Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Schools

Clayton Homes, a 300-unit public housing complex, will be partly torn down to widen practically every highway in North Houston. Photo: Google Maps

Houston’s Highway Mega-Plan: An Environmental Justice Disaster

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 25, 2019 | 2 Comments

Thousands of Houstonians are in danger of losing their homes as the state of Texas proceeds with a massive, $7 billion plan to widen almost every highway in North and downtown Houston. Mass displacement, worsening air quality, wider segregation and more flooding are some of the outcomes experts are warning will result from the 25-mile […]

The European Answer to School-Drop-Off Chaos

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 27, 2018 | 70 Comments

"School Streets" prohibit cars on the roadways surrounding schools. They encourage walking and biking. And they reduce crashes.

Walking to school is still the safest way to get there. Photo: Angie Schmitt

Kids Head Back to School — And Parents Return to Their Killing Machines

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 5, 2018 | 40 Comments

Cell phone data shows drivers around schools are texting and speeding at an alarming rate.

North Carolina DOT is ending a program aimed at reducing obesity by encouraging children to walk or bike to school. Photo: Transforming Health NC

NC Cuts Safety Program For Kids While Pouring Billions into Roads

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 24, 2018 | 1 Comment

North Carolina is ending a relatively inexpensive program aimed at helping students walk and bike to school. Meanwhile there's no shortage of money for highways.

Garden space outside D.C.'s J.O. Wilson Elementary School. Photo: D.C. Public Schools

How to Create More Play Space and Less Parking at City Schools

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 29, 2018 | 4 Comments

Instead of paving over schoolyards, D.C. may just issue special street-parking permits to teachers near urban schools.

Decatur Schools bought six acres near the city's walkable downtown at $1.25 million an acre. One-third of the space will be devoted to surface parking. Image: Decaturish

Public Schools Shouldn’t Undermine Walkability

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 28, 2017 | 9 Comments

An Atlanta suburb wants to build a new school in a walkable setting, but with a huge surface parking lot.

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