School Streets Reducing c hildren’s exposure t o toxic air pollution and r oad d anger January 2 021 / Possible is a U K b ased c limate charity Transport f or Quality of L ife is a specialist working towards a z ero carbon society, consultancy t hat i s w orking t o c reate a built b y and for t he p eople o f the UK. O ur sustainabl. [...] Protecting children a nd public health should be at t he core o f national and local transport policies and t he w ay we d esign our towns a nd cities. 10 / Why S chool S treets? Parents wait to c ollect their c hildren in t he S chool S treet outside E lm Wood P rimary School, L ambeth, London. Source: Anna Goodman. School Streets are restrictions on traffic a t school . [...] I f one looks s pecifically a t the areas covering o ur c ity r egions, t he f igures are 4 4% primary a nd 3 1% s econdary school c hildren driven t o s chool i n u rban areas in the South W est; 42% primary a nd 25% secondary school children i n Metropolitan a reas in the W est M idlands; 41% primary a nd 28% secondary s chool c hildren in M etropolitan a reas in Yorkshire/Humberside; and 2. [...] I n the 1 % of schools m issing i nformation o n the n umber of pupils, we i mputed the average for that c ity a nd phase o f education. 15 / In all f our cities, therefore, t here has n ever b een a b etter t ime to p ush for a School S treet. Figure 1 : P roportion o f schools with a School S treet implemented (permanently o r a s a trial) i n each c ity s ince 2017. . [...] F or f urther d etails of o ur m ethods, s ee Appendix 2. 40 We are grateful to input from School Street c ouncil o fficers f rom Camden and Hounslow local a uthorities in f inalising this flowchart. 20 / Figure 4 : Conceptual flow chart providing a n i ndication o f School S treet f easibility. As illustrated in Figure 5, w e found s ubstantial p otential f o.
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