Is there a crossing that’s hard to get across? A road where cars drive a little too fast? Or somewhere along the bike ride where it just doesn’t feel very safe to be a child in traffic? Now children and young people in Billund Municipality will have the chance to point out the problems.
This week, a new survey will reach children and young people at every primary and lower secondary school in the municipality.
They’ll be asked how they get from A to B in everyday life – between home, school and leisure activities – and where along the way they feel unsafe.
The survey is part of the Børns Smutveje project, where Center for Børnenes Hovedstad and Billund Municipality have spent several years working on children’s journeys through traffic.
– We hope parents will support their children in answering the survey, so we have the best possible basis for creating initiatives that make a difference in traffic, says Kim Nordfeldt Thomsen, director of Center for Børnenes Hovedstad.
The youngest pupils will receive the questionnaire via AULA or the school intranet, and parents are welcome to lend a hand. Pupils in grades 7–9 are generally expected to answer it themselves at school.
And the answers aren’t meant to just end up in a folder somewhere.
Once the children have said where the shoe – or perhaps the bike helmet – pinches, their answers will be considered alongside professional traffic assessments to identify where concrete improvements are needed.
Ultimately, Billund Municipality will look at which traffic projects the children’s input could lead to.
