Doncaster Council submits plans for school streets and active travel projects
Doncaster Council has submitted plans which could result in schemes aimed to increase cycling and low-traffic neighbourhoods around schools. The council, in partnership with Sheffield City Region (SCR), has been allocated a funding opportunity of £1.38 million subject to submission and approval of an outline business case and a full business case. The Department for […]
Nottingham City Council to expand school streets programme
Safety improvements on a number of Nottingham roads near schools will become permanent, following a trial and public consultation. The School Streets are just one of the many Active Travel Schemes by Nottingham City Council, looking to encourage sustainable travel. In a bid to reduce traffic levels, particularly at pick up and drop off times, trials were […]
Greater Manchester to create 50 School Streets
Greater Manchester (GM) has secured £500,000 to deliver 50 School Streets to help transform the school run, enable healthier lifestyles and tackle air pollution, Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has announced. The city region-wide initiative will enable tens of thousands of Greater Manchester children to breathe cleaner air on the school run – with at […]
Trials to improve safety and air quality outside schools to expand in Witney, Oxford and Abingdon
Oxfordshire County Council has expanded its School Streets pilot scheme that includes trial closures of roads to traffic at drop-off and pick-up times during term-time. School Streets aims to improve road safety to help boost cycling and walking and improve air quality. They are being delivered by Oxfordshire County Council together with participating schools, in […]
New studies show School Streets improve air quality
Closing the roads around schools to traffic at pick-up and drop-off times has reduced polluting nitrogen dioxide levels by up to 23% and is strongly supported by parents, new research published by the Mayor Sadiq Khan reveals. To measure the air quality benefits of the new School Streets, 30 cutting-edge sensors from the Breathe London […]