Safe Routes to School
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School Bus Driver Hits Cyclist, Injures 3, On Major Brooklyn School Bike Route
The crash happened on the route of the weekly Bergen bike bus.
September 21, 2023
Opinion: Mayor Adams’s Crossing Guard Cuts are Unconscionable
The one thing we can’t do is cut headcount without a workable plan to ensure that our students get to and from school safely.
June 26, 2023
Hit-and-Run Driver Injures a Kid on His Way Home From School in Coney Island
An elementary school kid was struck by a driver in Coney Island as he walked home from school with his grandmother this afternoon — and the driver kept on going, fleeing the scene even as witnesses tried to flag her down.
September 15, 2022
SEE IT: Streetfilms Takes You to NYC’s All-Too-Rare, Car-Free School Streets
School zones don't have to be danger zones.
September 8, 2022
As School Returns, Mayor Adams Keeps a Street Safety Tool in the Drawer
Why not implement a school bus safety program that was championed by the guy who is now running the Department of Transportation?
September 7, 2022
Despite ‘Total Buy-In’ From Parents and Pols, Adams Administration Sits on School’s Open Street Request
More than eight months since a Manhattan middle school school applied to participate in the open streets program, its application unapproved — and DOT can't say why.
September 7, 2022
NYC Can Learn from Car-Free School Streets in Paris, London and Tirana?!
Even the capital of Albania has more school streets per capita than New York City.
August 1, 2022
Op-Ed: Why Bad City Design is Failing Our Kids (And What to Do About It)
We need to change the way we think about kids and about our cities. We need to think of kids as full members of society and we need to design our neighborhoods for kids to have full, rich childhoods that let them grow into well-rounded members of our communities.
September 13, 2021
Opinion: Safe School Transportation Must Be in Infrastructure Bill
April 5, 2021
