ALICE: There have been so many benefits of Street Play for the kids.

爱丽丝：街道玩耍项目对孩子很有好处。

Parents really like the fact that the kids are getting fresh air instead of sitting staring at a computer screen, even if they’re not doing anything particularly energetic.

虽然孩子们没有做什么特别消耗体力的事儿，父母们还是很喜欢孩子们出去呼吸新鲜的空气而不是坐在电脑屏幕前。

And of course it’s great that kids can play with their friends outside without being supervised by their parents - but for me the biggest advantage is that kids develop confidence in themselves to be outside without their parents.

当然了，孩子们在不被家长看管的情况下和伙伴们一起玩儿实在太好了。但是在我看来，最大的好处是孩子们能够培养自信，敢于在没有父母陪伴的时候到户外去。

The other really fantastic thing is that children get to know the adults in the street - it’s like having a big extended family.

另一个美妙之处在于孩子们可以熟悉在这条街道生活的大人们，就像是有了更大的家庭一样。

PRESENTER: It certainly does have a lot of benefits.

主持人：这个项目确实有很多好处。

I want to move on now and ask you about a related project in King Street.

我想要再问你一下国王街的相关项目。

ALICE: Right. Well this was an experiment I was involved in where local residents decided to try and reduce the traffic along King Street, which is the busiest main road in our area, by persuading people not to use their cars for one day.

爱丽丝：好的。这是我参与的一个实验。国王街是我们区最繁忙的一条主街。当地居民决定劝说人们，选择一天不开车来减少街上的车流量。

We thought about making people pay more for parking - but we decided that would be really unpopular - so instead we just stopped people from parking on King Street but left the other car parks open.

我们想过增加停车费，但是我们最终确定这种方式不会有人支持。所以，取而代之，我们只是不许司机在国王街停车，但是保留了其他的停车场。

It was surprising how much of a difference all this made.

这个决定的影响是惊人的。

As we’d predicted, air quality was significantly better but what I hadn’t expected was how much quieter it would be - even with the buses still running.

正如我们所料，空气质量明显提升。但是我们没有预料到的是尽管公交车仍然在运行，街上变得特别安静。

Of course everyone said they felt safer but we were actually amazed that sales in the shops went up considerably that day - we thought there’d be fewer people out shopping - not more.

当然了，人们都说自己感觉更安全了。事实上，我们惊讶地发现当天街上商店的营业额大幅提升。我们本以为购物的人数会只减不增。

PRESENTER: That’s really interesting so the fact that …

主持人：那确实很有趣，所以……