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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
‘A Very Dangerous Job’: Dozens of NYC School Crossing Guards Injured by Drivers Since 2012, Records Show
As thousands of guards returned to street corners across the city last week for the reopening of public schools, records obtained by Streetsblog reveal the dangers that guards face on the job.
September 11, 2023
Opinion: Mayor Adams’s Crossing Guard Cuts are Unconscionable
The one thing we can’t do is cut headcount without a workable plan to ensure that our students get to and from school safely.
June 26, 2023
Thursday’s Headlines: Streetsblog Won An Award Edition
Our investigative reporter took home the inaugural Casey Feldman Award for Transportation Reporting from the University of Colorado, Boulder's College of Media Communication and Information.
March 2, 2023
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
