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Given that children formulate a large and crucial part of this growing population in cities, it becomes relevant to look at their needs in a holistic manner through urban planning and design. To advocate child-friendly practices it is imperative to look at issues such as appropriate safety standards, guidelines on the quality of the built and spatial environment, children’s participation in decision making, allocation of special children’s budgets and convergence of various city agencies. Their maximum mobility is involved between the routes of their home and the schools. It is imperative to work towards these corridors. The minimal intervention can be done by improving the road markings, signs and signages. Hence, Amritsar city has been opted from the 20 cities under the Smart City Mission. It has a population of 116,383 children under the age of 6 years and around 25% of the population is under 15 years. The aim of this paper is to analyze the gap between the typological framework and the diverse set of situations and challenges that Amritsar might face in the context of child movement and mobility around the educational institutions under the considerations of traffic markings, signs and signage’s.