People appreciate mobility – and traffic drives economic development and prosperity. Safety matters, and so does environmental sustainability. The challenge is to build infrastructure that enhances lives but reduces harmful impacts and hazards to the minimum. Such infrastructure must serve poor and disadvantaged communities rather than only the prosperous few.
This briefing directly relates to several of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – including SDG1 (no poverty), SDG3 (good health and well-being), SDG7 (affordable and clean energy), SDG9 (industry, innovation and infrastructure) and SDG11 (sustainable cities and communities).