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Brazilian municipal traffic safety education programs

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Municipalities in Brazil ~~are implementing various~~ continue to implement diverse traffic safety and education programs targeting students and the general public to reduce road accidents. In Sorocaba, the Secretariat of Mobility (Semob) launched the ‘Aluno Seguro: Volta às Aulas’ initiative. This program utilizes theatrical presentations, educational blitzes, and activities like ‘Minicidade’ to teach drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians about road rules. The program aims to conduct 45 actions by the end of August following a period in the first half of 2026 that reached approximately 95,000 people. Similarly, in Rio das Ostras, the Secretariat of Education, Sport, and Leisure, in partnership with the Federal Highway Police of Campos dos Goytacazes, has introduced a program for students in the 6th to 9th grades focusing on defensive driving and shared responsibility. In Rio de Janeiro, ~~CET-Rio has entered a new phase of its~~ CET-Rio’s ‘A Caminho da Escola 3.0’ ~~program. This initiative seeks~~ program is utilizing tactical urbanism to transition temporary safety measures into permanent ~~urban interventions through democratic community consultation and tactical urbanism,~~ infrastructure, such as ~~pavement painting~~ sidewalks and ~~bollards. Other regional efforts include~~ raised crossings, informed by community feedback. In Indaiatuba, the ‘Bombeiro na Escola’ program recently graduated students from municipal schools following training in ~~Indaiatuba, which provides~~ first aid and fire ~~prevention training to students, and~~ prevention. Other regional efforts include playful educational activities in João Pessoa ~~designed to instill responsible habits in young children. In Ubatuba,~~ and an educational blitz by the Municipal Civil Guard ~~conducted an educational blitz~~ in Ubatuba to promote safe ~~crossings, reaching approximately 400 people.~~ crossings. New school-based initiatives have emerged in Ilhéus, where the Authority for Transport, Traffic, and Mobility (SUTRAM) is developing a permanent program in partnership with local schools. This project involves training teachers through workshops to integrate road safety into the permanent school curriculum. In Caucaia, the Municipal Traffic Authority (AMT) is observing National Traffic Week with month-long activities. These include educational circuits in public and private schools featuring simulated traffic environments, as well as educational checkpoints in various neighborhoods to provide guidance and safety kits to drivers.

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