Spanish Fork Prioritizes Driver Speed Over Child Safety

Residents of Spanish Fork, UT, have raised the alarm about a dangerous stroad where children regularly cross, but local officials refuse to acknowledge the danger until someone gets injured or killed.

Our Kids Shouldn’t Solve the School Bus Driver Shortage by Walking Through “Death Valley”

Just like last year, we’re facing a bus driver shortage. Some are asking why our kids can’t just walk, bike, or take public transit to school, but the answer isn’t that simple.

The Bottom-Up Revolution is... Stepping Up to Run for Public Office

How do you go from seeing a problem in your city to solving it collectively, and then getting elected to city council? This advocate’s story will show you.

I work for Strong Towns and sometimes even I don't know what the Strong Towns approach is.

Sometimes the way to best advocate for change in your city isn’t obvious or easy. And the inertia of the status quo is a challenge all its own.

You Drive Your Kids to School Because the Neighborhood Doesn't Feel Safe. The Neighborhood Doesn't Feel Safe Because Everybody Drives.

School officials in my town claim our neighborhoods are too unsafe for their children to walk to school. Yet the actual key to safety lies in numbers. We need designs that make it so more, not fewer, people will choose to walk.

Marohn, Schools, Parking, Top StoryCharles MarohnNovember 19, 2018Safe Routes to Schools, Safety

Why #StrongSchools?

The challenge of improving the American public school system is enormous and complex. It's a conversation we need to keep having.

Walkability, Top Story, #StrongCitizens, QuednauRachel QuednauSeptember 16, 2016schools, Safe Routes to Schools, children, family

Is this new high school really an upgrade?

A new high school is heralded as a model of innovation, but it's part of a depressing trend in modern school planning: isolated facilities on the unwalkable fringe.

Walkability, Member Post, Urban Design, Top Story, SchoolsMatt SteeleSeptember 15, 2016schools, Minnesota, Safe Routes to Schools, page highlight

How About Schools on Safe Routes?

Safe Routes to School is a very popular federal program designed to make is easier for students to walk and bike to school. What if we instead chose to build Schools on Safe Routes?

How do your children get to school?

Share photos of your children's trip to school with the hashtag #SchoolCommute

Top Story, ArtibiseYuri ArtibiseSeptember 12, 2016Safe Routes to Schools, schools, photos

How (and why) to Make Your Church Bike-Friendly

Whether your church is urban, suburban or rural, these 6 ideas can help you promote bikeability in your community.

Faith, Proppe, Top Story, Transportation, BikeabilitySara Joy ProppeApril 25, 2016churches, Safe Routes to Schools, how to, resource

It's About my Children's Independence

While our modern stroad environments discourage children from walking to school, George is fighting back, and helping his daughters gain independence in the process.

Top StoryGeorge LinkertSeptember 22, 2015schools, children, Safe Routes to Schools, family, page highlight

Best of Blog: Schools on Safe Routes

Safe Routes to School is a very popular federal program designed to make is easier for students to walk and bike to school. The amount spent on it, however, is a tiny fraction of what we spend each year building brand new schools. A approach to build Schools on Safe Routes would not only be more intelligent, it would be more effective and far cheaper.

Best of Blog, Bikeability, Walkability, StrategiesCharles MarohnDecember 11, 2013Safe Routes to Schools, Baxter MN, schools

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