“…disabled people are actually less likely to drive than nondisabled people and more likely to get around by walking and rolling and taking transit. Car-heavy cities are also disproportionately dangerous for disabled folks…”— @nondriver.bsky.social
Don’t use accessibility “as a political football.”
www.motherjones.com
City planners and advocates are seeing "accessibility used as a political football."
This summer, 40 Stockholm streets have gone car-free.
Deputy Mayor: “Change makes people nervous, and they don’t like when it feels forced. So, [we] frame these road closures like a fun little experiment that can go away if people don’t like them.”
Source: www.politico.eu/newsletter/g...
From muddy knees to makeshift dens, everyday playful encounters with nature are important in childhood.
Our free webinar on 26 January will explore why natural play matters for children, especially those living in dense, risk-averse & urban environments.
Agenda & registrations: shorturl.at/320yq
David Zipper
This is a powerful document and the argument a no-brainer if we want good urban journeys and good urban spaces - and if we want to take our responsibilities to children seriously.
As well as practitioners, urban, children’s and transport geographers could all learn a lot.
There's still time to register for our free webinar:
'Plants, puddles & possibility: the importance of natural play for children'
Discover what we mean by 'natural play' & explore the evidence on why it matters for children.
📆 Monday 26 January
🕰️11.30am - 1pm
🖇️ www.tcpa.org.uk/event/plants...
When we talk about outdoor play for children, many people picture swings or slides.
But what about 'natural play'? Splashing in puddles & making dens can nurture children's creativity, resilience & build connection to nature.
This webinar explores why it matters:
www.tcpa.org.uk/resources/pl...
In the @uk.theconversation.com, I rehearse - in briefer form - my arguments _for_ play in grey space, arguing that it affords opportunities for play, connection and care that green space often can’t, and that it’s politically important to value play in these spaces.
NSPCC calls for walkable, low-traffic & car-free streets to safeguard children
“walkable neighbourhoods, with low-traffic or car-free streets, strong visual connections between homes and shared spaces and micro-scale features such as small play pockets, to support children’s everyday independence”
Holy moly - Welsh Government have approved side-road zebras! www.gov.wales/written-stat...
This is appalling. It seems the parish council made a mistake, and some adults complained. And it's children and young people who lose out, with plans for a new play space pushed into next year at least.
It's the sound of children playing, FFS.
theconversation.com
Alison Stenning
Alison Stenning
Leading UK children's charity releases toolkit and calls on built environment to enshrine child safeguarding into the property development cycle
“Streets for play, streets for freedom” by @aliceferguson.bsky.social & @timrgill.bsky.social makes the case for a "child lens" on transport policy. Time to prioritise those most impacted yet least considered in planning our streets: Children.
Read more here: playingout.net/take-action/...
Playing Out
A play facility that was paid for by community fundraising has been demolished because residents complained about the noise.
They should be ashamed of themselves
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Parents in a Derbyshire town say their children are 'devastated' they have lost the facility.
