Schools
Vision Zero Cities Op-Ed: Lessons from Britain’s ‘School Streets’
How London learned to keep children safe and healthier by restricting cars.
October 18, 2021
Op-Ed: Why Bad City Design is Failing Our Kids (And What to Do About It)
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.
So what do we do?
September 13, 2021
The Real Reason Schools Are Paying Parents to Drive Their Kids to the Drop Off Line
Accelerating school bus driver shortages during the pandemic are crippling the single largest segment of the U.S. public transportation fleet and forcing districts to pay parents to drive their kids to class instead — and the U.S. may not be able to fill the gaps until these essential workers are finally given the wages, benefits and protections they deserve, advocates say.
September 9, 2021
Opinion: Safe School Transportation Has A Place in the Next Infrastructure Package
Will the Biden infrastructure plan address how our students get to school?
April 5, 2021
How to Electrify the Nation’s School Buses
It will take forever to electrify our transit systems, but yellow school buses could be switched over within the decade, a new report says.
February 10, 2021
SEE IT: Streetfilms Shows How Much Better Kids’ Lives Are When they Can Safely Bike To School…
November 20, 2020
8 Ways To Make School Buses Safer During COVID-19
Short trips. Masks for everyone. Far fewer passengers than before.
September 8, 2020
City Approves 247 Schools for Outdoor Activities
September 1, 2020
Don’t Let the School Bus be COVID-19’s Next Victim
As school re-openings loom, the school bus industry is organizing support for the Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services Act, a $10-billion Senate bill that would provide relief to transportation providers — including school-bus operators — that earlier federal relief packages overlooked.
July 10, 2020
New App Helps to Slow Down Speeders
Drivers are reckless and distracted — but soon there'll be an app that helps them realize that.
October 16, 2019
