The Times of India 15.11.2010
New park to instill traffic sense in children
AHMEDABAD: In an ambitious effort to instill traffic discipline in children, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and city police have decided to come up with a new Children's traffic park on SG Highway which will be a miniature replica of the city!
The city already has a traffic park at Sardar Baug near Nehru Bridge, and the new park will have the city's BRTS corridor and the proposed metro rail. The idea of the new park is a joint venture between city traffic police and AMC and will come up opposite the Gujarat high court on SG Highway where the traffic branch has a collection centre for towed vehicles.
Talking about the project, Mohan Jha, joint commissioner of police (traffic), told TOI that the new park is still at a nascent stage and the designing of the park is expected to be completed by mid-2011. "We had approached CEPT for its concept and designing and have got innovative ideas for educating children on traffic norms. Now, the whole plan has been sent to AMC for final approval. Once the formalities are over, implementation will start from early January," he said.
OS Tiwari, sub-inspector of traffic branch and in-charge of children's park, told TOI that the first aspect about this project was mere scale. "We have 8000 sq mt of land on SG Highway where we can implement a number of activities. With increase in number of participants over the years, we wanted something bigger and closer to reality," he said.
The new park will have miniature BRTS buses, the proposed metro rail, underbridges, overbridges and flyovers to simulate real driving experience on city roads, said officials. Tiwari said that children's park attracts more than 300 children every month which doubles during vacation time. "The location of the park will be an advantage which will attract more children from the western parts of the city. Leveling of the land has already started," said Tiwari. The park also has a separate section for parents' counseling and interaction with road safety experts.
The city already has a traffic park at Sardar Baug near Nehru Bridge, and the new park will have the city's BRTS corridor and the proposed metro rail. The idea of the new park is a joint venture between city traffic police and AMC and will come up opposite the Gujarat high court on SG Highway where the traffic branch has a collection centre for towed vehicles.
Talking about the project, Mohan Jha, joint commissioner of police (traffic), told TOI that the new park is still at a nascent stage and the designing of the park is expected to be completed by mid-2011. "We had approached CEPT for its concept and designing and have got innovative ideas for educating children on traffic norms. Now, the whole plan has been sent to AMC for final approval. Once the formalities are over, implementation will start from early January," he said.
OS Tiwari, sub-inspector of traffic branch and in-charge of children's park, told TOI that the first aspect about this project was mere scale. "We have 8000 sq mt of land on SG Highway where we can implement a number of activities. With increase in number of participants over the years, we wanted something bigger and closer to reality," he said.
The new park will have miniature BRTS buses, the proposed metro rail, underbridges, overbridges and flyovers to simulate real driving experience on city roads, said officials. Tiwari said that children's park attracts more than 300 children every month which doubles during vacation time. "The location of the park will be an advantage which will attract more children from the western parts of the city. Leveling of the land has already started," said Tiwari. The park also has a separate section for parents' counseling and interaction with road safety experts.
