"Problem:
If children are not able to explore the whole of the adult world round about them, they cannot become adults. But modern cities are so dangerous that children cannot be allowed to explore them freely.
Solution:
As part of the network of #bikepaths, develop one system of paths that is extra safe - entirely separate from automobiles, with lights and bridges at the crossings, with homes and shops along it, so that there are always many eyes on the path. ...
... Let this path go through every neighborhood, so that children can get onto it without crossing a main road. And run the path all through the city, down #pedestrian streets, through workshops, assembly plants, warehouses, interchanges, print houses, bakeries, all the interesting "invisible" life of a town - so that the children can roam freely on their bikes and trikes." Christopher Alexander
, A Pattern Language #patternlanguage #christopheralexander
