Belfast City Council launches bid to pedestrianise school roads at drop-off and pick-up times
Belfast City Council is the latest local authority to consider implementing school streets. Aside from the safety benefits of temporarily closing off roads outside schools to traffic, the schemes also improve the air quality in these areas and promote walking and cycling. A motion calling for the implementation of a pilot School Street project has been […]
Greenwich Council’s new transport strategy to help create a cleaner, greener, safer and healthier borough
Greenwich Council’s new Transport Strategy has been approved by its Cabinet, following six weeks of consultation with Royal Greenwich residents. The strategy includes a range of measures to help encourage walking, cycling and public transport, reduce traffic, improve air quality, and support the rollout of ultra-low emission vehicles. These measures will help to make Royal […]
London Mayor renews pledge to fight toxic air street by street
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has revealed that more than 260,000 children are breathing cleaner air as a result of the capital’s growing network of School Streets. Following the agreement of a funding deal for TfL to secure the transport network’s future, £69m per year will now go to boroughs to help them deliver […]
Six schools to take part in School Streets scheme trial
Shropshire Council’s Cabinet has today approved an 18-month ‘School Streets’ scheme trial – and agreed that ANPR (automatic number plate recognition) cameras be used to enforce restrictions. School Streets are streets outside of school gates that are pedestrianised (except for permit holders) during school drop off and pick up times. Under the new ‘moving traffic offences’ legislation Shropshire Council […]
‘School Streets’ trial schemes get underway in Stockport
Seven schools in Stockport will take part in a ‘School Streets’ trial this summer. School Streets aim to make the streets around schools safer and healthier for pupils and parents and encourage more walking, cycling or scooting to school and supports the aims of school travel plans to encourage and promote active, healthy, safe, and […]
School Streets road safety and healthy travel trial in Norfolk moves to next stage
Trials of the School Streets initiative at a number of Norfolk schools are set to move to the next stage over coming weeks. The scheme which was announced earlier this year is designed to make hundreds of pupils’ daily journeys safer and healthier. For the first time road closures at the start and end of […]
London Mayor says Schools Streets programme has been a success
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has hailed the success of his School Streets programme as he announced that across London there are now more than 500 School Streets in place. Thanks to School Streets and other measures, walking is now the main way 58 per cent of children aged 5-11 in London get to […]
Birmingham makes more progress with School Streets
Five more schools in Birmingham will benefit from School Streets next month. The aim is to make it easier and safer for children to commute to school sustainably by protecting children from road accidents and pollution. Prior to making a Car-Free School Street permanent, The Active Wellbeing Society holds a day’s active travel closure on each […]
Leicester hope for big safety gains with small improvements to implement school streets
New road safety measures are being tried out on neighbourhood streets in the area of Knighton, Leicester to help reduce traffic speeds and improve safety for children to get to school. The measures – all of which are experimental, according to the council – will include closing off streets to through traffic during school drop-off […]
Westminster launches a series of Schools Streets trials
Westminster City Council in London has announced it is launching ‘School Streets’ trials at a number of schools in Westminster, aiming to create safer spaces around schools during school drop-off and collection times, to encourage pupils to walk, cycle and scooter on school journeys. It explains it’s a key part of its ActiveWestminster strategy which […]
