Kids Losing their Streets

Speaking of kids and cars, Chris Kelsey has an interesting piece for Wales Online about how kids have lost out to cars:

These pictures show how many of the areas around of homes have been transformed from popular play areas for local children to car-dominated no-go areas.

The photographs, dating from the 1940s to the present, paint a stark contrast with children and families enjoying the freedom of the streets in days gone by, and largely banished in the most recent images.

Wherever cars win, people lose - particularly people at the margins. It doesn’t have to be one or the other. It is about finding balance and prioritizing people over the machines that are intended to serve us.