Childrenâs Streetsâ consist in pedestrianizing the streets around nursery and elementary school. The aim is to make the route between home and school safer for children, but also to combat pollution.
Removable barriers are installed wherever possible. They allow the passage of emergency vehicles and services (garbage trucks, etc.), but prohibit the passage of other motorized vehicles.
More picture and before/after sliders at the bottom: https://www.paris.fr/pages/57-nouvelles-rues-aux-ecoles-dans-paris-8197#des-rues-aux-enfants-avec-un-amenagement-specifique
I wish we had this in the US.
Sorry best I can do is letting you bike with an AR slung over your shoulder
Holy shit, this honestly couldâve been released yesterday. Thanks for sharing this, itâs still peak 40 years later.
I think, these streets are really important for connecting with neighbors. Obviously, if everyone just walks out of their house and disappears into their car, youâre never going to meet anyone ever. But even when adults walk on normal streets, it happens a lot that you just walk past each other with maybe a greeting and thatâs it.
On these streets, the kids can come out to play. Theyâll probably play with the neighbor kids. And if youâre a parent looking after your kids, youâll probably meet the neighbor parents. Youâll have at least the kids to talk about. Or your kid might even chat up a non-parent walking through and suddenly youâve got a conversation with them, too.
I love this so much. Sadly, in America, theyâre even taking away bike lanes. Because âtrafficâ.
beautiful
