This study is yet another reminder of why designing safer streets for children – rather than faster roads for cars – is essential for our personal and societal well-being.
Make happy childhoods abundant. When you build better cities for children and families, you build better cities for everyone.
Learn more: Anna Siprikova, a global expert in making streets safer for kids, joined us on our latest @MobilityPodcast episode to discuss this exact topic.
Anna leads the incredible
#StreetsforKids program at
@GlobalStreets, which is working with over 30 cities around the world on empowering communities to build child-friendly neighborhoods that improve outcomes for everyone.
Their Streets for Kids Reverse Periscope is genius. They're helping to inspire change by changing adults' perspectives: once you see cities through the eyes of children, you realize how hostile our vehicle designs and streetscapes are to children and thriving childhoods.
Tune into the episode here:
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2023 study: “Our thesis is that a primary cause of the rise in mental disorders is a decline over decades in opportunities for children and teens to play, roam, and engage in other activities independent of direct oversight and control by adults."