Presentation by Daniel Vankov, Fulbright Scholar with National Organizations for Youth Safety, Virginia

About 1.3 million people die each year as a result of road traffic crashes. Road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death among young people, aged 15–29 years.” (WHO) Still many of us think “This cannot happen to me.” and just a few take appropriate measures to reduce the chance of something going wrong on the road. The general impression is that “prevention is boring”. This presentation showcases a good example of how young people get involved in looking for a permanent solution of the traffic-related problems; how they develop their strategies during the years and how involving more people in prevention activities can be fun and interactive. It also shows how relevant research and practice can go together for achieving better results.

Daniel Vankov is Chairman and CEO of “Open Youth” – a Bulgarian youth-led not-for-profit organization. His areas of interest include project management and implementation in the fields of citizenship rights, combating violence and reducing risky behavior with emphasis road safety.

2nd Floor conference room at SafeTREC, 2614 Dwight Way #7374, Berkeley, CA 94720-7374 (map)

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Presentation by Dr Alasdair Jones, US-UK Fulbright Commission Visiting Scholar, Institute for the Study of Societal Issues (ISSI), UC Berkeley

Adjustments to public transport fare structures have been used by municipal governments globally as a means to increase uptake of public transport, reduce car dependence, reduce transport inequalities and ease road congestion. Like many other policy and infrastructural interventions, however, such measures can also be shown to have had a significant influence on public health despite their not having an explicit public health brief. In this presentation, Dr Alasdair Jones presents the findings of the mixed-methods ‘On the buses’ study which set out to explore the public health impact of the granting of concessionary bus travel to young people in London, UK. These findings will be discussed in the context of broader public transport provision in London. In addition, the public health implications of these findings for San Francisco – where the Municipal Transportation Agency's Board of Directors has recently voted that low-income youth will be able to ride the city's public transportation system for free – will be considered.

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