#school-streets — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #school-streets, aggregated by home.social.
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New School Street Imminent
It’s been about eight months since Warwickshire County Council announced its plans for a new School Street in Nuneaton, but now it looks like it may finally become a reality. In its newsletter, Chetwynd Junior School has revealed that Caroline Close is proposed to be the site of the new scheme, expecting to start in May 2026.
This is excellent news for a school and street that is plagued by […]
https://fiets.uk/2026-03-31/new-school-street-imminent/?utm_source=activitypub&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=none #ActiveTravel #CarolineClose #ChetwyndJuniorSchool #Infrastructure #MagyarCrescent #Nuneaton #ParkAndStride #PaulsLand #SchoolStreets #WarwickshireCountyCouncil #Whitestone #WhitestoneInfantSchool -
If you're in City of Yarra make sure your councilors know that you support this.
It definitely looks like it could easily be derailed by a fight about a small amount of parking.
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✨💬We asked parents what they think about #schoolstreets.
Their answers speak of #safety, community, freedom for kids, and cities that actually get better.
Every story shows that school streets are not just car-free roads, but places that truly change lives 💗 #StreetsForKids
https://bsky.app/profile/cleancitiescampaign.org/post/3m277wwltfd2y
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https://lcc.civiplus.net/civicrm/mailing/view?id=6678 ← Hey #BikeTootler peeps in the UK: the opposition to safe #SchoolStreets in Ealing (mostly funded by the Reform Party during lockdown) are rounding up cabbies in Ilford to spew nonsense into this consultation. Every informed response from a UK postcode helps us get the discourse back onto the right track, so a quick couple of clicks would be much appreciated.
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📣 Exciting News 📣 #Nuneaton may be about to get its first School Street! #WarwickshireCountyCouncil has said that it's in the planning stages for a new scheme at Chetwynd Junior School/Caroline Close, after the success of its first trial at Eastlands Primary in Rugby!
https://fiets.uk/2025-07-03/is-nuneaton-about-to-get-its-first-school-street
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Is Nuneaton about to get its first School Street?
Following the successful pilot of a scheme at Eastlands Primary School in Rugby, and in exciting news for those who want to see improved safety, better air quality, and more pleasant environments outside of school gates, Warwickshire County Council has revealed that it is planning a new School Streets trial, with Chetwynd Junior School and Caroline Close in Nuneaton set to benefit.
#ActiveTravel #CarolineClose #ChetwyndJuniorSchool #GipsyLane #Infrastructure #Nuneaton #SchoolStreets #WarwickshireCountyCouncil
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@dmirams “We know this works in a lot of cities” #education #SafeStreets #SchoolStreets #WarOnCars
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In Paris gibt es inzwischen über 200 autofreie rue d’ecoles, in London 700 #schoolstreets, in Barcelona 200 escoles pacificades, 52 schoolstraat in Brüssel und 11 rruga e shkollës in Tirana.
In Berlin wurden nur zwei #Schulstraßen in den letzten zehn Jahren eingerichtet.
Wir sind aktiv um das zu ändern.
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Calling #WarwickshireCountyCouncil - let's get some more School Streets going and make the school run more fun! Children want it; most people will support it!
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-streets-how-to-set-up-and-manage-a-scheme
#ActiveTravel #ActiveTravelEngland #SchoolStreets #Warwickshire_CC #WCCSafe_Active #WarksHighways #WarksRoadSafety #SchoolRun
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This all feels like baby steps compared to how quickly and comprehensively Paris transformed the streets around its schools.
But we're happy that we're making progress here too. The goal now is to make it permanent.
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When our school joined #SchoolStreets the biggest worries were:
1. Closing a street would create traffic chaos.
2. Kids would "learn" to play in the streets.But we've found:
- Less traffic as more kids walk and non-parents avoid the area.
- Kids have learned that change is possible. -
The results of
#SchoolStreets
has been very positive so far. It's a great community-building event and there has been real behaviour change.* More kids are walking and biking
* Less people are driving
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Is anyone else dismayed that so many parents drive their kids to school?
It's especially frustrating when the main reason is that vehicle traffic makes it dangerous for kids to walk or cycle.
How do we change that behaviour?
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ICYMI: I'm using the proposal to expand two local schools as an opportunity to argue for better streets for #ActiveTravel, including #SchoolStreets, wider footpaths, fewer obstructions, and #cycling infrastructure. A summary and my consultation response is over this way...
https://fiets.uk/2024-11-14/school-expansion-an-active-travel-opportunity/
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On the blog today: With proposals for two local schools to expand, risking inducing yet more motor traffic from a large catchment area, should and could this be an opportunity for meaningful improvements for active travel and safe routes to school?
https://fiets.uk/2024-11-14/school-expansion-an-active-travel-opportunity/
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School expansion – An active travel opportunity?
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Consultations are currently underway following proposals to expand two Nuneaton schools to accommodate growing demand. Those schools, like so many others, are known to suffer with motor traffic congestion at the peak times of drop-off and pick-up – a situation that will only get worse without some form of mitigation.
With this in mind, it is perhaps an opportunity to press the County Council to make some changes that can improve the walking, wheeling, scooting and cycling environment to and around these schools. Neither are well-served by active travel infrastructure – there’s a limited shared-use route through a nearby park in one direction and narrow footpaths which get very crowded at peak times – and the areas are plagued with bad driving, pavement parking and stopping on prohibited areas, idling engines, general heavy traffic. There is then the resulting poor air quality, noise pollution, risk of collisions, general stresses – none of which are good for children (or their adults) and are not conducive to positive learning.
A number of options are available which can improve the situation by making driving less attractive while making active travel an easier, safer option:
- School streets – closing roads to motor vehicles at key times;
- 20mph speed limits;
- Wider footpaths;
- Removal of obstructions on the shared-use route;
- Improve road crossings;
- Separated cycle infrastructure, particularly on main roads.
The catchment for these schools includes housing estates some distance away where people are not likely to walk. Thus without safe cycle routes, the default option will be to drive. The County Council has a Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan for Nuneaton which includes routes which would benefit these schools. It also has a Local Transport Plan that supposedly prioritises active travel. So, whilst noting that funding is always a challenge, it should surely be a requirement of expansion that at least some improvements are forthcoming to mitigate against new motor traffic.
The consultations for the two schools run until 29 November 2024, and my own submission is now available to read for those who want a bit more detail.
#ChetwyndJuniorSchool #ChildFriendlyWarwickshire #Nuneaton #SafeRoutesToSchool #SchoolStreets #WarwickshireCountyCouncil #WhitestoneInfantSchool
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https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2024/09/school-drop-off-cars-chaos/679869/ “You’re taking your life in your own hands to get out of here” #schoolstreets #saferoutestoschool #safestreets #bancars #biketooter