Getting to Charter by 37 bus

[Derwent Groover]

I appreciate that there is a thread in the main section about this but many mums may not be aware of this.

Children going to the Charter School on the 37 bus are going to be badly affected by the proposed changes to the East Dulwich Grove/ Townley Road junction.

These changes involve narrowing the roadway and reducing the dual lanes at the traffic lights. The Southwark officials attending the drop-in session yesterday admitted that the scheme will increase the tail-backs of traffic on EDG.

In the morning rush hour, the tail back at this junction often goes back as far as the hospital. If this goes ahead then it will certainly go back to around Melbourne Grove which frankly is unacceptable by any measure. It's bad enough already but this will make it worse.

The only official way to oppose this scheme is to use the on-line feedback form on this link:-

https://forms.southwark.gov.uk/ShowForm.asp

There is another option called "10b" which will allow the traffic to flow better than it is now. To support this option it is necessary to mention 10b in the "Comments" section, as your preference.

[vesti]

Surely, given the limited catchment area, the pupils can just walk.

[Derwent Groover]

vesti Wrote:

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> Surely, given the limited catchment area, the

> pupils can just walk.

The Charter School does not have a defined catchment area - as confirmed on their web site.

Quite a few of the pupils use it regularly and even more when the weather's bad. Lots also come by train to North Dulwich.

DG

[vesti]

Furthest distance offered - 2000 metres, and they have a 'safest walking routes' map.

So - my point stands; pupils can surely walk.

[newboots]

Surely it can only be a very small number of children affected? I'm surprised to hear the catchment stretches any further than Melbourne Grove these days.

[sillywoman]

vesti Wrote:

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> Surely, given the limited catchment area, the

> pupils can just walk.

Yup, my thoughts exactly.

Bad weather? Wear a coat.

[DuncanW]

I would have thought that an 11yr + child could walk from anywhere within the de facto catchment of Charter. We live well outside of that and our six year old attends Bessemer Grange (v close to Charter) - he manages to walk that every day.

[alice]

some come from the other side of peckham - quite a walk

[clux]

I can't believe the catchment area is so big that people are incapable of walking!!! It says the furthest distance ever offered was 2000m but that could have been 10 years ago! Bet it's not that far these days.

[newboots]

It must be a tiny number who come from the other side of Peckham?

[keane]

Well they won't be coming from other side of peckham any more as furthest distance offered so far this year for charter is 1,100 metres, we live under 2000 metres away and didn't get a place seems that you practically have to live next door to get in!

[newboots]

Yes. But the catchment has been very small for many years. The children from the other side of Peckham must be older.

[simonethebeaver]

Can't the kids from Peckham get off at Melbourne Grove, if the bus queue starts there, and walk down East Dulwich Grove? It's not very far at all. Can't see why they'd sit for ages in a traffic jam to go a short way down the road.

[hellosailor]

I lived on East Dulwich Grove for years and was always stunned to see teenagers waiting for 15 mins for the 37 from outside Pizza Gogo or even, incredibly, from the stop by Alleyn's to go to Charter? a few hundred metres away?from the Townley Rd junction it must be 4 minutes on foot max.

[cactus]

It would appear that teenagers hate walking!

I see the same at Peckham Rye/East Dulwich Rd junction. Kids would rather wait 10 mins for the bus than make the

10 min walk up to East Dulwich Boys.