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June 11, 2025

Creating Safer Spaces for Play: Tackling Air Pollution in Accra

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.

Creating Safer Spaces for Play: Tackling Air Pollution in Accra
2021 in Review: Highlights from GDCI

January 24, 2022

2021 in Review: Highlights from GDCI

As featured in NACTO's newly-released annual report, here are some of our proudest activities and milestones from 2021

Featured Street Shaper – Fall 2021

October 13, 2021

Featured Street Shaper – Fall 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.

Ethiopia Endorses Global Street Design Guide

August 12, 2021

Ethiopia Endorses Global Street Design Guide

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.  

Transforming a Crash Hotspot into a Pedestrian Haven in Quito

May 20, 2021

Transforming a Crash Hotspot into a Pedestrian Haven in Quito

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

GDCI Supports Streets for Life: 6th UN Global Road Safety Week

May 13, 2021

GDCI Supports Streets for Life: 6th UN Global Road Safety Week

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