This week, we saw the launch of some exciting new research into the effectiveness of School Streets.
Jenna Panter, MRC Epidemiology Unit, School of Clinical Medicine, at University of Cambridge, lead investigator on the study and senior author on the report, will deliver a session on the findings at the National STARS Summit.
Effectiveness and equity impacts of traffic restriction schemes outside schools: a controlled natural experimental study
The study included 500 schools, using data from Modeshift, Walk Wheel Cycle Trust, and Transport for London.
Do schemes to restrict cars outside schools work and why?
⬆️ 6% more children used active travel, whilst ⬇️ 5% fewer children travelled exclusively by car.
The research finds that after primary schools implemented schemes, a greater proportion of children walked, cycled or scooted to school and a smaller proportion were driven. These findings suggest that wider roll-out of these schemes might contribute to promoting active travel in children, and perhaps, to improving health. Improving the availability, quality and consistency of routinely collected data on travel to school would facilitate future research into these schemes.
For the full report visit: Effects and mechanisms of traffic restriction schemes outside schools in Great Britain: a natural experimental study – NIHR School for Public Health Research
