Safety concerns on Elm Grove

Several people have mentioned to me lately that they are concerned about vehicles driving on the pavement on Elm Grove. Given that there are schools on the road and plenty of pedestrians, it is a safety issue that cars, particularly on the north side where people are parking on the pavement parallel to the road, are driving between the parked cars and the houses in order to get into or out of spaces!

One person said that they had been tooted by a car driver to get out of their way when the car was actually driving down the pavement.

In some places, particularly directly opposite Elm Grove School, bollards have been put up where roads meet Elm Grove. Although this isn't failsafe, it does make it more difficult for cars to mount the pavement and could help the problem if they were installed on streets further down. If instead of bollards some of them were cycle racks, that would solve two problems at once, providing cycle parking as well as making the pavements safer.