Lauritsala school and kindergarten area in Lappeenranta – Finland 

Key word: safety and security 

Main characteristics:  

• The school is in suburb about 4 kilometers away from the city center.  

• Area includes a kindergarten and a school of 770 students.  

• The school area is located along a busy road but is otherwise surrounded by small residential houses and narrow streets.  

• The school plot is open to the public outside of school hours. 

Challenges to tackle:  

• Dangerous traffic spots (limited visibility, overlap of different mobilities etc.) 

• Reduce parental driving 

Main goals of the SIA:  

• Smoother co-habitation between mobilities 

• Safer active modes of transport and traffic arrangements for schoolchildren, kindergarteners and their parents and residents