Tag: safe routes to school

September 20, 2013

Cascade: Let’s build schools for biking and walking

Schools all across Seattle are experiencing a revolution. After decades trapped in the school drop-off conundrum (Cars dropping kids at school makes it more dangerous to walk of bike to school, so more parents drive their kids. Repeat.), Seattle students and parents are finally taking action to reverse this trend. And after years of work,…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, safe routes to school, seattle public schools
September 5, 2013

City will invest $14.8M from school zone speed cameras into Safe Routes to School

The city will invest $14.8 million in road safety projects near schools by the end of 2014, all funded by new school zone speed cameras. This means safer crosswalks, traffic calming and new sidewalks near 20 schools. And the best part is that the bill will be paid by people caught speeding near schools. Seriously,…
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tagged: mike mcginn, safe routes to school, school road safety initiative
July 16, 2013

Washington’s Safe Routes to School projects brought collisions to zero, program remains underfunded

Had the state legislature passed a proposed transportation package this session, it would likely have included millions of dollars in additional funding for the Safe Routes to School program, which focuses road safety investments near Washington schools. While the ill-fated package was controversial, the data shows that investing in Safe Routes to School is remarkably…
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tagged: 2014 legislature, safe routes to school
May 27, 2013

Lake City neighbors to help move beloved garden to make way for new sidewalk

During the long struggle to get a sidewalk built on their Lake City block, one neighbor decided to take things into her own hands, spending countless hours turning a roadside ditch into a beautiful rain garden. But now, the city finally came through with the funding, and Eva’s garden stands in the way. But this…
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tagged: douglas park, douglas park cooperative, lake city, olympic hills elementary, safe routes to school
May 13, 2013

Loper: What’s next after a record Bike to School Day?

This past Wednesday, Seattle’s first ever Bike to School Day rally attracted VIPs from the school district and city, as well as media including Seattle Bike Blog. Seattle Public Schools superintendent Jose Banda, School Board Member Kay Smith-Blum, and Seattle Councilmember Sally Bagshaw all attended. Speaking at the rally, these civic leaders each reminded us…
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tagged: bike to school day 2013, clint loper, safe routes to school, seattle public schools
February 8, 2013

Ballard crossing guard struck by car Monday took the job after daughter was struck there in 2001

Desiderio de Castro went through hell when his daughter was struck by a car in a crosswalk in front of Ballard’s Salmon Bay School in 2001. DessaMonica spent three days in intensive care with a lacerated liver and many more weeks recovering. de Castro was not going to let that happen again, so he became a…
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tagged: ballard, island crest way, mercer island, safe routes to school, salmon bay school