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August 9, 2024

10 Cities Designing Their Streets for Kids

In 2023, ten cities across four continents started designing their streets for kids. Collectively, the cohort reclaimed over 40,000 SqM of public space that prioritizes children and caregivers, engaged over 4,000 children in the process, and trained 140 practitioners.

10 Cities Designing Their Streets for Kids
GDCI in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

April 8, 2016

GDCI in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

The Global Designing Cities Initiative is pleased to announce that it has selected Addis Ababa as one of its three cities for technical assistance under the Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety for 2016.

GDCI in Bogota, Colombia

April 8, 2016

GDCI in Bogota, Colombia

We are thrilled to announce that the city of Bogotá has been selected as one of the three cities in which the Global Designing Cities Initiative will provide technical assistance this year.

Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS)

October 11, 2015

Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS)

In 2014, Bloomberg Philanthropies announced a new phase of the foundation’s Global Road Safety Initiative, committing $125 million to the goal of reducing fatalities and injuries from road traffic crashes.