The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia (BCGP) partnered with Studio Ludo to come up with a design for the first bicycle park in Hunting Park, Philadelphia, where children and adults can learn how to better navigate city streets and infrastructure.

Lower-income Philadelphians, especially those living in areas like Hunting Park shaped by discriminatory lending and planning, have a hard time finding places to learn street safety. The neighborhood itself struggles with outdated road infrastructure that has contributed to dangerous traffic conditions. Several main thoroughfares are in the city’s Vision Zero High Injury Network, the 12% of Philadelphia streets responsible for 50% of all traffic deaths and severe injuries. The “Lil’ Philly Safety Village” wants to change that with a kid-sized, colorful park with roads, traffic lights, intersections, pedestrian crossings and bike lanes.

Conceptual design includes three different types of intersections (T-intersection, cross intersection, and roundabout), whoopdeewoo ramps, and vertical play panels. This project is the recipient of a Play Everywhere Philly Challenge grant, and will be completed in the Spring of 2021.