Comments on: Safe Routes to Schools Study Complete http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/11/30/safe-routes-to-schools-study-complete/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Glenn http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/11/30/safe-routes-to-schools-study-complete/comment-page-1/#comment-13769 Glenn Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:36:48 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/11/30/safe-routes-to-schools-study-complete/#comment-13769 JK - I'm a big fan of safe routes to schools and for seniors, but there is a lot to digest here. Just flipping through a few plans I like a lot of what I see and I now can see why it took them so long to produce. Don't worry, there will be plenty of time to hash this out. My main question is, how long will it take to complete a similar analysis of every school in NYC. 135 every two years is not exactly a fast pace. Parents at other schools should seek to accelerate the process. JK – I’m a big fan of safe routes to schools and for seniors, but there is a lot to digest here. Just flipping through a few plans I like a lot of what I see and I now can see why it took them so long to produce. Don’t worry, there will be plenty of time to hash this out. My main question is, how long will it take to complete a similar analysis of every school in NYC. 135 every two years is not exactly a fast pace. Parents at other schools should seek to accelerate the process.

]]> By: JK http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/11/30/safe-routes-to-schools-study-complete/comment-page-1/#comment-13762 JK Thu, 30 Nov 2006 23:12:19 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/11/30/safe-routes-to-schools-study-complete/#comment-13762 This coverage understates the potential importance of Safe Routes to School in New York City --- which could be the cornerstone of local traffic calming and pedestrian safety efforts. There is an immense amount of attention on this site about the importance of creating better public spaces as a key political inducement for changing transportation choices. But attractive public spaces pale in comparison to the political power of parents aroused by danger to their children. This coverage understates the potential importance of Safe Routes to School in New York City — which could be the cornerstone of local traffic calming and pedestrian safety efforts. There is an immense amount of attention on this site about the importance of creating better public spaces as a key political inducement for changing transportation choices. But attractive public spaces pale in comparison to the political power of parents aroused by danger to their children.

]]> By: Steve http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/11/30/safe-routes-to-schools-study-complete/comment-page-1/#comment-13711 Steve Thu, 30 Nov 2006 18:49:27 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/11/30/safe-routes-to-schools-study-complete/#comment-13711 Thanks for the post, Glenn. Apropos of your last post re: curbside parking, it has occurred to me that schools represent one of the few existing, accepted examples of converting free curbside parking to dedicated public use. If I'm not mistaken, such conversions are one of the steps open to the City under the SRS study/program. So the progam provides a good platform for raising the conversion issue and perhaps even a focal point for conversion efforts. Thus far, all of the SRS materials I have seen seem to carefully avoid endorsing kids bicycling to school in NYC (there are pictures of kids on bicycles in a playground on the webpage, but nothing in writing). It will be interesting to see whether any of the "Traffic Safety Maps" to be distributed include bike routes, or take account of bicycle safety data. Thanks for the post, Glenn. Apropos of your last post re: curbside parking, it has occurred to me that schools represent one of the few existing, accepted examples of converting free curbside parking to dedicated public use. If I’m not mistaken, such conversions are one of the steps open to the City under the SRS study/program. So the progam provides a good platform for raising the conversion issue and perhaps even a focal point for conversion efforts.

Thus far, all of the SRS materials I have seen seem to carefully avoid endorsing kids bicycling to school in NYC (there are pictures of kids on bicycles in a playground on the webpage, but nothing in writing). It will be interesting to see whether any of the “Traffic Safety Maps” to be distributed include bike routes, or take account of bicycle safety data.

]]> By: crzwdjk http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/11/30/safe-routes-to-schools-study-complete/comment-page-1/#comment-13703 crzwdjk Thu, 30 Nov 2006 18:20:59 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/11/30/safe-routes-to-schools-study-complete/#comment-13703 Here's an idea: make it a Dept of Education policy to provide bike parking on school grounds, for all schools. Here’s an idea: make it a Dept of Education policy to provide bike parking on school grounds, for all schools.

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