UH, THANKS: City Will Turn a Dead-End Block into a Plaza … But Only When Placarded Teachers Go on Recess
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School's out for summer — but will a play street remain when teachers come back?
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Department of Education
Friday’s Headlines: What is School Safety Edition
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Schools Chancellor David Banks didn't talk about street safety in a forum on school safety. Plus other news.
Tuesday’s Headlines: School Zones Don’t Have to be Danger Zones Edition
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Our big story today is investigative reporter Jesse Coburn's six-month investigation into roadways around city school buildings (hint: kids are uniquely endangered). Check it out, plus all the other news.
INVESTIGATION: City School Streets are Uniquely Dangerous
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A six-month Streetsblog investigation found that streets near schools are uniquely dangerous, with rates of crashes and injuries that exceed city averages — particularly near schools where most students are poor or children of color.
Pols Want Every Kid in NYC to Learn How to Ride a Bike
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Learning to ride a bike in New York should be like riding a bike!
Opinion: To Avoid a COVID Resurgence, Mayor de Blasio Must Create Open Streets for Schools
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Taking our schools outdoors should not be a revolutionary idea, after our year-long dining experiment. Yet the city has been sluggish at best about moving schools into outdoor space, let alone streets.