The International Motorcycle Manufacturers Association (IMMA) presented on 21 May 2014 its latest policy document “The Shared Road to Road Safety – A global approach for safer motorcycling”. The presentation took place during a well-attended event at the International Transport Forum (ITF) Summit in Leipzig, Germany.
The full document can be downloaded at IMMA’s website here.
The International Motorcycle Manufacturers Association (IMMA) presented on 21 May 2014 its latest policy document “The Shared Road to Road Safety – A global approach for safer motorcycling”. The presentation took place during a well-attended event at the International Transport Forum (ITF) Summit in Leipzig, Germany.
The “Shared Road to Road Safety” discusses present and future trends in motorcycling at a global level. Specific topics addressed in the report include the diverse usages of PTWs around the world, their importance in economic terms and statistics of PTW use in a wide range of countries.
The document also provides decision-makers with policy recommendations to improve road safety for PTWs through targeted action in different areas (e.g. training and education, infrastructure development, data gathering and analysis). It also gives concrete examples of best practices that have helped to improve road safety outcomes for PTW users in different countries.
One of the key messages of the document is that motorcycling should be mainstreamed into regional, national and local mobility policy plans. For this reason IMMA calls on policy-makers to duly take into consideration PTWs when developing transport plans.
The “Shared Road to Road Safety” builds on a year-long project carried out jointly by all IMMA members under the leadership of Dr. Veneta Vassileva, ACEM Safety Coordinator. The report was also presented during the latest IMMA General Assembly and the Safe Annual Convention organised by SIAM in May 2014.
The full document can be downloaded at IMMA’s website (here).
About IMMA
The International Motorcycle Manufacturers Association (IMMA) represents the combined skills and interests of the powered two- and three- wheelers manufacturing industry at global level. IMMA members include regional and national industry associations representing the PTW industry in Europe, the United States, Canada, India, Japan and Southeast Asia.
More information about IMMA can be found at http://www.immamotorcycles.org/
About the International Transport Forum
The International Transport Forum (ITF) at the OECD is an intergovernmental organization with 54 member countries. Based in Paris, it is the only global body with a mandate to advance transport policy for all modes of transport. The ITF Summit is held annually and brings together transport ministers from member countries with business leaders, top researchers and representatives of civil society, and provides a global platform for high-level exchange on strategic transport policy issues.
To learn more about the ITF please visit http://2014.internationaltransportforum.org/
