Together for Safer Roads
TUL Foundation, in collaboration with Centre for Environment Education (CEE) and Gujarat Road Safety Authority (GujRoSA), hosted a multi-stakeholder workshop focused on developing Gujarat’s State Road Safety Action Plan. The workshop brought together government departments, experts, academic institutions and civil society organisations to discuss strategies for reducing road crash fatalities in the state by 50% by 2030 through the Safe Systems Approach. Experts from Rajasthan, Punjab and Indian Institute of Technology Madras shared experiences, interventions and policy approaches from their respective states and institutions to strengthen Gujarat’s roadmap towards safer roads.
Outcomes
- Facilitated multi-stakeholder discussions on Gujarat’s State Road Safety Action Plan with participation from government agencies, experts and civil society organisations.
- Emphasised the importance of data-driven planning and prioritisation of interventions to reduce road crash fatalities.
- Explored the Safe Systems Approach as a framework to achieve a 50% reduction in road crash fatalities in Gujarat by 2030.
- Examined Rajasthan’s 10-year road safety action plan, highlighting the role of extensive consultations and collaborative planning processes.
- Discussed Punjab’s strategies on data-led interventions, decentralisation of targets and implementation mechanisms for effective outcomes.
- Integrated inputs from RTOs, NGOs and other organisations to strengthen a collaborative and comprehensive approach towards road safety planning.
Impacts
- Strengthening institutional collaboration: Fostered coordination among government departments, researchers, civil society organisations and practitioners working on road safety.
- Knowledge exchange and capacity building: Enabled cross-learning from state-level road safety initiatives and evidence-based interventions implemented across India.
Advancing safer road systems: Contributed towards building a shared vision and actionable strategies for reducing road crash fatalities and improving road safety governance in Gujarat.
