Introduction
Dear colleagues,
 We are in the middle of the fifth UN Global Road Safety Week.
Cities and regions have a leading role to play in making their streets safe for all road users: pedestrians and cyclists, children and older people, women and men, those inside a bus, outside a truck or in a wheelchair on the sidewalk.
I am happy to see how many cities, regions and other stakeholders have come to Brussels this week to discuss how to improve walking, cycling and the safe use of new shared mobility services (read more below).
It is clear that a modal shift towards more walking and cycling plays a major role not just in improving sustainability but also in road safety!
I wish you a nice read and safe week!
Karen Vancluysen
Secretary General
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Amsterdam has announced plans to ban diesel and petrol cars by 2030, in line with the city’s Clean Air Action Plan. The Dutch capital is only the latest of a series of cities announcing bold measures to tackle air pollution. Last year, Madrid began restricting access to petrol vehicles made prior to 2000 and diesel vehicles made prior to 2006. Rome has pledged to ban diesel vehicles from the city centre by 2024. In London, drivers of older more polluting vehicles are being charged to enter the congestion zone area under the recently introduced Ultra Low Emission Zone scheme.
