"We will do our best to create child-friendly pathways and work together to create a child-friendly city". Recently, Shiqi Town Central Kindergarten and Shiqi Town Central Primary School in Panyu District sent a pennant to the District Local Highway Management Station under the Panyu District Transportation Bureau to express the school's heartfelt gratitude to the station for its dedication to building a child-friendly path at the school gate and making it safer for students to go to school.
Present pennants as a token of appreciation
Colorful, safe and eye-catching
Colourful zebra crossings, cyan exterior walls, orange-red paving tiles, black and white stainless steel guardrails· · · · ·· This is the scene that this reporter saw when he was interviewing at the entrance of a kindergarten and elementary school a few days ago.
"In the past, when we picked up and dropped off our children at the school gate, there was no place to park at the school gate, and we were always worried about traffic safety, but now there is not only a child-friendly path at the school gate, but also a parking space for parents, so that the road for children to go to school is much safer, and we are more at ease when we pick up and drop off children. The children also love these colorful zebra crossings, and every time they go to school, they feel like they are walking on a rainbow bridge, and they are in a good mood. "In the hustle and bustle of the city, the colorful child-friendly paths are like rainbows, connecting home and school, escorting children's travel. Parents were raved by the colourful child-friendly pathways at the school gates.
Child-friendly commuting path in front of Shiqi Town Central Kindergarten and Central Primary School
The changes in the colorful child-friendly school paths are a true portrayal of the Panyu District Transportation Bureau's active response to the call for the construction of a child-friendly city, integrating the concept of child-friendly into various work scenarios such as transportation planning, construction, and maintenance, and striving to create a safe and friendly travel space, and strive to do practical and good things for the masses.
Field research and scientific selection
Since 2023, the District Transportation Bureau has implemented the construction and deployment of child-friendly cities, actively integrated the child-friendly concept into various work scenarios such as transportation planning, construction, and maintenance, and continued to create a child-friendly and safe travel space.
In the process of implementation, the District Transportation Bureau first conducted field research, listened carefully to the needs of school renovation, and comprehensively investigated the shortcomings and weaknesses of the roads around the schools in the district. Through the coordination and linkage with the District Women's Federation, the District Education Bureau and other departments, joint research and many field discussions, 14 implementation points were finally scientifically selected to form a practical solution.
Strengthen guidance and speed up construction
The bureau incorporates the concept of child-friendliness into the comprehensive transportation system planning and special rectification topics, focuses on the review of the plan, approval management, quality supervision and acceptance, reception and custody, strictly controls the implementation of child-friendly scale allocation, design guidelines and other control content, and continues to optimize the planning of walking routes around schools and the construction of pedestrian facilities, so as to further build a child-friendly city.
In 2023, the District Transportation Bureau will coordinate and promote the construction of child-friendly access paths, and successively implement targeted commuting path transformations such as building a new rainbow zebra crossing and improving child-friendly signs at 12 points, including Dongsha Road of Dongcheng Primary School of Shiqiao Street, Nancheng Road of Qiaonan Street Central Kindergarten, Dexian Road of Huixian Primary School of Shawan Street, and Ruyi Sanma Road of Luopu Street Central Kindergarten. In 2024, the roads around Shiqi Town Central Primary School and Qianfeng South Road of Shiqi Town Qianfeng Primary School will be renovated for children, and the safety and comfort of traffic around the campus will be greatly improved by dealing with pavement diseases, improving sidewalk guardrails, and setting up protection areas.
Child-friendly access path in front of Xili Elementary School
Child-friendly access path in front of Huixian Primary School
Child-friendly access path in front of Qianfeng Elementary School
Strengthen maintenance and ensure safety
The District Transportation Bureau integrates the concept of child-friendly city into daily maintenance work, clarifies responsibilities, and adheres to a combination of normalized inspections and special inspections for important road sections and key areas around schools. Comprehensively strengthen the maintenance of surrounding roads, deal with road pavement damage, pavement potholes and other diseases in a timely manner, and improve child-friendly travel conditions.
The path to study is a touch of color
"These child-friendly pathways not only meet the needs of children in terms of function, but also give people a visual enjoyment. Rainbow zebra crossings, child-friendly signs, and brightly coloured sidewalks add a touch of color to the children's path to school. Yuan Yuan, director of Shiqi Town Central Kindergarten, said with emotion: "These colorful children's school paths not only make the children's way to school safer, but also make them feel happier." ”
Text/photo: Panyu financial media reporter Zhong Shiwei, Zhang Zhongming, correspondent Yang Yu