Children's Traffic Park

Children's Traffic Park

The Children's Traffic Park is bordered by Zunyi Road to the east, Xianxia Road to the south, and residential buildings to the west and north. The site was originally the Tianshan Orchard and was approved for redevelopment into the Tianshan Children’s Park by the Shanghai Municipal Basic Construction Commission in 1984. The overall planning and landscaping design were handled by Xie Jiafen from the Design Office of the Shanghai Municipal Gardens and Parks Bureau, and the project was built by the Shanghai Municipal Gardens Engineering Company, with a total investment of 1.655 million yuan. Construction began at the end of 1984, and the park was completed in May 1987. Zhou Gucheng inscribed the park’s nameplate, and it opened to the public on International Children’s Day in June of the same year. In 1999, due to the widening of Zi Yun West Road, 2,259 square meters of the park’s land were expropriated, reducing the actual area of the park to 21,192 square meters.

The Children's Traffic Park integrates gardens, simulated architecture, and traffic facilities to educate children about traffic rules through play and foster good habits in obeying traffic order.

Major Attractions (Sites)

Grand Flower Bed: Located inside the park entrance, it is oval-shaped with an area of 540 square meters.

Children's Statue: At the central intersection of the park stands a stone sculpture of a child, 2 meters tall with a 1-meter base, designed and produced by the Sculpture Design Office of the Shanghai Municipal Gardens Design Institute. There are three lawns surrounding the statue: one to the north covering 40 square meters, and the middle and southern ones each covering 80 square meters.

Education and Publicity Building: Located in the southern part of the park. This two-story reinforced concrete structure covers a floor area of 335 square meters. The upper floor houses a picture exhibition room and a video screening room, while the lower floor contains a garage, storage rooms, and a ticket office. The plaza outside the building serves as the management, service, dispatch, and practice area for children’s ride-on cars.

Simulated Roads: There are five simulated roads laid out according to the orientation of major downtown thoroughfares: Nanjing Road and Huaihai Road run east-west, while Tibet Road and Ruijin Road run north-south, and Zhongshan Road forms a loop. The total length is 794 meters, with widths ranging from 2.5 to 6 meters. The roads are equipped with various traffic signs, markings, road name signs, and traffic lights. The roadside is planted with flowers, shrubs, and hedges. There are eight formal-style lawns between the roads: six central lawns each covering 534 square meters, and two southern lawns each covering 767 square meters.

Simulated Buildings: There are eight simulated structures, including the Shanghai Mansion, Peace Hotel, Great World, Shanghai Exhibition Hall, Shanghai Television Station, Shanghai Stadium, and Hongqiao Hotel. These range in height from 1.73 to 6 meters and occupy areas between 2.7 and 22.4 square meters, standing on the lawns alongside relevant roads. At the end of "Huaihai Road," there is a pedestrian overpass, beneath which is a simulated Xuhui Plaza, featuring a circular flower bed with an area of 50 square meters at its center.

The pergola is located at the western end of the park. It is an open, flat-roofed structure covered with climbing star jasmine vines, covering an area of 86 square meters. Benches are placed under the pergola, and there are flower beds and flower borders along its edges.