Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Safe Routes to School

Adorable Scenes From a Record-Breaking Walk and Roll to School Day

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 10, 2013 | 1 Comment

A record-breaking 13,000 students at 76 SF schools reportedly participated in International Walk and Roll to School Day yesterday, including over a hundred little ones who formed a “walking school bus” at E.R. Taylor Elementary, where city officials held a press event. At E.R. Taylor, which holds walking buses every week as part of the […]

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Draft CA Budget Ups Bike/Ped Funds, Leaves Safe Routes to School in Doubt

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 11, 2013 | No Comments

The budget proposed yesterday by Governor Jerry Brown and state lawmakers includes a new “Active Transportation Program” that would increase overall funding for walking and biking improvements but may put California’s Safe Routes to Schools program at risk. Under the proposed ATP, currently separate funding streams would be consolidated into one larger program, increasing the overall pot […]

Bike to School Day Grows Into Bike to School Week

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 22, 2013 | No Comments

It’s Bike to School Week. That’s right — the burgeoning event is no longer confined to a single day. Over 2,500 kids and adults at 52 schools are expected to participate, up from 40 schools last year, according to the SF Bicycle Coalition, which coordinates the event. SFBC Communications Director Kristin Smith said organizers expanded […]

Divided By a Highway, East Palo Alto Looks to Reconnect Its West Side

By Bryan Goebel | Oct 25, 2012 | 3 Comments

This is the first in a series of stories on East Palo Alto’s proposed bicycle and pedestrian overcrossing. It takes Maria del Socorro Macias about 40 minutes to walk from her neighborhood on the west side of East Palo Alto to her kids’ schools on the east side of Highway 101. To get there, she […]

Bike Donation Program to Benefit East Palo Alto Elementary Students

By Bryan Goebel | Sep 18, 2012 | 2 Comments

Brent Butler was leading a bicycle rodeo in East Palo Alto for the city’s first Streets Alive event last year when he realized just how many children were there without bikes. “What I decided to do is continue to teach the rules of the road even if we don’t have bicycles,” said Butler, the city’s […]

SF’s Biggest Bike to School Day Yet Marks a Growing Trend Among Students

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 12, 2012 | 19 Comments

Kids at 40 schools this morning participated in San Francisco’s biggest Bike to School Day yet. The level of participation, in the event’s fourth year, reflects steady growth in levels of biking and walking to schools throughout the year. San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (SFBC) Executive Director Leah Shahum said an enthusiastic group of more than […]

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