RSAI Blog

Ideas and evidence for safer roads

Policy advice, commentary and news from Road Safety Action International across Liberia, Sierra Leone and The Gambia.

More from the blog

  • Policy advice

    Nine Transport Priorities for Safer Communities in West Africa

    RSAI's advice to Liberia, Sierra Leone and The Gambia, from walkable streets and safer school journeys to roadworthy heavy goods vehicles.

    By Road Safety Action International

    Multimodal

  • Perspective

    From Streets for Traffic to Streets for People: Reimagining Broad Street in Monrovia

    Could street experiments work in Monrovia? A case for repurposing Broad Street as a weekend pedestrian zone.

    By Benedict Wonder Dargbeh

    Safe Road Users, Safe Road Infrastructure

  • Perspective

    Car-Free Broad Street

    Broad Street is more than one of Monrovia's busiest roads. It is a corridor through Liberia's story, where history, culture and national identity converge.

    By Road Safety Action International

    Safe Road Infrastructure

  • Commentary

    Roads, Risk, and Responsibility: The Case for Safer Streets

    Roads should move people toward better lives, not expose them to preventable harm. Safer streets need responsible road users, stronger systems, better design and consistent enforcement.

    By Patience Jehlue Saylee

    Safe Road Users

  • Policy commentary

    Crosswalk Enforcement in Liberia: A Step Forward That Must Go Further

    Liberia's renewed pedestrian enforcement effort is welcome, but lasting road safety demands that drivers, infrastructure and public awareness all rise to meet it.

    By Emmanuel Jallah

    Safe Road Users

  • Safer streets

    Education before Enforcement: Building Safer Streets for Pedestrians

    Vulnerable road users across Liberia continue to face a high risk of injury and death from road crashes and traffic-related incidents.

    By Boyerence Joy Johnson

    Safe Road Users

  • World Day of Remembrance

    Remembering Road Traffic Victims

    Honouring the lives lost, and calling for a safety net for those left behind.

    By Road Safety Action International

    Post-Crash Response

  • Youth & education

    RSAI Launches the ROYERS Project

    Putting Liberia's youth at the centre of road safety through school-based ROYERS clubs.

    By Road Safety Action International

    Safe Road Users, RSAI News

  • Pedestrian infrastructure

    Making Monrovia Walkable

    What it will take to make the capital's streets safe to walk.

    By Road Safety Action International

    Safe Road Infrastructure

  • Post-crash response

    Unraveling the Gendered Impact of Road Accidents

    A call to action for social support for the women and families affected by road crashes.

    By Road Safety Action International

    Post-Crash Response

  • Research summary

    What the World's Road Safety Data Shows

    A summary of the Global Status Report on Road Safety: more political will, investment and capacity are needed to address the global road death and injury crisis.

    By Road Safety Action International

    Multimodal

  • RSAI news

    RSAI Dominates the ESOL Research Presentations

    RSAI researchers led the technical presentations at the Engineering Society of Liberia conference in Ganta City, Nimba.

    By Road Safety Action International

    RSAI News

  • Infrastructure

    The Hidden Peril of Open Stormwater Drains

    A silent, overlooked menace lurking beneath Monrovia's streets.

    By Road Safety Action International

    Safe Road Infrastructure

  • Recognition

    A Prestigious Engineering Award for RSAI's Director

    Eric Gabriel Jenn-Judgges honoured at the 6th Annual Conference of the Engineering Society of Liberia.

    By Road Safety Action International

    RSAI News

  • Road signage

    A Call to Stop the Vandalization of Road Signs

    RSAI urges urgent action to protect Liberia's road signs and signals, especially during political campaigns.

    By Road Safety Action International

    Safe Road Infrastructure, Safe Road Users