Traffic gardens are deployed worldwide to introduce traffic safety skills and encourage active transportation. This global page showcases diverse approaches from around the world, highlighting shared principles as well as local innovations, so communities can learn from one another’s successes. The first story in our global series comes from Albania, with more to follow. These examples show how traffic gardens are shaping safer, more confident young road users worldwide.

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​Here’s a quick look at recent developments in the global traffic garden world:​

• Netherlands: ANWB has installed 70+ traffic gardens at schools to support cycling education.

• Germany: Deutsche Verkehrswacht has helped create over 600 school-based traffic gardens.

• Bulgaria: More than 1,000 traffic gardens have been recently installed in kindergartens and primary schools through the highway safety department.

• South Africa: At least 36 Junior Traffic Training Centers now operate in the Western Cape alone.

• Czechia: 240 traffic gardens in a country where traffic education has been a mandatory part of education since 1934.

• Ireland: Seven new Learn-to-Cycle Tracks have been installed in a handful of years.

More stories coming soon on how traffic gardens are transforming communities worldwide!