Take back your street!Two neighbors

Take back your street!
Two neighbors meet on a city sidewalk. They talk about planting more flowers along their street, or asking the city council to add bike lanes to a busy road. In small but important ways, these people are changing the face of their cities.
All around the world, people are speaking up and working hard to make their cities safer and more pleasant for pedestrians. Cities have painted crosswalks on their streets, made streets narrower, put in traffic lights and speed bumps, and made plans to help more kids walk or bike to school. Many people have learned from a man from Brisbane, Australia, named David Engwicht. His book Reclaiming Our Cities and Towns has a simple message. He says that in the past, streets belonged to everybody. Kids played there, and neighbors stopped there to talk.
But now, streets are just for cars and trucks. People stay inside to get away from the noise and dangerous traffic, and we lose contact with our neighbors. Engwicht says that we should use streets for more than just transportation. People need to take back their streets.
Engwicht travels around the world, helping people think differently about pedestrians, streets, and neighborhoods. Besides his books and articles, he gives many speeches. He has worked in neighborhoods from Honolulu to Scotland.
While Engwicht was writing his book, he learned about how neighbors in the city Delft, in the Netherlands, stopped dangerous traffic on their street. They put old couches, tables, and planters in the streets. Cars could still pass, but they had to drive slowly. When the police arrived, they saw the value of these illegal actions to make the streets safer. Soon city officials started planning ways to make cars slow down, and “calm” the traffic.
Engwicht says we should think about streets as our “outdoor living room.” Calming the traffic is just the beginning. In the future, streets will be safe places for children again, and our neighbors will become our friends.

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收回你的街！两个邻居在一个城市的人行道上相遇。他们谈论在街上种植更多的花，或者要求市议会给一条繁忙的道路加上自行车道。在小而重要的方式，这些人改变了他们的城市的脸。在世界各地，人们正在为使他们的城市更安全，更愉快的行人而发言和努力工作。城市街头画人行横道，使街道狭窄，放在交通信号灯和减速带，并打算帮助更多的孩子步行或骑自行车去学校。许多人从布里斯班，澳大利亚人了解到，名叫戴维恩格威特。他的书收回了我们的城镇，有一个简单的信息。他说，在过去，街道属于每个人。孩子们在那里玩，和邻居在那里停下来说话。但现在，街道只是为汽车和卡车。人们呆在里面，远离噪音和危险的交通，我们失去了与我们的邻居的联系。恩格维特说我们应该把街道的不仅仅是交通。人们需要收回他们的街道。恩格威特周游世界，帮助人们改变对行人，认为街道和街区。除了他的书和文章外，他还发表了许多演讲。他曾在从火奴鲁鲁到苏格兰的社区工作。而恩格维特写他的书，他学会了如何在城市代尔夫特的邻居，在荷兰，停止危险的交通在他们的街上。他们把旧沙发，桌子，和街道上种植。汽车仍然可以通过，但他们不得不慢慢地开车。当警察到达时，他们看到了这些非法行动的价值，使街道更安全。很快，城市官员开始计划如何使汽车减速，并“平静”的交通。恩格维特说我们应该思考的街道是我们的“户外客厅。”宁交通只是开始。在未来，街道将是孩子们的安全的地方，我们的邻居将成为我们的朋友。