Infrastructure Plan Should Include School Safety
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Will the Biden infrastructure plan address how our students get to school?
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Schools
How to Electrify the Nation’s School Buses
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It will take forever to electrify our transit systems, but yellow school buses could be switched over within the decade, a new report says.
VIDEO: What if Biking To School Was Safe?
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...which they can't, because most of New York City is a hellscape of double-parked trucks, reckless drivers and dangerously designed roads.
8 Ways To Make School Buses Safer During COVID-19
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Editor’s note: This article originally appeared on The Conversation and is republished here with permission. The school bus industry is still calling for more relief funding from Congress to implement safety recommendations like these; learn more about their efforts and how you can support them here. Short trips. Masks for everyone. Far fewer passengers than […]
NYC To Try Holding Classes Outdoors
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The mayor, meanwhile, rips critics who demand dedicated funds for outdoor learning: They 'don't know what the hell they're talking about.'
Don’t Let the School Bus be COVID-19’s Next Victim
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As school re-openings loom, the school bus industry is organizing support for the Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services Act, a $10-billion Senate bill that would provide relief to transportation providers — including school-bus operators — that earlier federal relief packages overlooked. And if CERTS doesn’t pass, transit advocates warn that the country is at […]