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To amplify the call for safer streets, BRAC Road Safety Programme observed the 8th UN Global Road Safety Week 2025 (12–18 May) through a series of impactful initiatives promoting safe walking and cycling.
This year’s theme, ‘Streets for Life – Make Walking Safe and Make Cycling Safe’, highlights the need to redesign roads to protect the most vulnerable, according to a media release.
As part of the observance, BRAC, in collaboration with the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA), organised a rally on Friday, 16 May, at Hatirjheel, Dhaka.
The rally commenced at the Amphitheatre and concluded at Jheelpar Park, drawing participation from citizens, policymakers, and development stakeholders.
Mohammed Yasin, Chairman, Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA), led the rally alongside Md Sarwar, BPM, Additional Police Commissioner (Traffic), Dhaka Metropolitan Police, and Ahmed Najmul Hussain, Director, BRAC Road Safety Programme.
Mohammed Yasin noted that walking, once a regular habit for many, has increasingly been replaced by the use of motor vehicles, even for short distances.
He reiterated the importance of the campaign’s message and urged a return to walking and cycling as part of daily routines – not only to improve public health but also to ease traffic congestion.
He encouraged individuals to incorporate at least 30 minutes of walking into their daily schedules, such as walking home from work.
Md Sarwar emphasised the importance of walking and cycling as viable, everyday modes of commute.
He highlighted that ensuring pedestrian safety also requires adherence to traffic rules — such as using footpaths and foot overbridges.
He further added that the authorities are working to keep walking lanes free from hawkers to ensure unobstructed and safer pedestrian movement.
Ahmed Najmul Hussain reflected on the rally’s purpose, stressing the need to make walking and cycling safe, sustainable, and accessible options for all.
He pointed out that these active modes of transport not only contribute to individual health — by helping to prevent heart disease, obesity, and mental stress — but also help reduce air pollution and urban traffic congestion.
Earlier in the week, on Thursday, 15 May, BRAC also organised a human chain in front of BRAC at 66, Mohakhali, where staff and citizens gathered holding placards advocating for safer urban mobility, the release says.
BRAC Road Safety Programme has been operational since 2001 with the aim of increasing the safety of all road users.
An important component of its activities is raising awareness in the community and training on safe road use.
The programme is also engaged in preventing gender-based violence and sexual harassment in public transport through raising awareness, capacity development of transport operators, transport association leaders, and members of the public and private sector stakeholder organisations and developing reporting and response mechanisms.
Advocacy for legislation change for enhancing road safety is another significant activity that BRAC Road Safety Programme is engaged in, the release adds.
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