Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Safe Routes to School

The boy cries in agony after his was hit by the driver.

Hit-and-Run Driver Injures a Kid on His Way Home From School in Coney Island

By Streetsblog | Sep 15, 2022 | No Comments

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.

Which roadway is safer for kids? This car-free school block in Jackson Heights or this car sewer in Brooklyn (inset)?

SEE IT: Streetfilms Takes You to NYC’s All-Too-Rare, Car-Free School Streets

By Streetsblog | Sep 8, 2022 | No Comments

School zones don't have to be danger zones.

We could have cameras on school bus stop arms — but Mayor Adams doesn't want them. Photo: The Streetsblog Graphics Desk

As School Returns, Mayor Adams Keeps a Street Safety Tool in the Drawer

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 7, 2022 | No Comments

Why not implement a school bus safety program that was championed by the guy who is now running the Department of Transportation?

Mar and Reagon Fitzgerald. Photo: M.A. Harrington

Despite ‘Total Buy-In’ From Parents and Pols, Adams Administration Sits on School’s Open Street Request

By Jesse Coburn | Sep 7, 2022 | No Comments

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.

A school street in New York vs. one in London. Photo: Jesse Coburn (left), Sam Balto (right)

NYC Can Learn from Car-Free School Streets in Paris, London and Tirana?!

By Jesse Coburn | Aug 1, 2022 | No Comments

Even the capital of Albania has more school streets per capita than New York City.

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Op-Ed: Why Bad City Design is Failing Our Kids (And What to Do About It)

By Streetsblog | Sep 13, 2021 | No Comments

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.

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