The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog USA.
We’re welcoming you back to the working week with a bit of media criticism:
First, the New York Times ran a rather uninquisitive article about problems with electric school buses that doesn’t really explain why they’d need a range longer than 90 miles, other than the occasional field trip, or why electric city buses and freight trucks seem to work just fine. The broader issue for ending long dropoff and pickup lines is that districts are increasingly building schools on huge far-flung tracts that students can’t walk to and buses can’t efficiently serve, all but forcing parents to drive their kids.
Read more — and the rest of today’s headlines from across the web — at the link below.
Also on Streetsblog: In response to a recent viral essay about climate change in Time, Kea Wilson asks why it’s so hard hard for Americans to imagine a future where they can live in their city without constantly driving. You can check it out here.
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