Children on bikes
Children on bikes

School Zone Traffic Calming (Heart zones)

Many cars near schools create chaotic and unsafe arrival conditions for children. Heart Zones are an effective way to calm traffic around schools, making it safer for children to walk and cycle. In recent years, more and more municipalities in Denmark have started establishing Heart Zones around sch…

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Children on bikes

Students as traffic experts

Students as traffic experts - How can students get more people to cycle and walk to school? With support from Cykelpuljen 2021 and the foundation Østifterne, the company Trafik i Børnehøjde has carried out the innovation project 'Students as traffic experts - behavior before construction'. T…

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Children on bikes

Cycling children – cycle training and traffic safe…

Children should learn to cycle at an early age. This is the basis of a healthy, sustainable cycling culture. It calls for an ongoing focus on cycle training and traffic safety on the part of parents, schools, day care institutions, and the authorities. By Lotte Malene Ruby, Danish Cyclists’ Feder…

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