Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Schools

One More Push Can Preserve Federal Safe Routes to School Funding

By Carolyn Szczepanski | Aug 18, 2011 | 8 Comments

This week, the Safe Routes to School National Conference convenes in Minneapolis, a progressive city determined to become the most bicycle friendly in the nation. But even here, far from the nation’s capital, in a region celebrated for its massive greenway system, drama inside the Beltway has instilled an air of urgency to the event. […]

Senate Introduces a Narrower Bill for Wider Sidewalks

By Tanya Snyder | Apr 15, 2011 | 4 Comments

Like everyone else, Safe Routes to School advocates are scaling back. Last year, a bill introduced in the Senate asked for $600 million to enhance pedestrian and bike safety near schools. “We were working in a pretty different environment,” said Margo Pedroso, deputy director of the Safe Routes to School National Partnership. “Everybody was talking […]

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

By Elana Schor | Apr 9, 2010 | 7 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) […]

House GOP Urges Elimination of (GOP-Backed) Kid Safety Program

By Elana Schor | Jun 4, 2009 | 5 Comments

House Republicans aren’t known for their well-reasoned spending proposals lately, but they took it to a new level today by sending President Obama a $375 billion budget-cutting plan that slices $1 billion from bicycle and pedestrian programs. One hopes that crossing guard in orange isn’t a House GOPer. (Photo: CA DOT) The cuts have next […]

Cartoon Tuesday: Back to School

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 2, 2008 | No Comments

With rising gas prices crippling school bus fleets across the U.S., Clarion-Ledger editorial cartoonist Marshall Ramsay offers an intriguing new school transportation idea. Click through to see it.

Going Back-to-School in the Age of the $4 Gallon

By Brad Aaron | Sep 2, 2008 | 10 Comments

Today is the first day of class for New York City public school students, while other districts across the country have been in session for weeks. The Times reports that some are grappling with how to get kids to and from school in the face of $4-per-gallon gasoline. Schools in many states have cut bus […]

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