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Temporary job up to 50 hours, closing date 7th July

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Street Space are looking for someone aged 18-25 to work up to 50 hours talking to residents and community organisations in Frizinghall and Owlet – either side of Canal Road. Please tell anyone you think might be interested, to apply here: https://www.wearestreetspace.org/were-hiring.

Street Space say:

“Between July and September 2022, Street Space are working alongside BSTA (Bradford-Shipley Travel Alliance) to engage local residents in Owlet and Frizinghall to understand how people travel around (and through) these neighbourhoods and work with people to generate ideas to reduce car traffic and make it easier for people to walk, wheel and cycle short journeys.

This project is connected to BSTA’s campaign to oppose the widening of Canal Road and hopes to help Bradford Council develop locally rooted, well informed, sustainable alternatives to the current proposals.”

The work will be very helpful leading up to public meetings in those areas organised by BSTA. It is funded by our successful Lottery Community bid. Meanwhile we continue our own doorstep consultations, and we could always do with extra volunteers for that.

Why the silence on the road plans?

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A reminder of the current situation with the Bradford-Shipley road scheme:

Bradford Council are working up revised options for the scheme that will be put out to public consultation in ‘early 2023’.

We have challenged Bradford Council to consult now on the revised option as an outline, before they do detailed planning work.

Despite writing to request this back in April we haven’t heard back from them. Why the silence?

At this stage we simply don’t know what the changes to the plans will be.

We will continue to push for early consultation to any changes to the scheme so that the public can have input into the plans as they are developed. If you use social media, please like our Facebook page and share the recent post there about the need for consultation now, before detailed work is done on new options for the scheme. If you could help us more regularly with social media (not a lot) please let us know.

Distributing our Health Factsheet

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Our Health Factsheet is available online and we can give you printed copies to distribute to friends or any organisation you are involved in. Please let us know by emailing admin@bsta.cleanairbradford.uk.

On Clean Air Day June 16^th, Born in Bradford drew attention to its new evidence on traffic pollution’s harm to children’s brain development. Professor John Wright said “The evidence of the toxic nature of the emissions coming out of our car exhausts has become overwhelming. These are invisible poisons that we churn out into our pure Yorkshire air every day – harming the lives of our children. Fifty years ago we thought that smoking was harmless, but high quality epidemiological evidence has lifted the scales from our eyes. We are in a similar position today with traffic-related air pollution – waking up to the immense harm that this is causing to our health and wellbeing.”

BSTA has recruited Merle Collett to contact GP surgeries. She will be inviting health staff to discuss with BSTA their experiences of respiratory diseases known to be worsened by traffic pollution.

BSTA in the headlines – consultation before development, not afterwards

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In April, government Transport Minister Grant Shapps wrote to the West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin, on government funding for road schemes. He stated that: “Schemes should promote the use of active travel and public transport; not lead to overall increases in car use or car modal share; tackle traffic congestion; and improve air quality.”

BSTA has asked Bradford’s political leaders of all parties to give a clear pledge that the Canal Road scheme will not go ahead unless it delivers the positive changes demanded by the transport minister and backed up by many UK and international climate reports.

The T&A reports BSTA’s demand that consultation is needed on alternatives before current proposals are developed. In the Council’s response, they promise only consultation after the proposals have been developed. That is not good enough.

Air pollution in your street

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Air quality is worse than the World Health Organisation’s danger boundary for more than 97% of UK homes. www.addresspollution.org is a newly launched website which tells you the air quality for any address in the UK. The score is based on estimated particulate matter (PM size 2.5 or 10) – the small particles that enter your lungs and blood stream causing a multitude of health problems – and Nitrogen Dioxide – the gas made by burning fossil fuels which also contributes to poor health. Children and the elderly are most at risk, but they affect us all.

We used the tool to investigate addresses along the Bradford-Shipley route. We found most schools and residential areas have levels of air pollution more than double the World Health Organisation’s recommended limit.

Air quality in Bradford-Shipley	Postcode	How bad in the UK: 0 (best) – 100 (worst)	PM2.5 (WHO Limit 5mcg/m3)	PM10 (WHO Limit 15mcg/m3)	NO2 (WHO Limit 10 mcg/m3)
Shipley CE Primary School	BD18 2PT	76	11.20	17.30	24.08
Wycliffe Primary	BD18 3HZ	78	10.86	17.21	26.46
Saltaire Primary	BD18 4NR	57	10.32	16.31	19.85
St Warburgas Primary	BD18 4RL	51	10.36	16.10	17.59
The Terrace Cafe Bar	BD18 4SB	84	11.05	17.91	29.10
Flat 100 Wycliffe Gardens (on Saltaire Road)	BD18 3JB	74	10.83	17.24	23.43
18 Ashdown Court, Bradford Road	BD18 3PL	97	12.39	21.56	32.53
Salt Beer Factory Saltaire	BD18 4DH	78	10.79	17.38	26.17
Coop Food Store Saltaire	BD18 4SD	76	10.75	17.22	25.48
High Craggs Primary	BD18 2ES	68	11.07	16.96	20.37
Frizinghall Primary School	BD9 4HP	67	11.07	17.08	19.70
Bradford Grammar School	BD9 4JP	64	10.99	16.86	19.12
Al Mu min School	BD8 7DA	68	11.11	17	19.99
One in a Million Free School	BD8 7DX	68	11.12	17.02	20.23
Green Lane Primary	BD8 8HT	67	11.02	16087	20.07
203 Manningham Lane	BD8 7HP	81	11.48	17.82	24.91
Consulate of Pakistan	BD1 4SJ	95	12.37	19.91	31.91

We are particularly concerned at the asthma rates in Bradford. Air pollution contributes to a third of Bradford’s childhood asthma, but it affects all ages.

The figures above are based on the measurements made by local authorities at specific monitoring points, and estimated for addresses between them by Imperial College London.