As we build towards our flagship conference taking place from 20-22 November, Child in the City will be previewing some of our scheduled speakers, through a mixture of presentation summaries and Q&As. Today we feature...Read more
As cities become more congested, traffic fatalities continue to rise and the impacts of climate change escalate, the need for sustainable and safe transportation solutions has reached a critical juncture.Read more
Thousands more schoolchildren in London will soon be enjoying a healthier and safer school run thanks to the expansion of a local School Streets programme.Read more
Provision for basic bicycle training for children living outside London needs urgent improvements as part of the government’s obligation to meet mobility goals.Read more
Streets which surround schools have to be made safer for pedestrians and cyclists if active and safe mobility is to be encouraged among children, says a new report from a European alliance of road safety...Read more
In late March 2023, #BiciBús activists from Barcelona hosted fellow ‘bike bus’ leaders from around the world for the first-ever global Bike Bus Summit.Read more
Electric school bus adoption continues to expand in the United States. As of December 2022, there are 1,398 electric school buses that are either on order, delivered or operating. In total, there are now 5,612...Read more
Urban development and social norms concerning childhood have led European cities to a situation where streets are no longer places for children and young people. Gill Valentine has explained that this shift has been fuelled...Read more
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The ‘Playing Out’ movement which sees communities closing their streets to traffic and is continuing to grow has scheduled another online forum for professionals.Read more
‘Playground zone safety’ is one of the four key areas in which city planners in Turkey are working with an EU-funded project to re-evaluate how mobility issues are tackled.Read more
The Portugese city of Braga has won the EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK award in recognition of its work on sustainable mobility, with child safety a key theme.Read more
Mexico City’s efforts to improve the design and management of routes to and from school for children have been recognised at the inaugural Partnership for Healthy Cities Summit.Read more