Resources

Here’s a list of useful resources and links that should help you start the conversation with other parents, the school leadership, residents associations and elected representatives.

National guidance from Active Travel England (November 2024), view
Best practices for school street schemes, practitioners’ guide. (Sustrans, July 2022), view
School streets: putting children and the planet first. Child Health Initiative’s Global Advocacy Hub and FIA Foundation (April 2022), view
School Streets: Intervention sites vs Control sites. Full report, TfL (January 2021), view
School Streets Reducing children’s exposure to toxic air pollution and road danger (January 2021), View
New report by Dr Adrian Davis, professor of transport and health at Edinburgh Napier University on reviewing 16 School Streets studies View
NEW – Hackney School Streets Toolkit for professionals (February 2021) View
Evaporating traffic? Impact of low-traffic neighbourhoods on main roads (Sept 2019) View
Friends of the Earth’s briefing View
Here’s why the UK should start closing school streets to traffic, CiyMetrics View
Walking to School, Living Streets View
Living Streets Campaign (2018) View
Review of interventions to improve outdoor air quality and public health, Public Health England View
Introduction to Healthy Streets View
Benefits of Active Travel for Young People, Sustrans View
Revealed: air pollution may be damaging every organ in the body, The Guardian (May 2019) View
Every Breath A Threat – The impacts of NO₂ on human health | Greenpeace (2017) View
Edinburgh Council School Streets Pilot Evaluation, View
Camden Council’s School Streets Report View