Additional comments

• A fifth of respondents are supportive of the scheme, and requesting that the trial be made permanent
• A smaller proportion of respondents are unsupportive of the scheme (8%), stating that the scheme is unfair to working parents who rely on their cars or citing confusion about the road closures
• Some respondents feel that the scheme has had a negative impact on the surrounding streets (7%), moving parking issues and congestion onto these areas rather than address the underlying issue
• A very small proportion of comments report that since the trial has ended street congestion has returned to previous levels (2%)

This table shows the most common themes around further comments regarding the School Streets scheme trial across all waves:
20% of respondents are supportive of the scheme
8% of respondents are unsupportive of the scheme
7% of respondents give recommendations for change/ improvements should the scheme continue
7% of respondents feel concerned about the impact on other streets
7% of respondents feel concerned about on-street safety
4% of respondents request for pedestrian/ cycling improvements
2% of respondents feel street congestion has returned since the trial ended
5% of respondents give other comments
59% of respondents give no further comments

“Great initiative and our school is quite lucky to be trialling it. Hope the whole school community realizes the value of it.”

“I think it’s a good initiative, but more needs to be done with the surrounding areas, especially those who want to cycle to school…”

“I was initially keen on this. However, it doesn’t work if you have kids in different school, or catchment issue or to get to work yourself…”

“To think of impact on other near by road, co-ordinate better when known road works and other building works are happening as it made it even more unsafe than usual”