Tag: seattle public schools

June 5, 2023

Oregon considers bill to make it easier to fund school bike buses

Transportation is a major challenge for school districts across the country, and Seattle is no exception. Bus driver availability and funding is a major deciding factor setting school walk zones and start times. Organizing student transportation is a huge undertaking, and lacking transportation can be a barrier for school access to some families. House Bill…
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tagged: bike bus, bike portland, bike to school, oregon, sam balto, seattle public schools
May 22, 2023

Ballard HS Student: Missing bike racks limit biking to school in Seattle

Lucas Salm-Rojo, a junior at Ballard High School, wrote an excellent op-ed for the Seattle Times this week arguing that Seattle Public Schools is making it harder for students to bike to school because not every school has adequate — or any — bike parking. And the problem is particularly apparent at at schools serving…
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tagged: ballard high school, bike to school, lucas salm-rojo, seattle public schools, seattle times
February 20, 2020

Cascade: Bike safety p.e. classes expanding to Seattle middle schools

Nearly all Seattle elementary schoolers already go through the Let’s Go Bicycle and Pedstrian Safety program as part of their physical education. But now the program is expanding to include middle schools, as well. The course, offered by Cascade Bicycle Club and Outdoors For All, will reach 40,000 students per year, doubling the number of…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, let’s go, seattle public schools
October 26, 2015

Seattle releases unique walking and biking maps for each public school

Earlier this month, we reported on the city’s fantastic School Road Safety Plan, designed to help schools, parents, students and the city all work together to end traffic deaths and injuries near schools. Well, one cool part of that plan was to improve the existing walking maps for each school and add information to help…
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tagged: rainier beach, rainier beach high school, safe routes to school, sdot, seattle public schools, transit riders union
August 25, 2015

5th Ave has a new protected bike lane … for one block

The city recently completed and opened a one-block section of protected bike lane on 5th Ave just south of Mercer. Like the Mercer bike lane, the lane is glorious where it exists. It’s bright green and separated from the street, sidewalk and bus stop. Not only is the bike lane raised above street level (but…
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tagged: 5th ave, mercer, mercer mess, seattle center, seattle public schools
September 3, 2014

Seattle’s Safe Routes to School efforts now reach nearly all schools

After such terribly sad news like the death of Sher Kung on 2nd Ave last week, it’s perhaps more important than ever to look at road safety programs in Seattle that truly work at preventing traffic deaths and injuries. And there may not be a better example than the city’s fantastically-successful Safe Routes to School…
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tagged: safe routes to school, school zone speed cameras, sdot, seattle public schools