As active travel becomes more popular in Europe, the way in which urban spaces are being used is changing. Safety and urban mobility includes the ways in which practitioners seek to ensure the safety of all road and public space users – incorporating all modes of urban travel.
In 2020, the Government of Catalonia conducted a survey of women’s experiences of urban mobility and sexual harassment on public transport in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona. The survey revealed that around 17% of all reported criminal acts that have taken place on public transport, of which 60% of the victims are women and 40% are men.
Through the adoption of the 2020 UN General Assembly resolution A/RES/74/299 on “Improving Global Road Safety”, governments reaffirmed their commitment to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, proclaimed the period 2021-2030 as the Decade of Action for Road Safety, and established a target to reduce by at least 50% the number of road traffic deaths and injuries by 2030. A Global Plan for the Decade of Action 2021–2030 was developed by WHO and the
