The Project

“IN-VISIBLE STREETS” is a road safety multimedia project that comprises two large supplementary items: a DOCUMENTARY MOVIE and an information AUDIOVISUAL ARCHIVE.

Additionally, it aims at honouring the millions of people and their families, who have been tragically involved in road incidents.

The Movie

The MOVIE starts challenging the terrible and unacceptable statistics of road incidents, which include deaths and serious injuries, and wondering how this other “pandemic” could be resolved, as every year, more than 1.5 million people are killed, and between 20 to 50 million more people suffer non-fatal injuries around the world.

Every year the lives of more than 1.5 million people are cut short due to a road traffic crash.

And the answer is always the same: “It’s a multi-cause problem”.

Not pleased with this answer, the narrator dives into the multiple causes, and ventures into the search of experiences, examples and standpoints in different cities around the world, to try to achieve a comprehensive idea that will improve this scourge.

Then, this way is how the first-person documentary begins, which is divided into various topic sequences:

Infrastructure

Control / Audit

Traffic Safety Policies

Status and Speeding Marketing

The Human Factor

Testimonies from victims and their families

Each of these sequences is addressed with examples, retold by interviews with experts, real people testimonies in the street, footage, videos recorded at the place being analysed, and life stories from victims and their families.

On the other hand, the ARCHIVE is a supplementing tool that enables anybody to go deeper into all the different aspects that make up this problem, including its technical details, that will be available on a free website for consultation, particularly for experts and decision-makers.

About Us

The protagonist & his motivation

  • MatĂ­as Ghio

    Director, Audiovisual Maker and Multimedia Designer

    Is a frequent driver, and a fan of cars and routes. He trains cycling and running along Buenos Aires streets, activities that led him to discover a hidden -but passionate- interest in road safety, and everything related to traffic. Moreover, he works on what he likes doing, as a director, audiovisual maker and multimedia designer.

     

    Driven by this passion, some years ago he started to collaborate with an NGO that brings together families of road incident victims. At the same time, he works on road safety contributing to different national and international projects in audiovisual campaigns and communication.

  • Paula Marchesini

    Civil Engineer

    She is a civil engineer with national and international experience in road safety and safe infrastructure for mobility. Passionate about this topic, thirteen years ago, she returned to her country of origin, dreaming about helping to improve road safety. She has worked on research, teaching and consulting for the public and private sectors. She likes outdoor sports, travelling and riding her bike.

 
  • Myriam Serulnicoff

    Sociologist

    A sociologist by profession, and curious by nature. She has been working on Road Safety [MOU1], focusing on Safe and Sustainable Mobility since the year 2010, in Argentina. She has collaborated in several regional and international projects. Throughout her professional career, she has had the opportunity to work with several interdisciplinary teams, in which she was able to combine her passion, her concerns, and was able to achieve many of her dreams, managing to add the audiovisual viewpoint into her jobs.

    She is an amateur sportswoman in her free time, being the bicycle her ally wherever she is.

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