishra

Secretary of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India

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Hartwig Schafer, Vice President, South Asia Region, World Bank Group

Hartwig Schafer

Vice President, South Asia Region, World Bank Group

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Shreya Gadepalli

South Asia Director, Institute for Transportation & Development Policy

Atiqul Islam

Mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation, Bangladesh

Anuki Premachandra

Strategic Communications Manager at Adfactors PR, Sri Lanka

Claudia Adriazola-Steil

Director, Health & Road Safety, WRI Ross Center For Sustainable Cities