Children’s Streets” 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
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Keep going until the whole city again belongs to the people and not the machines.
gosh Paris is fucking huge
It’s actually pretty small for a metropolis because it didn’t absorb the nearby cities like other metropolis usually do. It’s about 10x10 km2, you can cross by walking 2h. New York City is 12 times bigger, London is 17 times bigger.
because it didn’t absorb the nearby cities like other metropolis usually do
It did, but the last time was in 1860. Maybe it was too busy after that (you know, 1870, 1914, 1939…)
Paris’ population density rivals that of Tokyo though.
I don’t believe NYC or London come close. Might be why parisians are so willing to tell the establishment to fuck off compared to us lackadaisical Americans.Edit: looking it up NYC is quite a bit more densely populated than even Paris. Manhattan is out of its mind.
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, you’re 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 that’s it.
On these streets, the kids can come out to play. They’ll probably play with the neighbor kids. And if you’re a parent looking after your kids, you’ll probably meet the neighbor parents. You’ll have at least the kids to talk about. Or your kid might even chat up a non-parent walking through and suddenly you’ve got a conversation with them, too.
I love this so much. Sadly, in America, they’re even taking away bike lanes. Because “traffic”.
Take heart, 20th-century car culture has no future. There’s no going back when people see the alternative. The USA is behind the curve but it will happen there too eventually.
Everyone who counts has a motor vehicle. The rest of us are peons or outlaws.
I wish we had this in the US.
Sorry best I can do is letting you bike with an AR slung over your shoulder
Biking? Nah, riding the tractor or a horse.
No, only large trucks are allowed. And they have to blow coal.
That’s required in Texas.
walking is unamerican you commie scum
Holy shit, this honestly could’ve been released yesterday. Thanks for sharing this, it’s still peak 40 years later.
beautiful
