play streets
Car-banned child areas
Play streets are roadways temporarily closed to vehicle traffic so children can play safely outdoors.
Common in urban neighborhoods where yards and parks are scarce, they transform ordinary streets into supervised recreation spaces: The city designates play streets on summer afternoons.
The practice dates to early twentieth-century efforts to reduce child pedestrian deaths.
- childrenYoung human beings
- laughterVocal expression of amusement
- pedestrianOne traveling afoot
- bicyclesHuman-powered wheeled vehicles
- block partiesNeighborhood outdoor gatherings
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Public roads for transit
arterial roads · main roads · highways · motorways · expressways
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