Safe Neighbourhoods for Little Feet Project
Project theme: Sustainable, Inclusive and Active Mobility (SIAM) solutions; Speed reduction
BY BRUNO Batista
Safe Neighbourhoods for Little Feet is a youth-led project to requalify a school-centred area in Canoas (RS), Brazil, through creative, low-cost urban interventions. The space includes schools, plazas, and pedestrian routes used daily by children and caregivers. The project will engage the local community in participatory workshops, awareness campaigns, and a tactical urbanism intervention with painted crosswalks and curb extensions. Children will actively take part in designing and painting the space. Promoting safer, more inclusive streets, the initiative is a replicable model for child-centred mobility and supports long-term efforts to build healthier, more accessible cities.
ABOUT THE PROJECT LEAD
bruno batista
Bruno Braga Batista was born in Porto Alegre, Brazil, in 1994, and he is a transportation and urban mobility specialist with a degree in Civil Engineering and a Master’s in Transportation Engineering from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. He has specialised in sustainable mobility and road safety and studied Urban Planning at the University of Groningen. He has worked at WRI Brasil since 2017, promoting complete streets and safer urban design across Latin America. He is a member of the Global Youth Coalition for Road Safety and participated in the 2025 World Youth Assembly in Morocco.
Impact snapshots
Established partnerships with schools, businesses, and local leaders.
Delivered workshops for public space intervention design with community.
Installed speed hump and presented formal design proposal.
