Improve the original/current traffic calming measures at 60 Spylaw Road, Edinburgh, to make them fit for purpose for this 20mph school and kindergarten zone - Petitions (Closed)
Petition details
Edinburgh Steiner School (roll 280+) has its main entrance at 60 Spylaw Road, EH10 5PQ, with no PSC anywhere along 587m length of road (9.6m wide).
Only Steiner Waldorf school around. 38% pupils dropped off/picked up by car, 2-in-5 walk/cycle/scoot (Sustrans).
70+ enrolled pupils aged 2-5 too young to learn Green Cross Code; 97 aged 6 - 11 too young to independently cross; 54 aged 12-15 are most vulnerable pedestrians (highest all severities pedestrian casualty rates, Transport Scotland, 2019).
Significantly increased traffic volume every morning: school drop-off area, commuting, rat-running to nearby 2,500-roll school on Colinton Road.
Updated Highway Code regarding pedestrian crossing rights ignored by motorists. 20-mph zone not enforced.
Regular close-calls endanger our children.
Indicative study at site yielded PV² value of 0.61 x 10¸ at peak hour 8am - 9am above benchmark for Zebra Crossing consideration. Calculations relied on conservative ESS pedestrian-use only. Nearby church, care home, school and nursery would substantially increase PV² value.
No traffic warden for 9 weeks, and 4+ more confirmed. The Council communicated staff shortages mean no replacement possible. Daylight low. Visibility poor.
School activities finish at different times over the afternoon (after school clubs, wraparound), when no traffic warden is on duty.
Parents and teachers legally not allowed to provide relief.
Proposal:
Install a Pedestrian Safety Crossing and traffic calming measures to ensure school zone speed limit is adhered to at site.
The school is willing to fundraise to help meet the costs.
Petition Status
Closed
Petition submitted by (Business or Individual)
Business
Name of petitioner
Edinburgh Steiner School
Opening date
15 November 2021
Closing date
10 January 2022
Petition Outcome
This petition was considered at the Transport and Environment Committee on 27 January 2022
Further Action
Actions taken by the school Parents informed of: - Absence of School Patrol Officer. - School legal position is that regrettably staff members are not allowed to temporarily fulfil this position - The importance of not parking, dropping off or collecting pupils in the crossing area or on the zig-zag lines at the school gates. - Council advice that the road safety of the pupils is the responsibility of the parent. Requested Edinburgh City Council to provide: - A replacement School Patrol Officer. - Traffic calming measures to be put in place immediately. - Requested ESS staff and/or parents can act as lollipop person in interim of no one from Council being available
