Road Safety in the Caribbean Region

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Road Safety in the Caribbean Region provided by edX is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 5 weeks long, 2-4 hours a week. Road Safety in the Caribbean Region is taught by Guirlaine Denis, Eugenia Rodrigues, Marisela Ponce de León, Sharon Inglefield, Edoardo Gianotti, Alejandro Furas, Marvin Gonzales, Claudia Franchesca de los Santos, Corina Puppo, Neil Pederson, Edgar Zamora, Mauricio Pineda Rivera, Elias Rubinstein, Rob McInerney, Julio Urzúa, Defny Geldorp, Brent Batson, Luis David Rojas Guerrero, Shannon Wip, Claudia Adriazola-Steil, Laura Ballesteros and Natalie Draisin. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from edX. The course is taught in Englishand is $30.00. Visit the course page at edX for detailed price information.

Overview
  • With this Professional Certificate Program, the student will be able to:

    • Get a good understanding of some of the main challenges and effective interventions for safe urban mobility.
    • Explore good practices and methodologies for safer road design for all users.
    • Understand the current state of road safety in the Caribbean region, its main challenges, and areas of action.

    Based on the reality of Latin America and the Caribbean, the Inter-American Development Bank, in this course, addresses relevant issues on road safety measures, public road users, traffic accidents, road safety management, safety road policies and road safety strategies, among others.

Syllabus
  • Courses under this program:
    Course 1: Road safety in the Caribbean region: institutions and data management

    Learn about the current state of road safety in our region, its main challenges, and areas of action.



    Course 2: Road safety in the Caribbean region: safe infrastructure

    Learn and explore the good practices and methodologies for a safer road design for all users.



    Course 3: Road safety in the Caribbean region: safe urban mobility

    Learn about the vulnerable users and get a good understanding of some of the main challenges and effective interventions for safe urban mobility.