Southampton School Streets
 Shirley Infant School Street in action
A total of eight schools in Southampton have now introduced School Streets schemes to encourage a safer and healthier school run. The School Streets initiative sees the roads outside schools temporarily closed to vehicles at drop off and pick up times to create a safer, greener and more attractive environment for local residents and families on the journey to school. Six out of the eight schools have introduced the schemes since September this year to help provide additional space for families travelling to school, in line with social distancing guidance and as part of the council’s Covid-19 response. A further two schools are set to commence schemes in January 2021. For more information about the scheme, including all of the participating schools, click here.
We're now running the following surveys to gather feedback from residents, families and school children about School Streets initiatives in their area. If you would like to share your thoughts on a School Streets scheme local to you, please do take a few moments to get involved.
Adults' School Streets Survey
Pupils' School Streets Survey
Those who complete the adults' survey will be entered into a £10 shopping voucher prize draw (one voucher available per school). A prize is also on offer for the school which achieves the highest percentage of completed pupil surveys.
 Southampton City Council has won £1.225m from the Government’s Active Travel Fund to help create safer spaces for walking and cycling.
The funding will be used to deliver a range of permanent schemes that will be consulted on with local residents, businesses, emergency services and other key stakeholders. These include:
- Better cycle connections to Southampton General Hospital and on St Mary’s Road
- Active Travel Zones in The Polygon and around St Mark’s C of E Primary School, to reduce though traffic and make it easier for people to walk and cycle in these neighbourhoods
- A new Park and Travel Hub at Bitterne, so that people can park their vehicles and use public transport and other sustainable options to travel into the city centre
For more information, please click here.
 Following a series of co-design workshops, the council is undertaking work to create a greener, safer and healthier neighbourhood in the St Denys area with an Active Travel Zone (ATZ). Trial modal filters, like the ones pictured, were recently installed on Kent Road and North Road and early feedback from the community has been positive.
The council is keen to hear the views of everyone who lives and works in the area. Consultation on these trial measures will be running for a six-month period to May 2021.
If you would like to share your thoughts, you can do so by emailing Traffic.Orders.Legal@southampton.gov.uk. For further information on the Active Travel Zone scheme and upcoming works in the area, click here.
 In 2017, Southampton City Council launched its ten year cycling strategy which sets out a range of ambitious plans for cycling in the city. Three years in, we’ve already come a long way and now have two complete cycle routes to the east and west of Southampton, with a third to the north along The Avenue due to complete next year. More recent additions to the Southampton Cycle Network (SCN) include a newly completed section of the SCN3/4 route along Northam Road, and new cycle facilities in Bevois Valley which form the first stages of the SCN6 cycle route to Eastleigh and Chandler’s Ford. The council is also continuing to trial pop-up cycle lanes on Hill Lane, Portswood Road, Dale Road and on a section of The Avenue. Once complete, the Southampton Cycle Network will provide a series of inter-connected and consistent routes, enabling people to travel by bike in and around the city safely, seamlessly and with ease.
For more details about the Southampton Cycle Network, including the pop-up cycle lanes, visit our website.
 If you have a disability which means you are unable to use public transport and you do not have access to a car, Southampton City Council’s Dial-a-Ride service, operated by SCIA, can provide door to door transportation for shopping trips, visiting friends and family (within the government’s COVID-19 restrictions), the hairdressers or anywhere you want to go in Southampton that does not already provide transportation. Dial-a-Ride is not available for hospital or doctors’ appointments.
Dial-a-ride is a membership service available to anyone whose disability prevents them from using mainstream transport. You can book a lift up to 7 days in advance. Find more information about the service, fares and how to book on our website.
The Dial-a-Ride minibus is fully accessible, fitted with a passenger lift and can carry wheelchairs. COVID-19 safety measures have been put in place to keep passengers safe. The drivers are wearing face masks and gloves, numbers are limited to maintain a safe distance between passengers and the bus is cleaned between runs with sanitising wipes.
You can find more information about Dial-a-Ride and an application form for membership on our website.
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