In the London Cycling Campaign's annual Campaigner Awards, our Steering Group member and past Chair, Laurie Johnston, was awarded LCC ally Active Travel Campaigner of the Year . Sarah J Berry (Railton LTN) and Susie Morrow (Wandsworth Living Streets) were Highly Commended.   On receipt of the award, Laurie said:   I'm really touched, but I couldn't do this except as part of a team, and I'm part of an amazing team: Amy Foster, Ros Walton, Simon Yiend, Polly Twisk and all our committed staff and parent reps. I've learned at the feet of greats like Alastair Hanton and Jeremy Leach. We are proud to work collaboratively with amazing groups such as Mums for Lungs, Clean Air Dulwich, Southwark Cyclists, Lambeth Cyclists, London Living Streets, Better Streets groups, the new love my LTN groups that we're getting to know, and more. That's what makes it worthwhile - being part of such a great team. We have such a great vision for the future, it's such a positive v...

SRS response to Southwark Emergency Streetspace Measures, Phase 2 Our schools comprise 10% of Southwark schools but over 30% of Southwark’s Gold Medal travel plans. Our commitment to encouraging active travel to and from school continues. However, increased active travel is enabled by safe infrastructure. The Streetspace Phase 1 measures, permeable filters at Dulwich Village junction, resulted in three dangerous crossings being made safe, improved safety at two other crossings (Calton Ave/Townley Rd and Eynella Rd/Court Lane) and anecdotal evidence of an increase in walking and cycling by children and their families. The Phase 2 emergency measures on and around Melbourne Grove in East Dulwich have resulted in: safe access to the main entrance to The Charter School East Dulwich extension of the Goose Green school street safe crossings along Grove Vale, south side safety improvements at the junction with Melbourne Grove and East Dulwich Grove - reduced dangerous driving and safe crossing...

The Dulwich and Herne Hill Safe Routes to School group supports the creation of a permeable filter at Dulwich Village junction as part of Southwark Council’s Covid 19 emergency response measures. This action is supported by all of our schools.  Background: The Our Healthy Streets Dulwich engagement ran for 12 months and comprised of three phases. It was one of the largest and most extensive consultations ever in Southwark. The OHS engagement demonstrated widespread support for a holistic and radical approach to traffic reduction in our area. The idea of a permeable filter at the junction arose from the consensus that traffic should be reduced (phase 1), the support for radical solutions (phase 2) and specific support for a permeable filter (phase 3). The number of parents driving children to school over the last five years has decreased overall. The amount of traffic in our area has increased. There is no solution to the saturation of the Dulwich Village junct...

The members of Dulwich and Herne Hill Safe Routes to School are committed to helping children get to school by sustainable means.  Travel to school by car has gone down over the last three years, as our schools promote the behaviour change that has earned them a disproportionate number of STARS Gold Medals in Southwark for their school travel plans. However, parents who want to let their children walk and cycle are often afraid to do so because of road danger and those who do walk and cycle report finding it intimidating and stressful. We have learned from  past experience that permanent, widespread behaviour change is not possible without creating a network of safe routes to school.  Only infrastructure change can address the dangers that heavy traffic poses to children. One of the main objectives of Our Healthy Streets Dulwich is to provide safe routes to school for children, enabling them to walk, cycle and scoot safely, reducing their exposure to road danger and da...

On 4th February Dulwich & Herne Hill Safe Routes to School hosted Dr Ian Mudway's memorable and compelling talk at JAGS on the burden of air pollution on children's health. His slides are now available  here  and on our Air Quality page.

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On 20th January, Jemima Hartshorn and Dr Henrietta Rooney spoke to secondary school children about the impact of air pollution and the importance of active travel to school at a Southwark Schools Learning Partnership meeting hosted by Alleyn's School . Henrietta Rooney runs Play Streets in Southwark and helped to implement the first School Street in Southwark at SRS school Bessemer Grange Primary .  Jemima Hartshorn is the founder of Mums for Lungs and was recently named by the Evening Standard as one of the most influential Londoners (environmental action). Thanks to both for really interesting and informative talks. Dr Henrietta Rooney on the benefits of active travel                  Jemima Hartshorn on the impact of air pollution

This Saturday, January 18th, Croydon Living Streets Group are hosting a community meeting called 'Healthy Streets for All'.  The event is being hosted by Tiffany Lam, a consultant at the New Economics Foundation specialising in sustainable cities. Before moving to London, Tiffany worked as a research advisor at the National Safe Routes to School Partnership in Washington. You can read the blogs she wrote on making walking and cycling to school safer, healthier and more attractive online here . Laurie Johnston of our own Safe Routes group will be joining the panel event on Saturday alongside Cllrs. Stephen Mann and Stuart King, where the discussion will also include the work Cllr. King has done on the School Streets programme in Croydon. If you are interested in learning more about how communities can call for safer, greener, healthier travel options, please do come along and join the conversation. You can find more information via the booking page at  https...