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Fourth Graders Start Spreading the News: Stop Speeding Today

By Ben Fried | Nov 17, 2010 | 5 Comments

Students at Brooklyn’s PS 261 have clocked motorists traveling on Atlantic Avenue at an average midday speed of 38 mph — and as high as 50 mph. While the city’s 30 mph speed limit is a mystery to most New Yorkers, the students knew they were watching people break the law and put others in […]

Driver Hits And Kills 13-Year-Old Crossing Street in Front of High School

By Noah Kazis | Nov 1, 2010 | 35 Comments

A driver struck and killed a 13-year-old girl this morning, apparently as she tried to walk to school. The driver, a male in his 40s, hit the victim on Rockaway Parkway at 7:50 this morning, according to the NYPD. She was pronounced dead at Brookdale Hospital. The victim was likely on her way to attend […]

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Get Ready to Walk to School With Zozo

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Sep 22, 2010 | No Comments

For those of you who don’t know him yet – meet Zozo. He’s our big purple friend who loves anything that gets people out of cars and moving about the streets. You might find him riding his ZoGo along the new Prospect Park West bike lane, sitting out in the pedestrian plazas on Broadway, or catching […]

Driver With Suspended License Critically Injures Parent at Queens School

By Noah Kazis | Jun 4, 2010 | 15 Comments

The site of this morning’s crash: 53rd Avenue in front of Bayside’s PS 162. Photo: Google Street View The mother of a student at PS 162 in Queens is in critical condition after a driver struck her in front of the school this morning. The crash occurred as the parent was crossing 53rd Avenue between […]

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NYC’s First Bike-to-School-Day Celebration

By Elizabeth Press | May 28, 2010 | No Comments

This morning, Brooklyn’s MS 51 became the first school in the five boroughs to host a bike-to-school day. Students biked in two escorted rides, one starting in Sunset Park and the other in Carroll Gardens, with more riders joining each bike pool at pick-up spots along the way. The students, parents, and educators at MS […]

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New Analysis Tracks 40 Years of Changes in How Kids Get to School

By Elana Schor | Apr 9, 2010 | No Comments

(Chart: NCSRS/SRSNP) The percentage of U.S. students between ages five and 14 who walk or bike to school has remained stable over the past 15 years but remains three-quarters below where it stood 40 years ago, according to a new analysis of government data by two groups working on the Safe Routes to School (SRtS) […]

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