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New study evaluates the current state of #bicycling in the #GlobalSouth and what can be done to increase its use as a tool for reducing emissions and improving #AirQuality. Learn more in an @3NewsGH article by @YalleyC ⤵️

New study by @kavibhalla of @UChicagoPHS, Smruthi Bala Kannan of @MIDS_Chennai, Rahul Goel @iitdelhi and co-authors finds bicycling could significantly cut #AirPollution in the Global South—if policies reflect cyclists everyday realities: bit.ly/4rh2Rov

Our brand new paper on bicycling in cities of Accra, Bangladesh and India! (Open Access) nature.com/articles/s4428…

Study by @kavibhalla of @UChicagoPHS across 4 cities in India, Bangladesh & Ghana finds #bicycling could significantly cut #AirPollution in the Global South—if policies are designed around the everyday realities of cyclists. Learn more: bit.ly/4rh2Rov

@rahulatiitd @kavibhalla @JSAnjaria In countries where pedestrians have practically no right of way, broken sidewalks serve as parking spots for cars and two-wheelers, and driving a big car means a license to bully others, riding a bicycle seems a scary proposition. Alas!

Join us at the International Collaborative Effort (ICE) on Injury Statistics meeting, held in conjunction with #Safety2024 in Delhi on 31st August & 1st September. More details here: bit.ly/3AxQWNL Register here: bit.ly/4fWcbt2

We're thrilled to announce our upcoming conference dedicated to cycling! There will be exhibitions, panel discussions, poster presentations, and movies!

Join us next Tues, 4/16 at 12:30 CT in person or virtually for a colloquium with @UChicagoBSD postdoc scholar @smruthikannan on the access, barriers, and experiences of bicycling infrastructure in cities in India, Bangladesh, and Ghana buff.ly/3xfwtvG

Every city needs the “pedestrian brick” as part of their vision zero strategy. 🧱 🎥 @VisionZeroYVR

Pleased to share our in-house publication “Road Safety in India- Status Report 2023” authored by Prof Geetam Tiwari, @rahulatiitd, and @kavibhalla A thread on major takeaways (1/n)

Wow. Carmakers will hate this, but I think it's great: A new California bill from @Scott_Wiener would require all new cars to contain speed governors that prevent them from going 10 mph+ over the speed limit. sfchronicle.com/bayarea/articl…

🚨Next week releasing our report on road safety in India with loads of data. Please follow @trip_centre for updates if you haven't done so already :-) @kavibhalla

Happy to share our latest publication! A huge effort led by late Prof Dinesh Mohan. "Effectiveness of road safety interventions: An evidence and gap map" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cl… @kavibhalla @ICORSI_Global @trip_centre

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@rahulatiitd Thank you, Rahul! This was a very useful and clear explanation of a very alarming MoRTH report.

Something odd about the latest MORTH report on road crashes in 2022. The number of deaths for 2018/2019/2020 have been revised. See graph below. Blue is what 2022 report says, and orange is from 2021 (last year) report. It also gives some perspective to 168491 deaths in 2022. 1/n

TRIP Centre at IIT Delhi, is organizing its 33rd International Course on Road Safety at the IIT Delhi campus in Hauz Khas, New Delhi, India, from the 23rd of November to the 7th of December 2023.

"Brazil presents a rare LMIC road safety success story. A high-level evaluation of the country’s road safety programmes can provide important guidance to other countries."

"GBD will need to improve methods for modelling trends in road traffic deaths before it is a reliable source for monitoring progress during the Second Decade of Action for Road Safety" (our new paper) injuryprevention.bmj.com/cgi/content/fu…

A quick poll: An electric cycle is a bicycle with a battery-powered motor that generates additional power while the rider is actively pedaling. The same bicycle can also run solely on throttle but up to a max speed (e.g., 25 km/h). Did you know this? Tell me more in the comments.