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April 22, 2005

School Travel Plans

Both the Archbishop of York Junior School and Bishopthorpe Infant Schools have published their travel to school plans.

All schools are required to produce reports, and well researched and written up, with statistics, illustrations and statistics, they make an interesting read.

Predictably perhaps people take their children to school by car because it is 'too far' to walk, and they perceive the dangers of walking as being those of other traffic, parked and parking cars, and the difficulties of crossing the roads - including the village centre crossroads - that are busy at school time (exacerbated of course by those driving the school run).

The Junior school is taking action to promote walking and cycling to school with all the environmental and health bebefits this can bring.


All premises with car parks within 5 minutes walk of the schools have been approached to take part in a Park and Stride Scheme. Three replies were received meaning that approximately 38 parking spaces are to be available specifically to school users who have no alternative but to come by car. These users will be issued with a permit - to date 68 such permits have been issued.

Some 30 parents have shown interest in the Walking Bus and management for this scheme is being established. This entails chidren being escorted together as they walk to school.

Of particular interest to those who support the Crossroads project, a member of the Local Authority Engineering Consultancy has site identified a number of improvements that he will put forward to improve safety in the immediate school area.

  • double yellow lines on Appleton Road from School Lane to the Playgroup driveway

  • double yellow lines on the opposite side of Appleton Road in order to keep parking off the speed table

  • widening the pavement at the school crossing point (currently grass

  • removing the layby on Copmanthorpe Lane and creating a dual use path to the school

  • extend existing double yellow lines to the Methodist Chapel driveway

  • investigate and improve off-road access to the cycle track (Route 65)

    • You can download and read the reports and appendices from the Junior School web site. More information on the issues surrounding street safety and use can be found on the Living Streets web site.

    Posted by martin at April 22, 2005 7:52 AM

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