Covid-19 Resources

We have gathered some useful resources relevant for road safety and mobility NGOs during the COVID-19 pandemic. These include infographics and resources that NGOs have sent us for engaging the community, information and capacity building resources from around the sector and related sectors, research and news articles.

We will continue to add to this page. If you have useful resources that you think would be helpful to the NGO community, please send them to liz@roadsafetyngos.org.

Find initiatives from the Alliance HERE.

ROAD SAFETY NGOS AND COVID-19

Read the blog article that we wrote for the Injury and Prevention journal on the challenges facing road safety NGOs during COVID-19 HERE.

RESOURCES FOR ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY

Please let us know if you have additional resources to add.

WHO Europe

WHO Europe has released a guide in English, French, German, and Russian on moving around during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Observatorio Criminológico de la Seguridad Vial

Tips and a public health video for those driving during the pandemic (in Spanish).

Georgia Alliance for Road Safety

Short videos in English and Georgian advising people how to stay safe on public transport

RESOURCES FOR EQUIPPING NGOS

Training for Change

Movement and capacity building at grassroots level. 

Bank of Ideas

Useful guide for mobilizing during NGOs. Written for the drug rehabilitation movement but can be made applicable for road safety.

INDUSTRY RESOURCES

NACTO

The National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) has produced resources for implementing street design for pandemic response and recovery.

International Transport Forum (ITF)

ITF are tracking the response of countries in transport regulation during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Transformative Urban Mobility Network (TUMI) 

Tumi have a range of resources including best practices from around the world, webinars sharing learnings from Shenzhen, China, practices from other disease outbreaks and more.

IRU

IRU is a road transport organization. It has collected resources for freight drivers and public transport organizations to deal with the crisis.

McMaster University

McMaster University have gathered research articles around COVID-19. Primarily health focused but rich source of research and evidence.

NEWS, BLOG, AND INDUSTRY ARTICLES 

ROAD SAFETY ARTICLES

• World Bank: Can Covid-19 teach us something for the road safety epidemic?
• Forbes: Driving safely in the time of coronavirus and why it matters
• New Sydney Herald: Stopping roadside breath-testing in response to COVID-19 will lead to road deaths, experts say
• Streets Blog USA: Lowering Speed Limits will Help Stop COVID-19
• New Zealand Herald: Coronavirus: Big road toll drop likely

CITIES AND URBAN PLANNING

• Guardian: Cities after Coronavirus
• Harvard University Graduate School of Design: What role do planning and design play in a pandemic?
• Streetsblog: Dear Governer Cuomo, the problem is crowding not density
• Citylab: Mapping how cities are reclaiming street space

PUBLIC TRANSPORT ARTICLES

• TUMI:  The Covid-19 Outbreak and Implications to Public Transport  
• BBC: Coronavirus will transform UK work and travel says AA

POLLUTION ARTICLES

• G-Feed: COVID-19 Reduces Economic Activity
• World Economic Forum: How Climate Change and Coronavirus are Linked

CYCLING ARTICLES

• CityLab: In a Global Health Emergency, the Bicycle Shines
• Forbes: Have bike, will travel: The bicycle makes a comeback

PUBLIC HEALTH

• Financial Times: Life after coronavirus

POVERTY ARTICLES

• World Bank: The Impact of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) on Global Poverty
• The Conversation: COVID-19 is Hitting Black and Poor Communities the Hardest

NGO ARTICLES AND RESEARCH

• Ontario Non-profit Network: COVID-19 Flash Survey Findings

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