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Opinion: Safe School Transportation Must Be in Infrastructure Bill
April 5, 2021
How to Electrify the Nation’s School Buses
It will take forever to electrify our transit systems, but yellow school buses could be switched over within the decade, a new report says.
February 13, 2021
SEE IT: Streetfilms Shows How Much Better Kids’ Lives Are When they Can Safely Bike To School…
...which they can't, because most of New York City is a hellscape of double-parked trucks, reckless drivers and dangerously designed roads.
November 20, 2020
A Small Number of Schools Have Asked City Hall for Car-Free Streets
Outdoor-learning program gains 160 applications for street space, with more expected, DOT commish says.
September 14, 2020
Stringer Proposes 75 Miles of Protected Bike Lanes Around 50 High Schools
The comptroller, a mayoral hopeful, seeks to boost the activity of the city's increasingly sedentary students.
September 4, 2020
City Approves 247 Schools for Outdoor Activities
The mayor, meanwhile, rips critics who demand dedicated funds for outdoor learning: They 'don't know what the hell they're talking about.'
September 1, 2020
Mayor Won’t Stop Teachers From Parking on School Playgrounds
"It really depends on the school," he tells NY1.
August 26, 2020
Mayor Gives Principals a Week To Register Outdoor-Learning Plans
Deadline for schools looms on Aug. 28. How many will seek to open streets?
August 24, 2020
Schools Boss: ‘I Haven’t Talked to Mayor About Keeping Cars Away from Kids’
"We talk curriculum and instruction," Chancellor Richard Carranza told Streetsblog.
October 16, 2019
SPEED CAMERAS WORK: City Writes More Tickets — But Drivers are Getting the Message
Thousands more reckless drivers are getting caught speeding near schools thanks to the additional speed cameras that started going up in school zones this summer, data shows.
October 15, 2019
