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"Cozy Spaces and Not So Nice Places“
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A lot has generally improved in the transportation sector in the last 20 years, but how is it for our little ones? How are they on the way to school and kindergarten, do they actually feel safe and noticed? What makes them worried or afraid when they have to cross the traffic paths of cars/trucks and bicycles?
As part of our small, hands-on campaign, we are collecting photos of the children's favorite places on their everyday travels until the end of October because we want to know why they feel comfortable in certain places. Of course, we also want to know where there are problems and what they are.
It's simple: Take a photo of a place you particularly like on the way to kindergarten/school and one where you don't like being. Then fill out the online survey and upload the two photos.
We then publish them on a map so that everyone can see which everyday school routes are suitable for children and where there is still a need for change.
Provide us with photos of both the feel-good spaces and places on the way to school/kindergarten that are not friendly. Describe as clearly as possible why you feel this way about these places.
We will then publish them on a map here so you can see where the childrens' everyday paths are already comfortable and where there is still a need for change.
Click here for the online survey!
Why does this matter?
As early as 2002, Climate Alliance and VCD gave children a voice and took a closer look at their traffic situation as part of the second German children's traffic report. Even back then, the children were very concerned about wide footpaths and green strips facing the street. In addition, they often had the feeling that they were not taken seriously by other road users, for example when drivers did not stop at a crossing area. The children expressed that they do not like when drivers have the right of way when they have to cross the street on the bike path.
Even though many important individual solutions have been developed and implemented since then, there is still a lack of political will to fundamentally change the road traffic regulations for the benefit of our children.
That's why we need your help now: the more clearly we can show what is still missing so that even the little climate protectors can get to and from school safely and independently, the more clearly we can demand change from those responsible.