St Johns C of E Primary School and Friern Barnet School Street

We asked

We asked for your views on the live ‘School Street’ which is a controlled pedestrian and cycling zone during school pick up and drop off hours on the following roads:

Bethune Avenue/Crescent Road (between The Ridgeway and The Crescent)
Hemington Avenue.

The proposed times are 8.00-9.00am and 2.45-3.45pm, Monday to Friday, term time only.

You said

We received 77 responses to this engagement. This included 28 pupil responses, 31 through Engage Barnet responses and 18 responses via email:

24.68% of respondents were supportive of the measures
57.14% of respondents were opposed to the measures
18.18% of respondents neither support nor opposed.

Only adult responses were analysed in terms of themes. This showed:

61.3% of respondents were just highlighting their opposition to the scheme.
16.1% of respondents were happy with the school street.
6.5% of respondents stated it pushes congestion and traffic onto neighbouring roads.
6.5% stated they wanted the School Street extending.
3.2% of respondents stated it impacted parking in the surrounding area.

We did

Based on results from the engagement and reviewing traffic counts and parking stress Officers have decided to retain the School Street and make it permanent.

Traffic count data on Bethune Avenue/Crescent Road at pre and post School Street showed that traffic volumes at morning and evening restrictions reduced by about 75% and 80% respectively. Traffic on Ridgeway reduced by 70% both westbound and eastbound during the school street operation time. This shows that the scheme has reduced rat running along neighbouring roads.

Parking Survey undertaken before and after the installation of School Street on Hemington Avenue and Bethune Avenue / Crescent Road showed that both roads had about 15 - 20% reduction of cars parked during the School Street operation time (8-9am and 2.45– 3.45pm).

Parking has increased on Glenthorne Road (by 10-15%), The Ridgeway (by 20%) and The Crescent (between 65-310%) however there are still parking space available on each of these roads during School Street operation times.