Integrated transport plan for TKA, Fern Hill and Tiffin

This 3 school site is a congestion and pollution hotspot as three lots of pupils spill over onto the roads morning and afternoon, breathing heavy fumes.

To add insult to injury, Tiffin girls has an airport style drop off area to incentivise driving and too large a catchment area. 

The 3 schools should work with the council on an integrated transport plan with greater staggers in start and finish times, a smaller more local catchment area for Tiffin girls, and active discouragement of drivers to school when it's a 15 minute walk from a major tramsport mode in Kingston station.

A higher quality cycle lane along Richmond road is part of this solution, with greater segregation from car traffic, so it's safe for children to use.

Why the contribution is important

To support health, safety and active lifestyles 

by jonrush on August 17, 2024 at 06:28PM

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Average rating: 5.0
Based on: 4 votes

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  • Posted by Reader December 30, 2024 at 22:23

    Tiffin Girls’ catchment is enormous. This is totally at odds with the idea of walking or taking public transport to school and absolutely cannot be good for the children.. No school is so good that it’s worth the excessive travel times that some pupils endure. TKA’s catchment has naturally reduced over the years since it opened, Tiffin Girls’ could also be steadily reduced, perhaps re-drawn based on public transport travel time rather than distance. Without a catchment change, reducing parking will simply spread the problem to surrounding streets.
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