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41 Mobilizing Sustainable Transport for Development<br />
b. Enhance transparency and accountability of<br />
all relevant national and local ministries and<br />
authorities.<br />
c. Set clear parameters, in a process led by<br />
governments and public authorities, for the<br />
involvement of the private sector in transport<br />
service provision.<br />
4. Build technical capacity of transport planners<br />
and implementers, especially in developing<br />
countries, through partnerships with international<br />
organizations, multilateral development banks, and<br />
governments at all levels, to ensure equitable access<br />
to markets, jobs, education and other necessities.<br />
a. Ensure that capacity building efforts are a core<br />
requirement for bankable sustainable transport<br />
projects especially in developing countries.<br />
b. Promote the collection, analysis and sharing<br />
of relevant data especially in developing<br />
countries for well-informed transport policy<br />
and investment decision making, and for the<br />
development of indicators on transport safety<br />
and equity and quality of life and resilience.<br />
c. Give priority to low emission, efficient and<br />
equitable transport solutions, shifting to the<br />
modes that are most appropriate to local and<br />
national circumstances and that best advance<br />
sustainable development.<br />
5. Reinforce efforts toward preventing road traffic<br />
deaths and injuries.<br />
a. Prioritize the prevention of deaths and injuries of<br />
road users, using the Sustainable Development<br />
Goal target of reducing global road traffic deaths<br />
and injuries by 50% by 2020 as a guide, and follow<br />
a systemic approach to improving road safety.<br />
b. Promote road and transport system design that<br />
gives priority and emphasis to protecting people<br />
from death and injury, taking into account<br />
human fallibility and vulnerability.<br />
c. Disseminate to local stakeholders best practices<br />
on road safety legislation and public policy.<br />
d. Ensure that minimum safety standards for<br />
vehicles and vessels are set and enforced, with<br />
particular attention to the secondary market in<br />
developing countries. National governments<br />
lead these efforts.<br />
e. Reduce behavioural risk factors that lead<br />
to road traffic deaths and injuries through<br />
legislation, awareness raising, signage and<br />
rules and regulations. Governments and civil<br />
society organizations work hand in hand in<br />
these efforts.<br />
6. Foster an informed, engaged public as a crucial<br />
partner in advancing sustainable transport solutions.<br />
a. Develop and promote public awareness<br />
campaigns and education programs to inform<br />
and engage people of all ages about the<br />
imperative of providing equitable access to<br />
social and economic opportunities as well<br />
as about the importance and benefits of<br />
sustainable mobility. Themes to be addressed<br />
by governments and international and civil<br />
society organizations include road safety;<br />
the benefits of public transport, walking<br />
and cycling; and opportunities for reducing<br />
carbon emissions.<br />
b. Pursue effective ways to seek inputs, buy-in and,<br />
when possible, co-creation, from a wide range<br />
of stakeholder groups when making transport<br />
planning, policy, infrastructure and system<br />
decisions.<br />
7. Establish monitoring and evaluation frameworks<br />
for sustainable transport, and build capacity for<br />
gathering and analyzing sound and reliable data<br />
and statistics.<br />
a. Establish comprehensive monitoring and<br />
evaluation methodologies for sustainable<br />
transport by national and local governments,<br />
linking tracking frameworks, targets and<br />
indicators, where appropriate, to the Sustainable<br />
Development Goals.<br />
b. Take regular (in some cases annual) stock of<br />
progress toward transport goals within national<br />
and local governments, and adjust policies and<br />
practices in response to the lessons learned with<br />
the objective to drive continuous improvement,<br />
focused on society’s needs.<br />
c. Help build monitoring and evaluation capacity<br />
in governments at all levels, including through<br />
sharing of lessons learned, best practices,<br />
training and guidance of international and civil<br />
society organizations and business.