School Streets Initiative
Here at Manor Primary School & Nursery we are pleased to be partnering with Oxfordshire County Council in their ‘School Streets’ initiative - an active travel measure to encourage walking, wheeling, cycling and scooting to schools.
About school streets
The aim of a school street is to reduce school drop-off and pick-up traffic volumes by minimising the volume of motorised vehicles entering the road or roads outside a school during their busy morning drop-off and afternoon pick-up times.
By creating a safer street environment, children can boost their confidence in walking/wheeling cycling, scooting or other active travel options without relying on a motor vehicle. The increase in physical activity levels can improve physical health and reduce obesity rates, whilst helping pupils to feel more energised in the mornings and more ready to focus on their studies. There is also the opportunity for parents/carers and children to socialise on the school run, boosting wellbeing and sense of community.
Benefits
School Streets aim to:
- reduce traffic congestion and inappropriate vehicle use
- open streets up to people walking, wheeling, cycling, and scooting
- improve road safety
- improve air quality
- provide opportunities to improve physical and mental health
- provide opportunities for children to travel to school together with their friends, which builds social skills
- support children so they arrive at school, energised and ready to learn
- teach children road safety and travel independence, increasing their travel confidence especially as they transition into secondary schools
A school street is implemented by Oxfordshire County Council using an experimental traffic regulation order (ETRO) followed by a traffic regulation order (TRO).
In Lydalls Close, the hours of operation are from 8:20 AM – 9:20 AM and 2.30 PM to 3.30 PM.
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