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

Access to the Practice Park is free and open to the public! Community members of all ages are encouraged to visit the space to practice safe biking and walking skills. Please remember to follow the park rules:
  • 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. 

Programs

Has your child been struggling to learn to ride a bike? Or have you always wanted to ride a bike and been struggling to learn and feel confident? Sign up for a FREE class with Bicycle Colorado. Their effective gliding technique has most students riding within two hours! See below for upcoming classes.

Youth Bike Classes

Saturday, August 8 from 9 AM - 11AM: Learn to Ride

Friday, September 25 from 10 AM - 12 PM: Learn to Ride (FULL)

Wednesday, October 7 (Fall Move to School Day) from 4:30 PM - 6:40 PM: Learn to Ride

Monday, October 19 from 10 AM - 12 PM: Learn to Ride

Adult Bike Classes

Saturday, July 25 from 9 AM - 11 AM: Learn to Ride

Saturday, August 22 from 9 AM - 11AM: Bike Basics Skills

Sunday, September 13 from 9 AM - 11 AM: Learn to Ride

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, Littleton Public Schools, and Littleton Public Schools Foundation. 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). The bike racks located at the park were donated by local bike shop, Boost Ebikes. 

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