ONTARIO SCHOOL STREETS PILOT SUMMARY REPORT

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ONTARIO SCHOOL STREETS PILOT SUMMARY REPORT

14 Dec 2022

In Markham, the new relationships formed between the municipality and the School Board during the School Street pilot will likely last and together, they will continue to work on school safety and “ One of the biggest successes of the project were the conversations that were active school travel. [...] School Streets In Hamilton, the size of the School Street was much smaller than the other four pilots, but it was designed purposefully to exclude the school parking lot and to limit the number of private driveways in the School Streets require closing roads to motorists for certain periods of the day, which School Street zone. [...] Streets and therefore the size and scope of the School Street should be determined on a case-by-case basis depending on the goals of the Additionally, the Mississauga and Hamilton pilots received the approval for the road community. [...] By removing When looking at the responses from the entire school community (n=325), including vehicular traffic from the street adjacent to the school, the air quality in and around staff, parents, students and residents, similar trends are seen, where around 47% of the the entrance to the school and the school yard improved dramatically. [...] The School Street brought city-wide attention to the promotion of active school travel demonstrated by the representation of the mayor of Markham, school board trustees Before School Street 57 and city councillors at the School Street launch day.
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