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March 17, 2026

GDCI and the Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety: A 6-year Status Update

GDCI has been proud to lead and support the design, delivery, and evaluation of safe street infrastructure across 16 cities in 10 countries as a Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS) Partner. We look back at the last six years of achievements.

GDCI and the Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety: A 6-year Status Update
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

Featured Street Shaper – Spring 2021

March 22, 2021

Featured Street Shaper – Spring 2021

GDCI Street Shaper of the Month Nina Asterina Program Manager for Urban Inclusivity Initiatives at Kota Kita Foundation, Surakarta (Solo), Indonesia 

Star-Rated Street Designs: iRAP Star Ratings and the Global Street Design Guide

September 29, 2020

Star-Rated Street Designs: iRAP Star Ratings and the Global Street Design Guide

In partnership with the International Road Assessment Program (iRAP), the Global Designing Cities Initiative is pleased to launch a free supplement to the Global Street Design Guide, which outlines the safety benefits of improved designs using iRAP’s Star Rating methodology.

Press Release: NACTO-GDCI’s Streets for Pandemic Response & Recovery Now Available in 7 Languages, Offering Global Cities New Tools for Addressing the COVID-19 Crisis

September 16, 2020

Press Release: NACTO-GDCI’s Streets for Pandemic Response & Recovery Now Available in 7 Languages, Offering Global Cities New Tools for Addressing the COVID-19 Crisis

GDCI today released translations of Streets for Pandemic Response and Recovery into six additional languages—including Arabic, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, and Turkish. Translations into French, Russian, and Mandarin will be released in October, 2020.