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Traffic Park

(Taman Lalu Lintas) 

A traffic park or children's traffic park is a park in which children can learn the rules of the road. A traffic park is also called a transportation park or traffic garden or safety village depending on locale. Traffic parks are frequently created as an attraction within a larger park. In other cases, they are single-use parks and often small in scale. They can be found in urban as well as rural areas. 

A traffic Park (Taman Lalu Lintas) initially was an area that was designated as a tropical area. So no wonder if there are many tropical plants that thrive there. In addition to area designated as green lot, traffic park is also an object of family recreation cheap but still has the educative aspect of the children. Lots of children's play facilities that can be used to play while learning for the children there. Besides it is also a wide area and lush trees will be used to place a cozy picnic for the whole family.

Traffic parks exist throughout Asia, Europe, and North America. Traffic parks in Asia and Europe are focused on traffic safety through pedal-powered vehicles. In the United States and Canada they use bicycles as well as electric, motorized vehicles. These North American parks are called safety villages, because of broader emphasis on safety for fire, electrical, food and other educational purposes.

Indonesia itself has a traffic park which is a garden that has been established since 1 March 1958 in the wake of the Traffic Safety Board bevy Bandung branch, Belitung Street number 1, Bandung, West Java. Bandung Traffic Park is an informal educational means to inculcate traffic ethics for children. Built in 1920 as a tropical garden, then named Insulindepark in 1925. Formally established on 1 March 1958, Parks traffic Ade Irma Suryani Nasution is an informal educational tool aimed at instilling ethical values ​​in traffic early on for children. Actually, since its establishment on 1 March 1958, at the end of 1965 the new name of Ade Irma Suryani Nasution be added after the name of the park traffic. 

The new traffic park name Ade Irma Suryani Nasution is choosen to commemorate the national hero of the little, Ade Irma Suryani Nasution, who is the daughter of the late General Five Star (Rtd) Abdul Haris Nasution. Ade Irma Suryani Nasution died at the time of movement G 30 SPKI (G30S). She was shot at a bunch of rebels about to kidnap her father.

Bandung Traffic Park is in a heart of Bandung where it has a playground for children to play and learn about traffic safety. It is kind of a big park where people can easily find. It is open everyday except on Friday. For Monday until Thursday and Saturday (at 8 am until 3 pm) the entrance ticket costs Rp 6000,00, For Sunday and holiday/day off (at 8 am until 4 pm) the entrance ticket is Rp 7000,00. The facilities in traffic park will add some additional costs if you use them. For the further information, just call 022 - 4201667.

Bandung Traffic Park has a water park also in it. It's not a really big water park but is enough for children to swim. Children can use life vest/jacket to learn about safety in the water. There is also a train and carousel. They are located in the middle of the traffic park. This traffic park also has a pond for fishing. All the area is full of big trees that cover the sky which make hot condition not a trouble for children to play and family who do recreation activities.

This traffic playground than as a place for family recreation, very suitable for early childhood education facilities level students, kindergarten, and elementary school as a place they know the rules and all the traffic signs applicable, hope when they grow up obedient and orderly traffic into discipline drive using the highway. Besides of course provided chairs and benches park benches for the family rest. The main attraction in this park, however, is the miniature of traffic designed for children. Here, kids can try to drive and learn about the traffic sign. There are also occasional activities to learn how the traffic works.

One of the intentions of the Bandung Traffic Park is to improve awareness of traffic safety among school-aged children. Many traffic parks enable children to gain hands-on experience crossing streets and with bicycle or other pedestrian safety challenges in a highly controlled environment devoid of actual motor vehicles.  

Children of a minimum age (10 years old in some instances) are allowed to use bicycles or pedal-powered cars to navigate the streets and operate according to traffic laws. Sometimes they share a buggy with their parent, who can provide guidance as they circle the park. 

Typically, this Bandung Traffic Park is a scaled-down version of real street networks, with the lane and street-width proportional to the smaller vehicles. Often they include operating traffic signals and during busy times are even staffed with traffic police.