SAFER STREET PARTICIPATORY DESIGN WITH YOUTH

BY TITIS EFRINDU BANOWO FROM INDONESIA

The project aimed to improve the road safety near schools with youth involvement and participatory design approach, which involved youth learning and practising road safety risk assessment in surrounding areas based on their experiences.

The approach aimed to raise collective awareness on road safety issues among children. In the participatory design phase, youth took part in providing solutions based on group workshops and discussions.

To assess the safer street design made by youth, the project used iRAP’s Star Rating for Schools tool to analyse the safety of the road.

The project’s goal was to have zero road traffic fatalities around 1 junior high school located in the Sekolah Menengah Pertama Negeri (SMPN) area by 2022.

ABOUT THE PROJECT LEAD

Titis is an urban mobility planner who works as a consultant in Indonesia. Titis's work is to give advice for the local and provincial governments in supporting sustainable transportation implementation in Indonesian cities, including road safety.

He is involved the road safety development, starting in 2018, with the development of a neighbourhood safety area in Bandung. In this experience, Titis started to campaign for sustainable transportation and Road Safety.

PROJECT GALLERY

• Trained 88 students and teachers in road safety education, hazard mapping, infrastructure design, and digital advocacy.

• Surveyed 700 community members to inform participatory road safety improvement planning.

• Assessed 4 school sites using iRAP Star Rating for Schools (SR4S) methodology to support evidence-based infrastructure design.

• Engaged 163+ government representatives, teachers, parents, students, and transport experts in the co-design and validation of school road safety improvements.

• Developed and supported the partial installation of 1 school road safety infrastructure improvement.

• Distributed 1,000 road safety awareness flyers and reached 1,700 people through social media and local media campaigns.

ABOUT THE LEAD ORGANISATION

Transportologi is an organisation for encouraging sustainable urban transport implementation by conducting discussions about transportation and its relation to the economy, society, politics and environment. Transportologi is a well-known community in Solo that actively advocates for youth facilitation related to sustainable transportation and focus group discussions.