http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/10/07/the-importance-of-child-care-within-walking-distance/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/10/07/the-importance-of-child-care-within-walking-distance/comment-page-1/#comment-130741 CL Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:04:27 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=64021#comment-130741 I can't offer a solution, but as a carfree parent of a 9 month old I can say this is absolutely true for us. The difficulty of transporting a child on public transit everyday during rush hour seems impossible, and since there are no daycare centers for children under 2 years in our otherwise very walkable, transit heavy neighborhood we would either have to hire a nanny (which would be a huge expense for us) or buy a car if we were both working full-time. Although many factors went into my choice to stay home, I can't help but wonder if high quality, affordable childcare in our neighborhood would have altered the decision. I can’t offer a solution, but as a carfree parent of a 9 month old I can say this is absolutely true for us. The difficulty of transporting a child on public transit everyday during rush hour seems impossible, and since there are no daycare centers for children under 2 years in our otherwise very walkable, transit heavy neighborhood we would either have to hire a nanny (which would be a huge expense for us) or buy a car if we were both working full-time. Although many factors went into my choice to stay home, I can’t help but wonder if high quality, affordable childcare in our neighborhood would have altered the decision.

]]> http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/10/07/the-importance-of-child-care-within-walking-distance/comment-page-1/#comment-130691 Niccolo Machiavelli Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:38:46 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=64021#comment-130691 Transit Oriented Development should incentiveize the location of Child Care Centers in close proximity to transit stops. Transit Oriented Development should incentiveize the location of Child Care Centers in close proximity to transit stops.

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