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richard tudor Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- If you look at what is being proposed every where is > being directed to no cars. > Why is an aim to encourage people out of their cars such a bad thing? A third of all car trips in London are under 2km, a distance which can easily be walked or cycled by most. Surely this is exactly what we should be calling for our councils / government to be doing to tackle the climate emergency, air pollution, childhood obesity etc..? This report explains more https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/health_impact_of_cars_in_london-sept_2015_final.pdf. Interesting quote 'Most people in London do not use cars regularly but car use impacts on everybody?s health'

A final reminder of tonight's FREE talk by Dr Ian Mudway on air pollution. Come to understand why rapid change to improve air quality is needed in Dulwich. Booking essential. https://www.trybooking.com/uk/book/event?eid=10088&

yenkcah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > From the published map, it looks like the > proposed closures etc would effectively funnel all > southbound rush hour traffic directly along > Dulwich Village itself with even more traffic > idling at the lights directly outside Dulwich > Village infants school , Dulwich Hamlet Junior > School and JAGS prep. There's no mention of a > 'school street' system on Dulwich Village itself. > > Surely one of the major reasons for this whole > proposal was to improve air quality for primary > age children walking to school but it looks like > the proposals will just create a massive traffic > bottleneck directly outside these schools. > > Unless I?m reading this wrong, it just looks like > the proposal is removing traffic from some > residential streets and dumping it all directly > outside three primary schools. > > Surely this can't be the point of the whole > exercise? We suggest you read all of the documents and go to one of the consultation meetings before making conclusions. There is a timed access restriction proposed on Dulwich Village itself to reduce northbound traffic at peak times. The point of these changes is to get people out of their cars, which will result in less traffic overall. See https://londonlivingstreets.com/2019/07/11/evaporating-traffic-impact-of-low-traffic-neighbourhoods-on-main-roads/

Come to this talk held at JAGS by Dulwich Safe Routes to Schools to understand why we're so passionate about the need to reduce air pollution https://www.trybooking.com/uk/book/event?eid=10088&

As noted by posters above, Alleyn's have submitted additional documents in support of their application. The timescale for submitting comments has been extended to 12 February. Based on the documents uploaded to the council site there doesn't seem to be anything that addresses the concerns already raised. Please click on the link below to see our short film showing why we don't believe that any further expansion should be permitted which could worsen the existing situation: https://twitter.com/CleanAirDulwich/status/1220453205718511616

Regardless of the reasons for the change in demographic, we believe that its important that the schools work to mitigate their effect on the local environment. We set up our group to push for more action on this both by the schools and from Southwark council to make sure that change happens and our air quality improves. As noted there are lots of things that could be done so ensuring local pressure is applied is the best approach to achieving this.

No- it isn?t, it?s just been set up in a way that picked out some key junctions and the issues ?around? them. It wasn?t intended to only focus on them though. Think for people who couldn?t make the workshops it can be a bit more tricky to unpick, but in summary fill in the consultation and comment if possible. Thanks!

The roadworks have gone today so for now it?s fine. However, would reiterate what bels123 said above. If you are waiting in traffic for more than a few seconds, please do switch your engines off for your own sake and everyone else?s!

The consultation works on junctions, but you can add comments on the Townley/ east dulwich grove junction as there is a free form box!

Hi All Really interesting to understand more about the strength of feeling locally about the coach parking. We set up the ?Clean Air for Dulwich? group as a local grassroots campaign working hard to raise awareness and bring about changes which will reduce air pollution in the area. We?re a relatively new group and have been using social media channels (twitter, Instagram and a Facebook page ? all @CleanAirDulwich) to raise awareness of issues locally and to gather support for positive change. We?ve also been using these social media channels to raise awareness of Southwark Council?s ?Our Healthy Streets? consultation for Dulwich Village, and one of the focus areas of this consultation is specifically looking at how to address the issues on Townley Road. For people who haven?t yet responded, the response form is now online and this phase of consultation closes on the 23rd November and is a chance to look at options that could result in real change. https://consultations.southwark.gov.uk/environment-leisure/ohsdulwichphase2/ Please follow us on social media, email to join our mailing list at [email protected] so that we can work together to make positive changes. Kind regards Clean Air for Dulwich