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How Much Does DOT Spend to Keep Kids Safe Outside of Schools? The Agency Won’t Say.
The Department of Transportation frequently touts the effort it makes to improve street safety for kids, yet the agency doesn't know — or simply won't say — how much money it spends on projects or salaries devoted exclusively to safety around schools.
January 25, 2023
Hit-and-Run Driver Injures a Kid on His Way Home From School in Coney Island
An elementary school kid was struck by a driver in Coney Island as he walked home from school with his grandmother this afternoon — and the driver kept on going, fleeing the scene even as witnesses tried to flag her down.
September 15, 2022
New Year, Same Dangers: Mayor Adams Has Made Only a Tiny Fraction of School Streets Safer
The Adams administration has redesigned a small fraction of streets near schools, leaving the city's 1.75 million children exposed to high rates of car crashes and injuries on school streets as public schools reopen today.
September 8, 2022
As School Returns, Mayor Adams Keeps a Street Safety Tool in the Drawer
Why not implement a school bus safety program that was championed by the guy who is now running the Department of Transportation?
September 7, 2022
Despite ‘Total Buy-In’ From Parents and Pols, Adams Administration Sits on School’s Open Street Request
More than eight months since a Manhattan middle school school applied to participate in the open streets program, its application unapproved — and DOT can't say why.
September 7, 2022
NYC Can Learn from Car-Free School Streets in Paris, London and Tirana?!
Even the capital of Albania has more school streets per capita than New York City.
August 1, 2022
‘School Streets’ Program Withering, Parents Blame Lack of City Support
Boosters of the program say its unraveling is predictable, given the city provides few resources to participants and requires them to run their school streets themselves.
June 28, 2022
Mayor Adams on Dangerous School Streets: ‘We Need to Do More’
Adams was short on specifics about what he thinks the city should do to better protect children outside schools, but he said he was open to ideas.
June 15, 2022
Council Education Chair on Car-Free School Streets: ‘I Love It’
Rita Joseph, a former teacher and current Education Committee chair weighs in on Streetsblog's investigation into dangerous school streets.
June 2, 2022
Outraged Lawmakers and Advocates Urge City Action over Unsafe School Streets
Moving beyond thoughts and prayers to action.
June 1, 2022