Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Schools

Streetfilms: Little Legs for Green Streets

By Jason Varone | Apr 25, 2007 | No Comments

Little Legs For Green Streets A StreetFilm by Clarence Eckerson Jr. Running Time: 2 minutes 41 seconds This Streetfilm celebrates the students at P.S. 321 in Park Slope who are going green. The entire school participated in an Earth Day walk-a-thon to raise money for Transportation Alternatives, Amazon Watch, and Added Value.

Detailed Reports on 135 Safe Routes to School Plans

By Glenn McAnanama | Nov 30, 2006 | 8 Comments

The DOT has some traffic plan porn for you today. Starting with P.S. 1 in Manhattan on Catherine Street, where they found a school bus parking on the narrow sidewalk near the school, they have detailed reports including pictures and proposed re-designs of the streets for all 135 schools included in the initial wave of Safe Routes to […]

Safe Routes to Schools Study Complete

By Glenn McAnanama | Nov 30, 2006 | 4 Comments

Walking to school is a healthy way for many kids to get their daily dose of exercise. Unfortunately many parents are rightfully concerned about their children’s safety on the city’s streets because of aggressive driver and lack of good pedestrian safety infrastructure. Everyday in front of many city schools you see parents dropping kids off in […]

Streetfilms Portland Week: Safe Routes to School

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 3, 2006 | 6 Comments

As someone who lives in Brooklyn and pedals a two-year-old to daycare three days a week, I find the scenes depicted in this video to be completely incredible. There is no question in my mind that the future of New York City has to look something like this. –Editor Portland’s Safe Routes to SchoolA Clarence […]