Claiming Bike-Walkable Zero Zones to School

Project theme: Sustainable, Inclusive and Active Mobility (SIAM) solutions

BY ROBERTO JOSUÉ RODRÍGUEZ SANTIAGO

This project strengthens Vision Zero for Youth by promoting safer school journeys by walking and biking in the three most underserved school zones of San Luis Potosí. It aims to prevent avoidable deaths and injuries through bicycle trains, youth-led co-design of complete streets plans, quick-build asphalt art interventions, and advocacy for safety-based planning.

Each school establishes a road safety committee and nominates a youth representative to a citywide observatory to push for systemic change. The project delivers safer commutes, empowered youth advocates, and a replicable model for inclusive mobility, active transportation, and spatial justice rooted in community and culture.

ABOUT THE PROJECT LEAD

ROBERTO JOSUe RODRÍGUEZ SANTIAGO

Josué Santiago is a 30-year-old architect and cycling activist with a Master's degree in Sustainable Cities from the Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí, Mexico. He specializes in artistic and urban interventions for road safety and public space, and has received training in urban governance, citizen participation, and public policy advocacy.

He has been collaborating with Derechos Urbanos since 2017. As a survivor of two traffic accidents while walking and cycling, since 2023 he has been involved in the first citizen-initiated mobility law in his country, #LeySanti, named after him.

ABOUT THE LEAD ORGANISATION

Educación y Ciudadanía A.C. (EDUCIAC)

Educación y Ciudadanía A.C. (EDUCIAC) is a leading civil society organization in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, with over a decade of experience empowering youth through human rights education, public policy advocacy, and civic engagement. The organization co-authored the State Youth Law and has led multiple youth observatories to monitor labor, environmental, and political rights. With a strong focus on DESCA (economic, social, cultural, and environmental rights), EDUCIAC supports youth leadership to advance justice, inclusion, and democratic values.