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Schools Open Today — A Reminder of the Harmful Legacy of Cars and Kids
Every day that we send our kids to school is another day when they may not come back. It's not school shootings or abductions that parents worry about — it's their neighbors in their cars. A Streetsblog photo essay by Bess Adler.
September 5, 2019
Speed Cameras Save Lives
The head of the Department of Education calls on the State Senate to reconvene and pass the bill to extend and expand NYC's school zone speed camera program.
July 6, 2018
Starting the School Day Off at the Bike Corral
By 8:15 a.m., the racks were mostly full.
April 27, 2018
Van Bramer Won’t Back Skillman Protected Bike Lane Without a Pedestrian Crossing By P.S. 11
Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer is withholding support for protected bike lanes connecting Queens Boulevard and the Queensboro Bridge until the city addresses pedestrian safety concerns at P.S. 11 on Skillman Avenue.
January 10, 2018
Public Schools Shouldn’t Undermine Walkability
An Atlanta suburb wants to build a new school in a walkable setting, but with a huge surface parking lot.
September 28, 2017
Arlington Makes It Easier for Teachers to Stop Driving to School
Driving to school can be a major source of traffic congestion. But while Safe Routes to School programs aim to make walking and biking to school a safer, easier option for students, getting teachers and school staff to leave their cars at home is still new terrain.
August 22, 2017
Speed Cameras Get Traction in Albany, But Marty Golden Promises to Obstruct
Members of Families for Safe Streets are in Albany today to talk to state legislators about expanding NYC's automated speed enforcement program. After legislative leaders failed to advance a similar bill last year, this session it appears to have more traction.
May 15, 2017
De Blasio Administration Volunteered to Hand Out Tens of Thousands of New Parking Placards
The de Blasio administration chose to reissue tens of thousands of parking placards to city school teachers, and was not forced to do so by an administrative law judge, according to the Council of School Supervisors and Administrators, the union that represents school principals.
May 12, 2017
As Fewer Kids Attend Neighborhood Schools, Transportation Challenges Mount
The more kids get driven to school instead of walking, the more chaotic the drop-offs and pick-ups become.
March 10, 2017
America Builds Too Many Schools By Highways
One in 11 U.S. public schools are within 500 feet of a highway, exposing 4.4 million children to elevated levels of pollution, putting kids at elevated risk of developing asthma. But cheap land remains alluring to school districts, and America's system of school siting is not getting better.
February 21, 2017
