Tag: safe routes to school

January 8, 2013

A record 28 Safe Routes to School programs will be funded in 2013 – UPDATED

Walk.Bike.Schools posted a roundup of Safe Routes to School mini-grants that will help students all across the city more safely and easily get to school on foot or by bike. SDOT will fund 28 of 30 applications they received for funding, the largest number of projects ever funded through the Safe Routes to School program.…
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tagged: clint loper, safe routes to school, sdot, walk bike schools
September 27, 2012

Mayor announces 3 Safe Routes to School projects as part of 2013-14 budget

Mayor McGinn announced three significant Safe Routes to School projects during a press event Wednesday as part of his ongoing 2013-14 city budget proposal roll-out. In doing so, he also stressed the importance not only of road safety, but the effect a safe route to school can have on the health of Seattle’s young people.…
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tagged: 2013 budget, beacon hill, mike mcginn, safe routes to school
September 19, 2012

Tell Governor Gregoire Safe Routes to School is not expendable

The newest Federal Transportation Bill (MAP-21) is not good for biking and walking, which was slashed by at least 35 percent. While there are some ancillary benefits to the new bill, it’s main change is the amount of latitude local and state governments now have over how the money is spent. This means advocates for…
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tagged: bicycle alliance of washington, chris gregoire, safe routes to school, transportation for washington
April 27, 2012

When bike trains collide, it’s heartwarming

This just in from Laurelhurst Elementary parent Kendall Wills: Just had a heart warming bike experience this a.m. I was biking in to school this morning with my kids and a neighbor girl on the Burke Gilman. We live in Matthews beach and ride to Laurelhurst for school. When we reached about the Hawthorne Hills…
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tagged: bike trains, laurelhurst elementary, safe routes to school, thornton creek elementary, walk bike schools
February 6, 2012

Feet First: SPS makes Safe Routes to School key to transportation plan

Seattle Public Schools will identify safe walking routes for walking school buses for every K-8 school in the district as part of a plan to prevent car drop-offs. Providing safe ways for kids to bike and walk to school is one of the biggest and most popular effects of neighborhood greenway, and many of the…
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tagged: feet first, neighborhood greenways, safe routes to school, seattle public schools
January 24, 2012

Washington State disproportionaltely underfunds walking and biking

Despite the fact that 13.6 percent of Washington traffic fatalities are people either walking or biking, the state allocates only 0.5 percent of its transportation budget (and 2.7 percent of its federal funds) to walking and biking projects. Seattle has fourth highest walking and biking commuter mode share in the country at 11.5 percent (not…
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tagged: 2012 Benchmarking Report, alliance for biking and walking, bicycle alliance of washington, blake trask, safe routes to school, state