"Is diverting local traffic in Grove Park down Burlington Lane, helping or hindering pollution at nearby schools and nurseries?"If children walk along a main road to school they will likely be exposed to unsafe levels of PM2.5 and other pollutants.https://www.kingshealthpartners.org/latest/2635-children-exposed-to-five-times-more-air-pollution-on-school-runThey would be less exposed to pollution if their school run is on back streets, especially if they are part of an LTN that has substantially reduced traffic on the roads. It is also helped if the school sits on a "school street" - as Grove Park School now does, which is closed to traffic during the school run. We know car trip miles have increased 18% since 2008 and a lot of this traffic has ended up being diverted down minor residential roads - past schools and nurseries, which may have made the problem worse.The cars and vehicles driving on Burlington Lane will likely still be polluting nearby schools and nurseries - especially if they front onto the road. I see the problem as too many vehicle trips, too many of which are polluting, and I support measures to encourage people to use alternative less-polluting vehicles or modes of travel.If I understand the premise of your comment, you believe the problem is too few roads, and we should (re)open local neighbourhoods to through traffic, so congested traffic doesn't idle, thus preventing (as much) pollution. That's an assumption that can be tested with data, along with measuring pollution in schools before and after the introduction of traffic restrictions.
Ed Saper ● 1957d