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Urbanization

A man rides his bike in a bicycle shed near Central Station Amsterdam January 17, 2007. There are more bicycles than people in the Netherlands, where each resident clocks up an average of 917 kilometers (573 miles) a year on two wheels.

Fostering Bicycle Safety for Human and Planetary Well-Being

by Madeline Moberg, Theo Vos, Liane Ong, Hailey Lenox

Regular cycling improves physical and mental health, but sustainable urban planning is needed to ensure uptake

Poverty

A man walks away from a bus that was involved in a disastrous head-on collision with tractor-trailer, in Macheke, Zimbabwe, in January 2024.

Zimbabwe's Bus Disaster and the Deadly Cost of Defunding Global Health

by Darren Cuthbert

Global cooperation could reduce disparities in emergency care, but the United States cut programs for disaster relief

A woman uses her phone to take pictures of the wreckages of cars burnt after an accident involving a tanker.

Urbanization

Revitalizing Road Safety Regulation in Africa

by Faraan Rahim, Alice Andongolile, Francis Sakita, Julian T. Hertz, Catherine Staton

In 2021, nearly a quarter million motorists and pedestrians were killed on African roads