What is a bicycle education park?
It's a miniature reproduction of a road network. Closed to vehicular traffic, it is dedicated to educating children - aged 2 to 9 - about road safety in general and cycling in particular.
Designing a cycling education park
In this guide, Vélo Québec presents how to set up a bicycle education park and make it a dynamic place to learn to ride a bike, fully adapted to children's needs. Based on practical experience and examples from here and elsewhere, this guide is aimed at all those involved in developing active mobility among young people.
This type of layout generally includes streets and intersections, as well as signage, of reduced dimensions, to simulate as closely as possible the situations cyclists encounter on their journeys.
Guide contents
Are you involved in children's active mobility? Find all the answers to your questions about planning and designing a bike education park, and discover several inspiring examples.
1 | A CYCLING EDUCATION PARK IS...
2 | PLAN AND DESIGN
3 | GENERAL COMPONENTS
4 | SPECIAL COMPONENTS
5 | PLAYFUL ELEMENTS AND DEVELOPMENT OF MOTOR SKILLS
6 | ENVIRONMENT
7 | MATERIAL
8 | BRINGING THE CYCLING EDUCATION PARK TO LIFE
9 | INSPIRING EXAMPLES
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Guide presentation webinar
In this webinar, Louis Lalonde and Magali Bebronne of Vélo Québec present the concept of a bicycle education park and the outline of the guide Concevoir un parc d'éducation cycliste. They are followed by Julien Desaulniers from the City of Laval, who shares the experience of setting up such a park at Laval during the summer of 2021.
Practical tools
Some of the practical tools presented in the guide are also available for download.
Examples of cycling education park plans
Table of general and specific components
Inspiring examples
A bicycle education park can take many forms: permanent, like Drummondville's educational trail; transitory, like the Jardin du Petit monde à bicyclette in Plateau-Mont-Royal; ephemeral, like the one in Rosemont-la-Petite-Patrie... In the guide, discover some inspiring examples.
The production of this guide has been made possible thanks to the financial contribution of the Ministère des Transports du Québec, through the Fonds de la sécurité routière.
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