Pattern 57
Children in the City
Context Parallel Roads23 · Promenade31 · Looped Local Roads49 · Green Streets51 · Network of Paths and Cars52 · Bike Paths and Racks56
Problem
Where car traffic rules the streets, children lose the freedom to move under their own power. The way to school or to a friend's house turns into a ride in a parent's car, and the town closes itself off to them.
Solution
Shape the town with protected routes linking home, school, and the places children play, so they can roam on their own without fear of fast traffic standing in their way.
Usage Street Windows164 · Connected Play68 · Adventure Playground73 · Shopfront Schools85 · Children's Home86 · Old People Everywhere40 · Work Community41 · University as a Marketplace43 · Grave Sites70 · Local Sports72 · Animals74 · Teen-Age Society84