by Samuel Boamah Danquah, Road Design & Transportation Coordinator, Accra Presented at Transforming Transportation 2017

1. www.TransformingTransportation.org
Impact of the Bloomberg Initiative
For Global Road Safety: Accra
Samuel Boamah Danquah, Road Design &
Transportation Coordinator, Accra
Presented at Transforming Transportation 2017

2. Presented by: Samuel Boamah Danquah
Coordinator for Road Design and Transportation
BIGRS, Accra
13th January, 2017

4. Greater Accra Region
Accra Metropolitan Assembly

5. • 70% of the city population rely on
public transport
• The supply of urban passenger
transport in AMA as at 1/01/2014. This
excludes the transient inflows from
adjoining jurisdictional areas.

6. Pedestrian
56%
Car
17%
Bicycle
3%
Motor Cycle
13%
Bus/ Minibus
7%
Other
4%
TRAFFIC DEATHS BY ROAD USERS
(AMA) - 2013

7. 187
155
114
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
200
Number
Traffic deaths by trend (1998, 2011, 2013)
1998 2011 2013

8. • Safer Street
• Some Existing Conditions
• Some Interventions
Objective: Improve traffic safety and
save lives through improving street
design and urban mobility in Accra
• Safer Mobility
• Some Existing Conditions
• Some Interventions

15. • Some Public transport
vehicles are very old
and not road worthy
• Some drivers are also
not qualified to drive
the vehicles they use
• Passenger transport
services are
unscheduled and
drivers wait for their
vehicles to fill up
before moving.

16. • Greater Accra Passenger Transport
Executive (GAPTE) - AAYALOLO
Bus system
• Attempts to provide reliable,
affordable, fast, comfortable and high
quality bus service
• A total of 245 state-of-the-art Scania
diesel buses, including 85 that will be
operated along the three routes on
the Amasaman – Tudu corridor which
is about 21 kilometres in length.
• Site assessment report by the
BIGRS team

18. NACTO supported with the Global Street
Design Guide for distribution to key
agencies
iRAP and WRI have together trained 90
urban planners, road designers and road
safety advocates on the use of iRAP road
safety assessment software VIDA, and on
the theme: Cities Safer by Design.
Selected participants received the Cities
Safer by Design Guide to support road
and infrastructural development in the city
of Accra
Using Crowdsourcing for Improving Crash
Data and Road Safety Awareness in
Accra
Implementation of Speed and red light
enforcement in Ghana, as a tool to
reduce accidents and deaths.

19. Collaboration with Sub Committees
Collaboration with Private Sectors
Formal senior management discussions
and agreements between the AMA and
Road Agencies are required for the AMA-
BIGRS project to achieve direct and
tangible outcomes
Active budget line from the AMA to make
a positive headway in road safety
awareness and behavioral change to
support road safety campaigns

20. ….it is a huge task, but we shall get there….
• Enhanced mobility,
not to be at the
expense of precious
human lives
• One life lost is too
many to be lost

21. Thank you
Samuel Boamah Danquah -
Road Safety Coordinator for Road Design & Transportation, BIGRS, Accra
e-mail: Samuel@bigrs.org
Tel: 00233209000041
Skype: sambdanny