Integrate walkways, cycle lanes in new road designs

The latest crime report issued by the Uganda Police Force (UPF) earlier this year revealed that 4,806 people were killed in accidents on our roads in 2023. Pedestrians and boda boda riders emerged as the biggest number of fatalities.

A breakdown of the numbers indicated that pedestrians constituted 37 percent of the fatalities while motorcyclists and pedal cyclists accounted for up to 45 percent of the accidents. It was, however, disturbing that 72 percent of the pedestrian fatalities had been knocked while crossing the roads or simply walking on the roads.

This points to a big…