PLANNING & FINANCE
Planning is a critical starting point to embed human rights. So too is how a project is financed.
Investors and their expected returns will have a significant impact on whether a project or business prioritises positive social outcomes, including when governments are attracting private finance.
Click the overarching and stage-specific principles below to review the guiding questions across this stage. These questions will help you to identify the main human rights risks and opportunities and develop a tailored action plan.
All neighbourhoods have access to adequate transportation
Guiding questions
Does the development of community areas include sufficient amenities, retail and services to prevent unnecessary use of transport?
Have the risks that individuals and communities see reduced transit infrastructure or mobility as a result of the project been adequately managed?
re there opportunities for the project to expand public transit and active transport connectivity for and between traditionally underserved individuals and communities?
Have the risks of spurring rapid over-development (and increased emissions) as a result of new transit infrastructure - for example leading to displacement and over-gentrification - been adequately managed?
Has the health and wellbeing of the local residents (air quality, physical activity) been taken into account when considering transport options?
Stories and illustrative examples
International standards and tools
Sustainable Development Goals:
- Target 11.2: By 2030, provide access to safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable transport systems for all, improving road safety, notably by expanding public transport, with special attention to the needs of those in vulnerable situations, women, children, persons with disabilities and older persons
- Target 3.6: By 2020, halve the number of global deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents