narrator: tbilisi, the capital of georgia, home to 1.4 million people. the city's architecture reflelects the country'y's pastt as papart of the soviet union. georgia gained independence in 1991 and is now striving to become a member of the euroropen union. but it is still a country in transitition. tthe tbilisi based p pedestrian rights organization iaiare pekht is working to promote the rights of pedestrians in georgia. in georgia and other s soviet states, the united nations democracy fund, undef, supports the transition to democracy by funding local civil society organizations such as iare pekhit. annika: this is not a project about road safety. this is a project about giving people power, particularly pedestrian power. i it's about putting g pe aat the centerer of society rarr than cars. narrator: in recent years, the volume of traffic on the streets of tbilisi has grown at an alarming rate. legislation to meet the increased road use hasn't moved at the same pace. the majority of people don't own cars, but pedestrians, including the elderly and peop