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Road traffic safety refers to the methods and measures, such as traffic calming, to prevent road users from being killed or seriously injured. Typical road users include pedestrians , cyclists , motorists , passengers of vehicles, and passengers of on-road public transport , mainly buses and trams .
The Association for Safe International Road Travel (usually abbreviated as ASIRT) is a non-profit, humanitarian organization that promotes road travel safety through education and advocacy. Rochelle Sobel, president and founder of ASIRT, created the organization in 1995, in response to her son Aron's death in a bus crash in Turkey .
The accident uncovered lax regulations on safety of students on educational trips in the Philippines and prompted the Commission on Higher Education and Department of Education to issue moratoriums on field trips for the 2016–17 school year. [2] After the moratorium, stricter guidelines on off-campus activities were imposed.
In 1940, there were 22,970 kilometers (14,270 mi) of road in the entire country, half of which was in central and southern Luzon. [9] The roads served 50,000 vehicles. [9] Road classification is based primarily on administrative responsibilities (with the exception of barangays), i.e., which level of government built and funded the roads.
Technical-Vocational Education was first introduced to the Philippines through the enactment of Act No. 3377, or the "Vocational Act of 1927." [5] On June 3, 1938, the National Assembly of the Philippines passed Commonwealth Act No. 313, which provided for the establishment of regional national vocational trade schools of the Philippine School of Arts and Trades type, as well as regional ...
The Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety is a collection of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that implement programs and lobby for road safety initiatives around the world. [1] As an umbrella organization, it currently represents more than 200 member NGOs from 90-plus countries.
President Ramon Magsaysay urged Congress to establish a "specialized and dedicated" police unit to maintain road traffic safety across the Philippines. [1] [2] The Trafcon was a unit under the Philippine Constabulary, which in turn was part of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. The Trafcon later became known as the Constabulary Highway Patrol ...
Exchange Project is a youth cooperation project between the Japanese JRC/RCY Division and the Philippine Red Cross Youth – Red Cross Youth Department involving selection of vulnerable public elementary schools in the Philippines and distribution by the Japanese RCY members of school supplies to pupils and students, and sports equipment to ...