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Is This the Death of the Walkable School District?
Election Day could bring the demise of a great American school day tradition.
November 5, 2025
Friday Video: Five Simple Ways To Get Kids Biking To School
Kids aren't riding bikes like they used to — but that doesn't mean we can't get them back in the saddle.
October 10, 2025
Brooklyn Parents Push for Paris-Style School Street
The streets outside a school should be for people, not cut-through traffic.
June 11, 2025
Opinion: Unlock Central Park’s Shared Path to Get Kids Biking to School
With over 200 schools within a half-mile of its boundaries, Central Park could be a model for Safe Routes to School and help lead a bike-to-school renaissance.
September 16, 2024
Friday Video: ‘Where My Bus At?’
A group of Kentucky kids wrote a viral song about how the national school bus driver shortage is impacting them — with some impressive choreo to match.
August 30, 2024
More Safe School Streets Coming To NYC This Fall
A record number of school "open streets" will operate across the city when the school year starts next week, officials said.
August 29, 2024
City Reverses Course and Bans More Idling Near Schools and Parks
The one-minute idling rule for vehicles near schools and parks will apply to vehicles parked next to, across from or on the same block, DEP said.
August 27, 2024
‘A Joke’: New City Rules Would Give More Idlers A Free Pass
And it's not the first time the agency, which has "environmental protection" in its name, has added obstacles to reining in polluters.
February 7, 2024
This Albanian City Should Inspire America to Go Big on ‘School Streets’
Streets near schools should be for kids — not cars. And this Albanian city is set to reimagine roads in front of all its learning centers.
January 5, 2024
Parents Call on Mayor to Restore Crossing Guard Funding After 7-Year-Old’s Death
Parents, teachers, students and NYCHA residents will rally Thursday morning at the Fort Greene corner where an NYPD tow truck driver killed 7-year-old Kamari Hughes.
December 20, 2023
