On our streets, in South Africa & SADC countries & worldwide, where we walk, play & live, we call for action on speed. Low speed, liveable streets are essential & urgent. Urgent because low speeds save lives. Urgent for public health, by making walking & cycling safer & more accessible, enabling & encouraging healthy lifestyles. Liveable streets are more crucial than ever as we respond to COVID-19. Urgent for our children & youth, & vital for their wellbeing. They are most at risk on the streets where they live, play & travel to school. Every day 3000 children & young people are killed or seriously injured on the world’s roads. A child hit by a car at 30 km/h can survive. Hit at 80 km/h, most will die. Speed kills. Now is the time to urgently deliver on this call to action by reducing, designing & enforcing traffic speeds that are safe for everyone, everywhere, prioritising low speed streets in all residential areas & near schools. Urgent for social & racial equity, as it is lower income & minority communities who are most exposed to high-speed traffic, & the road danger, environmental hazard & social exclusion it causes. Urgent for the rights of people with disabilities; for the elderly; for all who are vulnerable. Urgent for the Global Goals & for our climate, as a key that unlocks a virtuous cycle of zero carbon active travel, shifting from car dependence, enabling thriving public transportation, cleaner air & lower CO2 emissions.The 2020 Stockholm Declaration, adopted by governments worldwide, calls for a focus on liveable streets &, in line with available evidence, a maximum road travel speed of 30 km/h where vulnerable road users & vehicles mix. Commitment to this approach must be at the forefront of the new Decade of Action for Road Safety to achieve the Global Goals. Streets for health. Streets for climate. Streets for people. We must act together to create #StreetsForLife. Please contact Caro Smit www.sadd.org.za +2782 821 3673 to get streets to 30km in your city/school or area in SA & SADC countries