Streets feel a lot different when you’re only 95cm tall. Like any kind of infrastructure, kids experience streets differently than adults and have unique needs when it comes to safety and access.
In 2018 we created a Streets for Kids Reverse Periscope, a simple cardboard-and-mirrors device that lets adults experience a street from a child’s height. It’s designed to help adults better understand the sightlines, hazards, and uncertainties as well as the unique and surprising aspects of navigating a world built for people twice as tall as you.
We first debuted the periscopes at a “walkshop” in Los Angeles, and since then partners in Lima and Bogotá have held workshops to help improve the periscope’s design and instructions.
Today we are excited to announce a brand new resource for anyone interested in creating Streets for Kids. Download “How Do Kids Experience Streets?” our new guide to creating your own Streets for Kids Reverse Periscope:
This new guidebook includes step-by-step instructions for assembling your own reverse periscope, as well as suggestions for how to use it and even how to lead your own workshop with members of your community.
We want to make it easy for everyone to use this new tool. On Wednesday, March 8, 2023 from 12:30-1:30pm EST we’ll hold a free online discussion about the Streets for Kids Reverse Periscope and how to use it. Register to join us on March 8:
The Streets for Kids Reverse Periscope is an easy and engaging way to help more people in your community understand how children experience streets and how design changes can make streets safer for people of all ages. Download the new guidebook and register for the webinar all about this new tool.
Suy nghĩ lại về các đường phố cho trẻ em, người đi bộ, và xe đạp tại một thành phố mà xe máy là phương tiện giao thông thống trị
In the bustling city of Ha Noi, GDCI is partnering with the Department of Transport to create streets for children, pedestrians, and cyclists in a city dominated by motorcycles.
GDCI melancarkan fasa pertama projek transformasi jalan sekolah untuk dua sekolah di Jalan Genting Klang, Kuala Lumpur. Sebelum memulakan reka bentuk semula jalan, pasukan GDCI berinteraksi dengan pelajar, ibu bapa, dan guru-guru dari sekolah-sekolah tersebut melalui aktiviti-aktiviti yang interaktif.
