EU: Road Safety is a Major Public Health Issue

A UN Resolution for Road Safety Promises a Renewed Interest in Urban Centers

To mark the launch of the 6th UN Global Road Safety Week, happening today 17 May 2021, at 2pm CET, we are sharing our interview with Matthew Baldwin, Deputy Director-General of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Transport and Mobility. Previously he worked in the Cabinets of EU Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy, EU President Jose Manuel Barroso, and Commissioner Jonathan Hill.  He was appointed European Coordinator for Road Safety and Sustainable Mobility in October 2018.

We spoke about what is ahead in terms of regulation for the automotive sector, autonomous driving vehicles, how sexist bias impacted the design of cars’ airbags, how sustainable goals of cleaner air when rebuilding the economy are top of the mind in the European Green Deal, and how the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has made a priority of delivering economic growth and jobs by building the infrastructure that a green mobility requires. 

*The interview was made via Zoom on the 19th Octob…