Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about School streets

Our reporting on dangerous streets outside of schools is now award-winning! Illustration: Martin Schapiro

Thursday’s Headlines: Streetsblog Won An Award Edition

By David Meyer | Mar 2, 2023 | No Comments

Our investigative reporter took home the inaugural Casey Feldman Award for Transportation Reporting from the University of Colorado, Boulder's College of Media Communication and Information.

How Much Does DOT Spend to Keep Kids Safe Outside of Schools? The Agency Won’t Say.

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 25, 2023 | No Comments

The Department of Transportation frequently touts the effort it makes to improve street safety for kids, yet the agency doesn't know — or simply won't say — how much money it spends on projects or salaries devoted exclusively to safety around schools.

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.

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.

34th Avenue Open Street in Queens. Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

‘School Streets’ Program Withering, Parents Blame Lack of City Support

By Jesse Coburn | Jun 28, 2022 | No Comments

Boosters of the program say its unraveling is predictable, given the city provides few resources to participants and requires them to run their school streets themselves.