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A Playful City
@APlayfulCity
A Playful City is Ireland's first not for profit organisation focused on creating more playful, inclusive and engaging urban spaces, with and for communities.
Jun 30, 2022 • 14 tweets • 7 min read
🇮🇪A 250% rise in private car ownership since 1985 has been a leading cause for the dramatic decline in children’s independent mobility.

A Comparative History on the loss of children's independent mobility & play 🧵

... & what we are to do about it 🤸‍♀️ 👇

1 of 11 Image "The message is clear:

child-friendly & playful cities are cities that work better for everyone.

However, the things that children value most in cities are too easily pushed aside"

- @official_rpc

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Nov 21, 2020 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
1/5 people in Ireland are u15
1/4 (259,953) children live in Co Dub
1/3 (83,213) Dub children u15 live within DCC
1/5 (17,510) live in Inner City Dub
≈1/2 (8330) live in North Inner City &
1.6m² per child zoned for public playspace
1 A3 sheet of space per child in North Docks ONE in every FOUR Irish children under 15 live in Dublin
Oct 19, 2020 • 18 tweets • 12 min read
Startled and if we're honest...feeling quite confused at the idea that a councillor would table a motion to remove high visibility traffic calming indicators (under Covid 19 emergency measures). We had to wait until this morning to comment on this! Some thoughts on this👇 1/... Some context ...These measure bring attention to the 2 Cycle Buses that arrive at the school each day