Air quality near schools that ban cars improved by a quarter
Figures demonstrate effectiveness of School Streets initiative Published 09 March 2021 Share Article
THE AIR quality in areas around schools where cars have been banned during peak hours has improved by nearly a quarter, according to new figures.
A survey of 18 schools carried out by London mayor Sadiq Khan found that levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), a toxic gas produced by diesel engines, had dropped significantly at the institutions that had chosen to implement “School Streets” during the times that children are picked up and dropped off. Data was collected using pollution sensors installed at the schools in September 2020.
TADPOLE GARDEN VILLAGE: The first of three new pedestrian crossings around the Swindon area will be put in place on Tadpole Lane. The Toucan crossing for pedestrians and cyclists will be near the junction with William Morris Way, between the footpath link running from Kingdom Crescent to the green open space opposite, as identified as a result of the annual pedestrian crossing review. RIDGEWAY: The second new pedestrian crossing will be a Puffin crossing with a button and red/green lights indicating when people can safely cross Salzgitter Drive, west of the roundabout junction with Highdown Way, outside Ridgeway Rise Care Home.
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LONDON BOROUGH OF SUTTON THE SUTTON (CHARGED-FOR PARKING PLACES) (AMENDMENT NO. ) ORDER 202 THE SUTTON (FREE PARKING PLACES, LOADING PLACES AND WAITING, LOADING AND STOPPING RESTRICTIONS) (AMENDMENT NO. ) ORDER 202 REF: (SuttMap 1098 Beddington North) 1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the London Borough of Sutton proposes to make the above-mentioned Orders under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 as amended. 2. The general effect of the Orders will be to introduce or amend in certain locations the following parking and waiting changes:- (a) no waiting at any time (double yellow line) restrictions - at each junction between o Rosemary Close, Saffron Close and Cinnamon Close, including the additional lengths of Rosemary and Cinnamon Close(s) o Mortlake Close and Richmond Road o Chiswick Close and Richmond Road o Twickenham Close and Richmond Road o Richmond Green and Richmond Road on the south-eastern kerb o Windsor Gardens and Richmond Roa