The report entitled 'How Safe is Walking and Cycling in Europe?' Infrastructure and speed are critical factors in the interaction between road users and play an important role in determining road user safety. It requires a combination of appropriate laws, self-explaining and self-enforcing infrastructure, traffic law enforcement, safe vehicles and education of all road users on safe road use. Walking should be at the top of this hierarchy, followed by cycling and then public transport. The climate is changing, road deaths are stagnating, urbanisation is increasing, air pollution is worsening, obesity is rising, and the population is aging.

Source: Irish Independent February 02, 2020 18:22 UTC