How Paris swapped cars for bikes – and transformed its streets

Under Anne Hidalgo – mayor for 12 years until last week – the French capital added bike lanes, cut traffic and reclaimed public space, but not without resistance

The Guardian

New School Street Imminent

It’s been about eight months since Warwickshire County Council announced its plans for a new School Street in Nuneaton, but now it looks like it may finally become a reality. In its newsletter, Chetwynd Junior School has revealed that Caroline Close is proposed to be the site of the new scheme, expecting to start in May 2026.

This is excellent news for a school and street that is plagued by […]

https://fiets.uk/2026-03-31/new-school-street-imminent/?utm_source=activitypub&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=none #ActiveTravel #CarolineClose #ChetwyndJuniorSchool #Infrastructure #MagyarCrescent #Nuneaton #ParkAndStride #PaulsLand #SchoolStreets #WarwickshireCountyCouncil #Whitestone #WhitestoneInfantSchool

If you're in City of Yarra make sure your councilors know that you support this.

It definitely looks like it could easily be derailed by a fight about a small amount of parking.

#CityOfYarra #Bicycles #SchoolStreets #Melbourne

https://yoursayyarra.com.au/safer-streets-for-schools

Two more Bradford schools make their school streets permanent

Two more schools in the Bradford district have made their trial School Streets permanent. Wilsden Primary School and Girlington Primary School have both

West Yorkshire Cycling
All the evidence is that #ActiveTravel interventions, whether #SchoolStreets, safe infrastructure or #LowTrafficNeighbourhoods have significant public health benefits. But so often they seem to be siloed as a “Highways” measure @[email protected]

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:evbq2cju2fvjn5or4aduubd5/post/3me73gd4kpk2t
Why do we design freeways for peak commute time, parking lots for black Friday, but not plan traffic calming and filtering based on car traffic at school dropoff or pickup times? #SchoolStreets #BanCars #InducedDemand

> over the past 10 years, hundreds of school crossing guards — many of them of retirement age or older -- have suffered injuries on the job after being hit by [sic *with*] a vehicle, and dozens of them have died.

> No federal agencies and just two states track ... And local police accident [sic #crashNotAccident] reports often have no code to distinguish ...
#fuckCars #banCars #schoolStreets
apnews.com/article/school-crossing-guard-fatal-traffic-accidents-725e0fdb61dd1246318028de92bc7add

✨💬We asked parents what they think about #schoolstreets.

Their answers speak of #safety, community, freedom for kids, and cities that actually get better.

Every story shows that school streets are not just car-free roads, but places that truly change lives 💗 #StreetsForKids

https://bsky.app/profile/cleancitiescampaign.org/post/3m277wwltfd2y

Clean Cities (@cleancitiescampaign.org)

✨💬We asked parents what they think about #schoolstreets. Their answers speak of safety, community, freedom for kids, and cities that actually get better. Every story shows that school streets are not just car-free roads, but places that truly change lives 💗 #StreetsForKids

Bluesky Social
Boston currently has 0 #SchoolStreets but we can follow the lead of Paris and NYC and realize that our children's lives, health, well being, and ability to breathe, play, & think should be our top priority @wutrain.bsky.social @enriquepepen.bsky.social @ruthzee.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/cath...

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https://lcc.civiplus.net/civicrm/mailing/view?id=6678 ← Hey #BikeTootler peeps in the UK: the opposition to safe #SchoolStreets in Ealing (mostly funded by the Reform Party during lockdown) are rounding up cabbies in Ilford to spew nonsense into this consultation. Every informed response from a UK postcode helps us get the discourse back onto the right track, so a quick couple of clicks would be much appreciated.
Ealing School Streets Need Your Help!