Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Schools

De Blasio and DOT Ring In the New School Year With More Speed Cameras

By Brad Aaron | Sep 2, 2014 | 19 Comments

Mayor de Blasio and Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg today officially announced the expansion of the city’s speed camera program, which will eventually bring automated enforcement to 140 school zones across the boroughs. Today’s event also underscored the fact that streets around schools won’t be as safe as they could be, thanks to restrictions imposed by […]

In Austin, Posts and Paint Bring a New Bike Bridge From Good to Great

By Michael Andersen | Aug 29, 2014 | No Comments

Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets. Here are a few images from Austin bikeway engineer Nathan Wilkes that show how a protected lane can cheaply add a lot of value to a larger project. The bicycle and pedestrian […]

Expanding the Mission of “Safe Routes to School” as Kids Return to Class

By Tanya Snyder | Aug 26, 2014 | No Comments

It’s hard to believe summer is almost over. In many places, the weather was so mild it seems like it never quite started. But kids are already going back to school. While the weather has been cool, temperatures have reached a boiling point on many of our nation’s streets. In many communities, violence is very much […]

“Safe Routes to School” Go Global With the Model School Zone Project

By Tanya Snyder | Jul 31, 2014 | No Comments

This post is part of a series featuring stories and research that will be presented at the Pro-Walk/Pro-Bike/Pro-Place conference September 8-11 in Pittsburgh. To get to Seoul Gumsan Elementary School in South Korea, students have to cross a heavily trafficked road with a blind curve. Between 2009 and 2010, 89 children were injured and one killed in 86 traffic […]

Off-Duty NYPD Officer Seriously Injures Child in Jackson Heights Crosswalk

By Stephen Miller | Jun 27, 2014 | 24 Comments

Just after 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, 5-year-old Chunli Mendoza was walking to P.S. 228 with her mother. They were midway across Northern Boulevard at 92nd Street, just a block away from the school, when they were struck by an off-duty NYPD officer. Chunli was seriously injured and remains at Elmhurst Hospital after undergoing surgery on her […]

Seattle Opens Up Neighborhood Streets for Kids to Play

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 5, 2014 | No Comments

At St. Terese Academy in Seattle last week, students held relay races on 35th Avenue. It was field day at the Madrona neighborhood school, and thanks to a new initiative from the city of Seattle, the kids had some extra space to stretch their legs. The elementary school was the first to take part in Seattle’s new […]

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