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...