Safer Streets Practice Park

A fun, safe space for people of all ages and abilities to learn how to safely bike, walk, and roll with confidence.

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What is the Practice Park?

The Safer Streets Practice Park at East Community Center is a network of miniature streets designed to provide a real-world experience to practice safe bicycling and walking skills. Also known by many other names like a safety town or traffic garden, this interactive space builds confidence and teaches essential life skills to children and new riders. The park features bike facilities, from low-comfort to high-comfort, crosswalks, and intersections that mimic real streets- but in a safe, car-free environment. 

Through education, collaboration, and community engagement, Safer Streets Littleton is building a culture where safe travel is always the priority. Goals of the Practice Park include: 

  • Teach safe biking, walking, and rolling skills.
  • Build confidence biking, walking, and rolling for people of all ages and abilities.
  • Foster a shared culture of safety. 
  • Improve safety and increase biking, walking, and rolling in Littleton. 

How to Use the Practice Park

Families, adults, and children can all use the facility to practice safe biking and walking skills as well as participate in classes hosted by the City and other community partners. 

 

  • Ride in the same direction as traffic signs and arrows. 
  • Obey all traffic signs like you would on a real street. 
  • Yield to people crossing at crosswalks. 
  • Helmets are required at all times. 

 

No motorized bikes, scooters or other vehicles are allowed, except wheelchairs. 

Location & Hours

East Community Center 
5933 S Fairfield St, Littleton, CO 80120 

The Practice Park on located the play pad at the East Community Center and is open year-round, from sunrise to sunset. Access inside the East Community Center is available Monday through Friday from 9am to 5pm.  

Partnerships

The Safer Streets Practice Park was made possible through a collaborative partnership between the City of Littleton, East Community Center, and Littleton Public Schools. This project was funded by a Community Design for Physical Activity mini-funding opportunity provided by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE).

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Safer Streets Practice Park

Safer Streets Practice Park