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In collaboration with the Korle Klottey Municipality and with support from the Clean Air Fund, GDCI launched the Removing Pollution from Play project in late 2023, with the aim to tackle air pollution in school environments by implementing practical solutions, raising awareness, and empowering communities to advocate for cleaner air. In March 2025, the completed intervention was inaugurated, and the new safe play space now serves over 150 students in Accra.
GDCI is proud to announce the 20 cities comprising the 2022-2023 Streets for Kids Leadership Accelerator cohort!
Karşınızda Çocuklar için Sokaklar Tasarlamak rehberi!
It’s official! The Global Designing Cities Initiative has grown so far, and so fast, since its launch in 2014.
GDCI announces the launch of the Streets for Kids Leadership Accelerator program!
As featured in NACTO's newly-released annual report, here are some of our proudest activities and milestones from 2021
Daniela Gómez is a political scientist from the National University of Colombia. At Despacio, she leads initiatives to empower and train young people on issues of road safety.
On July 28, 2021, the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia became the first African nation to endorse the Global Street Design Guide—a globally-accessible publication that allows urban planners, designers, and transportation practitioners in cities around the world to immediately implement tested and life-saving street designs.
In 2020, as a part of the Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS) program, GDCI began working with the city of Quito, Ecuador with the ambition of improving road safety, reducing injuries and deaths on the roads
NACTO-GDCI releases Turkish translation of Global Street Design Guide.
NACTO-GDCI lancia la Global Street Design Guide in italiano
In 2020, as a part of the Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS) program, GDCI began working with the city of Quito, Ecuador with the ambition of improving road safety, reducing injuries and deaths on the roads
Taking place May 17-22, 2021, the theme of this year's UN Global Road Safety Week (UNGRSW) is "Streets for Life," focusing on the importance of limiting speeds to 30km/h (20mph) on streets where people and vehicles mix in an organized way
