Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Schools

Safe Routes to School: A Targeted Approach to Our Built Environment Woes

By Rebecca Jacobs | Sep 24, 2009 | 1 Comment

Image courtesy of Howard Frumkin [PDF]. Last month, more than 500 people gathered in Portland, Oregon for the second National Safe Routes to School Conference. Maybe it’s the fact that Congress might triple national funding for safe routes to school programs. Or maybe it’s the way that walking and biking to school fits so well […]

“Unsuspecting Drivers” Caught Zooming Past Staten Island School

By Ben Fried | Sep 21, 2009 | 10 Comments

Photo: Staten Island Advance. Here’s something you’d like to see more of from the NYPD: Cops cracking down on speeders near a school zone. Reports the Staten Island Advance: Staten Island’s newest speed trap is snaring unsuspecting drivers who must drop from a highway speed of 50 mph to 30 mph on the off-ramp, to […]

A Bike-to-School Bright Spot in NYC

By Ben Fried | Sep 16, 2009 | No Comments

Photo: Josh Brustein/New York Times. No sooner did Brad post about the dismal state of biking to school in most of the country than City Room published this great little story about the opposite trend here in New York. A few dozen schools are trying to make it easier for students and parents to bike […]

Fighting for the Right to Bike to School

By Brad Aaron | Sep 15, 2009 | 23 Comments

A couple of stories we’ve linked from headlines this week point to the continuation of a disturbing trend: families whose parents are questioned, criticized and even intimidated for encouraging their kids to bike or walk to school. Adam Marino: middle-schooler; revolutionary. In Saratoga Springs, reports The Saratogian, controversy has erupted over the Marino family’s desire […]

Principals Union Sues After City Refuses to Reinstate Parking Perks

By Brad Aaron | Sep 2, 2009 | 13 Comments

The Council of School Supervisors and Administrators, the union representing public school principals and other administrative personnel, wants free parking for its members, and is suing the city to get it. Last year, the number of placards issued by the Department of Education — some 63,000 — was reduced to bring it in line with […]

Seventh Graders Picture a Safer, Livelier School Zone

By Rebecca Jacobs | Jul 9, 2009 | 4 Comments

Asking kids how they would re-design their streets is a revealing exercise. Students concerned about sustainability have a lot to say about their built environment, and they say it with conviction. This May and June, Livable Streets Education led a six-week project with seventh graders from the Mott Hall II school, a public school located […]

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