Kat Heath interviewed Rodrigo Perez Vega about his involvement in Wilson School’s School Streets: Why do you marshal for the school streets? I received an email from Wilson Primary School, asking for volunteers to take part in the School Street initiative. My son goes to this school, and I have witnessed the benefits of having […]
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Rob Hill contacted Cheryl Evans from WBC and Joe Lally from Calcot Schools about how the School Streets initiative had made a difference to child safety. WBC gave their own report on how it has worked: Positive Impact of the School Streets Initiative at Calcot Introduction and Implementation The School Streets initiative at Calcot Infant […]
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Joe Edwards observed what happens in the environment of a School Streets initiative on Crescent Road in Reading. Carol Richards pulls the heavy metal no-entry sign to the middle of the road and places a traffic cone on either side. It’s now 2.45pm on a Thursday afternoon and another session of marshalling the Crescent Road […]
Continue ReadingAnyone who has a child in school will have suffered the misery of traffic outside the school gates. In fact, the school run accounts for an extra 25% of motorised traffic at specific times of day, usually between 8-9am and 3-4pm. The environment outside school gates becomes congested with cars, making it quite hazardous for […]
Continue ReadingQ-Park have launched a new solution to help local businesses offer safe and secure bike parking services to their employees. Businesses can now take space in a Q-Park parking facility to use as their very own bike storage area in their car park, where Q-Park will create a secure branded reserved area. The company will be issued with door access […]
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