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3.12 SCHOOL PARKING
In 2009, Council adopted the updated Traffic and Transport Policy
(minute 69, OMC 7 April 2009) which takes the position that all future
development consents for schools include conditions requiring adequate
parking and pick-up/set-down facilities be provided on-site. This reduces
potential conflicts and minimises the impact to surrounding areas by
concentrating set down and pick up on-site.
Figure 3.12-1:
Typical school parking sign.
At schools where on-site parking and/or set-down/pick-up facilities are
not provided, parents and carers seek parking close to the main school
gates, which is where the greatest concentration of children cross the
road and access buses. School communities should be encouraged
to use the road space near the schools during school peak times, so
that children are dropped off/picked up safely and efficiently. Some
schools have a management policy or practice to speed up the process,
particularly when picking children up in the afternoon.
The increased use of public transport, including buses, would reduce
congestion and parking demand at most schools. It is therefore
considered that convenient and safe bus zones and should be provided
at schools and that schools be encouraged to promote the use of public
transport or walking where appropriate.
Recommendations
• That requests for peak school period on-street parking restrictions to
assist schools with set-down/pick-up activities at schools, be considered as
being short term measures only.
• That all future development consents for schools in Ku-ring-gai Town
Centres include conditions requiring adequate parking and pick-up/setdown
facilities to be provided on-site.
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Ku-ring-gai Town Centres Parking Management Plan 2010