On 24 June 2025, the fourth session of the Road Safety Capacity Building Program webinar series was held. The series, Innovations in Safe and Sustainable Transport: Road Safety as part of Liveable & Resilient Cities, is co-presented by the Asia Pacific Road Safety Observatory (APRSO), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and the CAREC program. 

The fourth session of the program, which gathered 138 online participants, explored on:

✅ Road safety as part of broader urban resilience planning and investment

✅ Safe and accessible transportation for health and social outcomes

✅ Case study examples

Deliani Siregar, the Urban Planning and Inclusivity Manager at the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) shared best practices in urban development. Lara Arjan, Senior Urban Development Specialist at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) spoke about transportation planning and urban development in Asia and the Pacific. Rebecca Stapleton, Senior Transport Specialist at the ADB, shared a case study on gender and safety in ger areas in Mongolia. The session was moderated by Jessica Truong, Director of Lӧsningar, and included active participant engagement through Q&A and topical polls.

Upcoming Session

The Road Safety Capacity Building Program webinar series continues with the next session as detailed below:

Title: The Co-Benefits of Speed Reduction for Liveable Cities

Date: 8 July 2025

Time: 3:00–4:00 p.m., GMT+8

Click here to access event details including registration are found on the APRSO website.

The grant fund for this series was received from the Japan Fund for Prosperous and Resilient Asia and Pacific (JFPR), financed by the Government of Japan through ADB.