The Alliance is excited to welcome six new members who joined recently.
20’s Plenty for Us, UK is a not-for-profit organization established in 2007 and now operating as 20’s Plenty for Us CIC. The organization advocates for a 20mph speed limit on streets where people and motor vehicles coexist, aiming to enhance the quality of life in communities by making streets, towns, and villages safer and more pleasant. Representing a diverse group of supporters including children, adults, and the elderly, 20’s Plenty for Us embraces all modes of transport such as driving, cycling, walking, scooting, and even horse riding. Their inclusive approach seeks to benefit everyone in the community.
Instituto Nacional de Projetos para Trânsito e Segurança (INPROTRAN), Brazil is a non-profit civil society organization dedicated to enhancing national traffic, logistics transport, security, and mobility. INPROTRAN’s mission encompasses conducting studies, research, and projects to generate innovative data, products, and processes in areas such as road safety, transport infrastructure, mobility, and traffic-related education and health. Their activities aim to develop technologies and best practices that foster safe, efficient, and sustainable urban and rural mobility for all forms of transport. INPROTRAN operates on principles promoting ethics, peace, human rights, and democracy, with a strong commitment to environmental preservation and sustainable development in traffic and mobility.
Youth and Women for Peace and Sustainable Development (YOWPSUD), Kenya promotes peace and sustainable development through healthcare, economic empowerment, conflict resolution, governance, environmental conservation, and education. They encourage healthy lifestyles, sustainable agriculture, community cohesion, civic education, environmental conservation, and girls’ education in rural areas. Some of their current efforts focus on a road safety campaign for Boda Boda riders and advocating for the establishment of a National Boda Boda Riders Day in Kenya to raise awareness, create livelihood opportunities, and secure funding for road safety initiatives.
Consumer Unity and Trust Society (CUTS), India, established in 1984, is a non-profit, non-governmental organization dedicated to public interest issues and consumer protection. CUTS empowers marginalized consumers to achieve basic needs, sustainable development, and good governance through a strong consumer movement. Their work spans rules-based trade, effective regulation, and good governance. For three decades, CUTS has focused on road safety, collaborating with GRSP and Bloomberg to assess safety across BBIN Corridors, identify gaps in existing regulations, and advocate for new legislation in West Bengal. They also research sustainable mobility, emphasizing traffic calming and the safety of vulnerable road users, and advocate for the new Motor Vehicles Act in India.
The Association Cycliste de Ngor-Virage (ACNV), Senegal aims to reduce road fatalities in Senegal by educating the public, particularly young people, on road safety. Their mission includes teaching disadvantaged children to ride bicycles and understand the highway code, fostering cautious and experienced future drivers. ACNV’s specific objective is to instill road code knowledge from a young age through bicycle training, which has been mandatory in Senegal since April 2019, providing essential skills before children enter college.
Safety for People on the Move, Zambia, advocates for safer roads, commuter rights, and sustainable transport. The movement conducts road safety awareness campaigns, promotes safer and sustainable transport options, and advocates for safe school zones to protect children and enhance overall road safety.
