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#MontereyCounty

Wed, 1/14/26 beginning at 6 pm - participate online or in person. Public welcome.

Agenda and packet now available for Jan 14, 2026 meeting of #Transportation Agency for #Monterey County (TAMC) #Bicycle and #Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) .https://www.tamcmonterey.org/files/450716ca0/BPC+Agenda+Packet+January+Meeting.pdf.

Presentations to include an update on:
-County of Monterey's Chualar Sidewalk Project
-Harden Parkway and Safe Routes to School Project

#Salinas #Chualar #ActiveTransport
#MontereyBay
#SalinasValley
#SafeRoutesToSchool

https://bikemonterey.org/monthly-meetings-tamc-bicycle-pedestrian-facilities-advisory-committee-public-welcome.html

#MontereyCounty

Wed, 1/14/26 beginning at 6 pm - participate online or in person. Public welcome.

Agenda and packet now available for Jan 14, 2026 meeting of #Transportation Agency for #Monterey County (TAMC) #Bicycle and #Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) .https://www.tamcmonterey.org/files/450716ca0/BPC+Agenda+Packet+January+Meeting.pdf.

Presentations to include an update on:
-County of Monterey's Chualar Sidewalk Project
-Harden Parkway and Safe Routes to School Project

#Salinas #Chualar #ActiveTransport
#MontereyBay
#SalinasValley
#SafeRoutesToSchool

https://bikemonterey.org/monthly-meetings-tamc-bicycle-pedestrian-facilities-advisory-committee-public-welcome.html

#MontereyCounty

Wed, 1/14/26 beginning at 6 pm - participate online or in person. Public welcome.

Agenda and packet now available for Jan 14, 2026 meeting of #Transportation Agency for #Monterey County (TAMC) #Bicycle and #Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) .https://www.tamcmonterey.org/files/450716ca0/BPC+Agenda+Packet+January+Meeting.pdf.

Presentations to include an update on:
-County of Monterey's Chualar Sidewalk Project
-Harden Parkway and Safe Routes to School Project

#Salinas #Chualar #ActiveTransport
#MontereyBay
#SalinasValley
#SafeRoutesToSchool

https://bikemonterey.org/monthly-meetings-tamc-bicycle-pedestrian-facilities-advisory-committee-public-welcome.html

#MontereyCounty

Wed, 1/14/26 beginning at 6 pm - participate online or in person. Public welcome.

Agenda and packet now available for Jan 14, 2026 meeting of #Transportation Agency for #Monterey County (TAMC) #Bicycle and #Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) .https://www.tamcmonterey.org/files/450716ca0/BPC+Agenda+Packet+January+Meeting.pdf.

Presentations to include an update on:
-County of Monterey's Chualar Sidewalk Project
-Harden Parkway and Safe Routes to School Project

#Salinas #Chualar #ActiveTransport
#MontereyBay
#SalinasValley
#SafeRoutesToSchool

https://bikemonterey.org/monthly-meetings-tamc-bicycle-pedestrian-facilities-advisory-committee-public-welcome.html

#MontereyCounty

Wed, 1/14/26 beginning at 6 pm - participate online or in person. Public welcome.

Agenda and packet now available for Jan 14, 2026 meeting of #Transportation Agency for #Monterey County (TAMC) #Bicycle and #Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) .https://www.tamcmonterey.org/files/450716ca0/BPC+Agenda+Packet+January+Meeting.pdf.

Presentations to include an update on:
-County of Monterey's Chualar Sidewalk Project
-Harden Parkway and Safe Routes to School Project

#Salinas #Chualar #ActiveTransport
#MontereyBay
#SalinasValley
#SafeRoutesToSchool

https://bikemonterey.org/monthly-meetings-tamc-bicycle-pedestrian-facilities-advisory-committee-public-welcome.html

“States can require bicycle and electric bicycle safety training in schools,” e.g., #Minnesota https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/123B.935, as referred to by Matt Moore, general and policy counsel at #PeopleForBikes. https://usa.streetsblog.org/2025/11/05/part-iii-policy-solutions-to-the-e-moto-problem

Education is one of the key components of #California Bicycle Coalition / #CalBike partners’ Dec 2024 Statement on E-Bike Safety: https://bikemonterey.org/california-bicycle-advocates-call-on-elected-leaders-to-protect-e-bike-riders.html

#YouthEducation #children #teens #transportation #ActiveTransportation #ClimateAction #schools #MoreKidsOnBikes #SafeRoutesToSchool #cycling #biking #ebikes #bicycles #bike #walk #PublicHealth #PublicSafety #TrafficSafety #RoadSafety

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025-9-12-one-problem-two-responses-what-philly-and-charlottesville-reveal-about-school-transportation “these initiatives aren’t a cure-all. But they’ve done something equally important. They’ve protected the kids who already walk and bike — and made it easier for more families to consider those options” #Cville #BikeTooter #parenting #SafeRoutesToSchool #education #StrongTowns #walkable #SafeStreets #WarOnCars

Wish we lived close enough to our favorite 8-yr-old to add our fresh strawberries to her lunch on first day of Sayward Elementary School today.

Best wishes to all children starting a new school year, in British Columbia, here in California, and elsewhere.

And here’s to #SafeRoutesToSchool for all!

#SafeRoutesToSchool, #MontereyCounty

Temporary Traffic Calming Project in Castroville — Geil & Seymour Streets
Per District 2 County Supervisor Glenn Church’s newsletter today, installation will occur September 3-9, and the project will be in place through October 8, 2025.

https://saferoutesmonterey.org/northmontereycounty/
The temporary measures will include crosswalks, curb extensions, and traffic circles to slow down traffic, which improves safety for people walking and biking and students traveling to school.

Take a survey, and learn more, including about SRTS measures affecting the following schools:

#Castroville Elementary
Echo Valley Elementary
#Elkhorn Elementary
Hall District Elementary
#Ohlone Elementary
#Prunedale Elementary
North Monterey County Middle
#Pajaro Middle
North #Monterey County High
Central Bay High and #HomeSchool

https://saferoutesmonterey.org/northmontereycounty/
#infrastructure

#SafeRoutesToSchool, #MontereyCounty

Temporary Traffic Calming Project in Castroville — Geil & Seymour Streets
Per District 2 County Supervisor Glenn Church’s newsletter today, installation will occur September 3-9, and the project will be in place through October 8, 2025.

https://saferoutesmonterey.org/northmontereycounty/
The temporary measures will include crosswalks, curb extensions, and traffic circles to slow down traffic, which improves safety for people walking and biking and students traveling to school.

Take a survey, and learn more, including about SRTS measures affecting the following schools:

#Castroville Elementary
Echo Valley Elementary
#Elkhorn Elementary
Hall District Elementary
#Ohlone Elementary
#Prunedale Elementary
North Monterey County Middle
#Pajaro Middle
North #Monterey County High
Central Bay High and #HomeSchool

https://saferoutesmonterey.org/northmontereycounty/
#infrastructure

#SafeRoutesToSchool, #MontereyCounty

Temporary Traffic Calming Project in Castroville — Geil & Seymour Streets
Per District 2 County Supervisor Glenn Church’s newsletter today, installation will occur September 3-9, and the project will be in place through October 8, 2025.

https://saferoutesmonterey.org/northmontereycounty/
The temporary measures will include crosswalks, curb extensions, and traffic circles to slow down traffic, which improves safety for people walking and biking and students traveling to school.

Take a survey, and learn more, including about SRTS measures affecting the following schools:

#Castroville Elementary
Echo Valley Elementary
#Elkhorn Elementary
Hall District Elementary
#Ohlone Elementary
#Prunedale Elementary
North Monterey County Middle
#Pajaro Middle
North #Monterey County High
Central Bay High and #HomeSchool

https://saferoutesmonterey.org/northmontereycounty/
#infrastructure

#SafeRoutesToSchool, #MontereyCounty

Temporary Traffic Calming Project in Castroville — Geil & Seymour Streets
Per District 2 County Supervisor Glenn Church’s newsletter today, installation will occur September 3-9, and the project will be in place through October 8, 2025.

https://saferoutesmonterey.org/northmontereycounty/
The temporary measures will include crosswalks, curb extensions, and traffic circles to slow down traffic, which improves safety for people walking and biking and students traveling to school.

Take a survey, and learn more, including about SRTS measures affecting the following schools:

#Castroville Elementary
Echo Valley Elementary
#Elkhorn Elementary
Hall District Elementary
#Ohlone Elementary
#Prunedale Elementary
North Monterey County Middle
#Pajaro Middle
North #Monterey County High
Central Bay High and #HomeSchool

https://saferoutesmonterey.org/northmontereycounty/
#infrastructure

#SafeRoutesToSchool, #MontereyCounty

Temporary Traffic Calming Project in Castroville — Geil & Seymour Streets
Per District 2 County Supervisor Glenn Church’s newsletter today, installation will occur September 3-9, and the project will be in place through October 8, 2025.

https://saferoutesmonterey.org/northmontereycounty/
The temporary measures will include crosswalks, curb extensions, and traffic circles to slow down traffic, which improves safety for people walking and biking and students traveling to school.

Take a survey, and learn more, including about SRTS measures affecting the following schools:

#Castroville Elementary
Echo Valley Elementary
#Elkhorn Elementary
Hall District Elementary
#Ohlone Elementary
#Prunedale Elementary
North Monterey County Middle
#Pajaro Middle
North #Monterey County High
Central Bay High and #HomeSchool

https://saferoutesmonterey.org/northmontereycounty/
#infrastructure

I’ve been waiting a long time for this. Well past my stroller years now but it should be there for my walker years. #Cville #ADA #walkable #SafeRoutesToSchool

I am spending far too much time dealing with the fact that my child was not assigned a bus route to get to her school, which is separated from our home by two 5-lane highways and a greenway that'll be closed for over a year due to flood damage. #SafeRoutesToSchool

#Salinas, California #PublicArt

Looking for tour map of #sidewalk #murals mentioned in Celia Jiménez’s #MontereyCountyNow report "Sidewalk murals encourage students to walk or bike to school – and street upgrades make it safer to do so”? https://www.montereycountynow.com/people/831/sidewalk-murals-encourage-students-to-walk-or-bike-to-school-and-street-upgrades-make-it/article_7c411ed0-be89-4405-a299-29f33af3c389.html

The tour map is included in the related booklet with activities, in English and Spanish ("FREE DOWNLOAD: SIDEWALK ART ACTIVITY SHEETS” https://saferoutesmonterey.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/TAMC-Salinas-Sidewalk-Art-Brochure-FINAL.pdf) on the Transportation Agency for Monterey County’s #SafeRoutesToSchool website: https://saferoutesmonterey.org/2025/02/06/salinas-sidewalk-art/.

#ActiveTransportation

"Rancho Cucamonga expands Safe Routes to School initiative with All Kids Bike program": https://heysocal.com/2025/05/16/rancho-cucamonga-expands-safe-routes-to-school-initiative-with-all-kids-bike-program/

"We’re on a mission to teach every child in America how to ride a bike in kindergarten PE class.” https://allkidsbike.org/

#AllKidsBike #SafeRoutesToSchool #MoreKidsOnBikes #PhysicalEducation

May 7, 2025, 6 p.m. Transportation Agency for Monterey County Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) meeting in GONZALES. Public welcome to attend, in person or via Zoom or phone. https://bikemonterey.org/monthly-meetings-tamc-bicycle-pedestrian-facilities-advisory-committee-public-welcome.html Note agenda items https://www.tamcmonterey.org/files/9348f6ef3/BPC+Agenda+May+Packet.pdf include a presentation on the Pajaro to Prunedale Corridor Study and current progress on safety improvement projects along the G12 Corridor; and a presentation on the King City San Antonio Drive/Broadway Street Bike Path and
Safe Routes to Schools Improvements Project, including progress on the roundabout designs
and environmental review process.

#MontereyCounty #SalinasValley #Gonzales #Pajaro #Prunedale #KingCity #SafeRoutesToSchool #ActiveTransport

May 7, 2025, 6 p.m. Transportation Agency for Monterey County Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) meeting in GONZALES. Public welcome to attend, in person or via Zoom or phone. https://bikemonterey.org/monthly-meetings-tamc-bicycle-pedestrian-facilities-advisory-committee-public-welcome.html Note agenda items https://www.tamcmonterey.org/files/9348f6ef3/BPC+Agenda+May+Packet.pdf include a presentation on the Pajaro to Prunedale Corridor Study and current progress on safety improvement projects along the G12 Corridor; and a presentation on the King City San Antonio Drive/Broadway Street Bike Path and
Safe Routes to Schools Improvements Project, including progress on the roundabout designs
and environmental review process.

#MontereyCounty #SalinasValley #Gonzales #Pajaro #Prunedale #KingCity #SafeRoutesToSchool #ActiveTransport

May 7, 2025, 6 p.m. Transportation Agency for Monterey County Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) meeting in GONZALES. Public welcome to attend, in person or via Zoom or phone. https://bikemonterey.org/monthly-meetings-tamc-bicycle-pedestrian-facilities-advisory-committee-public-welcome.html Note agenda items https://www.tamcmonterey.org/files/9348f6ef3/BPC+Agenda+May+Packet.pdf include a presentation on the Pajaro to Prunedale Corridor Study and current progress on safety improvement projects along the G12 Corridor; and a presentation on the King City San Antonio Drive/Broadway Street Bike Path and
Safe Routes to Schools Improvements Project, including progress on the roundabout designs
and environmental review process.

#MontereyCounty #SalinasValley #Gonzales #Pajaro #Prunedale #KingCity #SafeRoutesToSchool #ActiveTransport

May 7, 2025, 6 p.m. Transportation Agency for Monterey County Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) meeting in GONZALES. Public welcome to attend, in person or via Zoom or phone. https://bikemonterey.org/monthly-meetings-tamc-bicycle-pedestrian-facilities-advisory-committee-public-welcome.html Note agenda items https://www.tamcmonterey.org/files/9348f6ef3/BPC+Agenda+May+Packet.pdf include a presentation on the Pajaro to Prunedale Corridor Study and current progress on safety improvement projects along the G12 Corridor; and a presentation on the King City San Antonio Drive/Broadway Street Bike Path and
Safe Routes to Schools Improvements Project, including progress on the roundabout designs
and environmental review process.

#MontereyCounty #SalinasValley #Gonzales #Pajaro #Prunedale #KingCity #SafeRoutesToSchool #ActiveTransport

May 7, 2025, 6 p.m. Transportation Agency for Monterey County Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) meeting in GONZALES. Public welcome to attend, in person or via Zoom or phone. https://bikemonterey.org/monthly-meetings-tamc-bicycle-pedestrian-facilities-advisory-committee-public-welcome.html Note agenda items https://www.tamcmonterey.org/files/9348f6ef3/BPC+Agenda+May+Packet.pdf include a presentation on the Pajaro to Prunedale Corridor Study and current progress on safety improvement projects along the G12 Corridor; and a presentation on the King City San Antonio Drive/Broadway Street Bike Path and
Safe Routes to Schools Improvements Project, including progress on the roundabout designs
and environmental review process.

#MontereyCounty #SalinasValley #Gonzales #Pajaro #Prunedale #KingCity #SafeRoutesToSchool #ActiveTransport

The new draft #CvilleCitySchools attendance maps are out and there are indeed a lot of changes. We have seen a lot of attendance growth on the south part of the City, but we haven't built a new school in decades. I do not envy the School Board the hard choices that they have to make. https://woolpertinc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=567876f42d8148fea5bf166dda6574f2 #cville #SafeRoutesToSchool

The Salinas Valley Safe Routes to School Program has been officially adopted by the Transportation Agency for Monterey County (TAMC) board of directors and the #Gonzales, #Soledad, #Greenfield, and #KingCity city councils. We were especially interested today in the Soledad section, because we’re currently assisting a Soledad teen who received a traffic citation for riding outside a bicycle lane. Details: https://bikemonterey.org/bike-buzz-winter-2025.html

#SafeRoutesToSchool #SRTS #MontereyCounty #SalinasValley

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyeknz94zqo “Only 15 seconds of travel time is added when driving the 640m stretch at 40mph instead of 70mph. That's a small price to pay to allow over 500 children to walk or cycle to school safely without fear of being hit by a car." #SafeRoutestoSchool #Hertfordshire

https://infocville.com/2024/12/19/charlottesville-planning-commission-seeks-more-funding-for-affordable-housing-planning-for-schools/ Thanks to Sean Tubbs for covering the #cville Planning Commission and the #CapitalImprovementsPlan process #housing #solar #education #saferoutestoschool #budgetsarevaluesdocuments

We’ve long dreamed of East Salinas / the Alisal becoming the crown jewel of active transportation infrastructure in Monterey County. Now 2024 is ending with that dream a step closer to becoming reality. https://bikemonterey.org/monterey-county-bike-infrastructure-news.html

#BikeTooter #MontereyCounty #ActiveTransport #Salinas #KingCity #bike #walk #PublicSafety #PublicHealth #SafeRoutesToSchool

The Monterey County seat and its largest city, Salinas, was selected as one of 13 projects throughout California to receive #ActiveTransportation Program (ATP) funds intended to improve walking and biking routes in disadvantaged communities. https://www.ksbw.com/article/salinas-awarded-dollar10-million-california-improve-route-school-safety/63138649

The Active Transportation Program is the state's only dedicated funding source for walking and biking
projects. "With a reduced funding level of $168.7 million, the Commission faced an unprecedented shortfall in funding for its most oversubscribed competitive program that is critical to meeting the state’s #climate, #safety, and #equity goals. The Commission received 277 project applications requesting $2.5 billion in funds for the 2025 program cycle – about 15 times the $168.7 million that is available.” The #Salinas application received a perfect score.
https://catc.ca.gov/-/media/ctc-media/documents/programs/atp/2024/2025-statewide-small-urban-rural-staff-recs-110124.pdf

#JobCreation #ClimateAction #ActiveTransport #CarbonEmissions #PublicHealth #BikeEquity #infrastructure #MontereyCounty #SalinasValley #SafeRoutesToSchool #BikeTooter

School expansion – An active travel opportunity?

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Consultations are currently underway following proposals to expand two Nuneaton schools to accommodate growing demand. Those schools, like so many others, are known to suffer with motor traffic congestion at the peak times of drop-off and pick-up – a situation that will only get worse without some form of mitigation.

With this in mind, it is perhaps an opportunity to press the County Council to make some changes that can improve the walking, wheeling, scooting and cycling environment to and around these schools. Neither are well-served by active travel infrastructure – there’s a limited shared-use route through a nearby park in one direction and narrow footpaths which get very crowded at peak times – and the areas are plagued with bad driving, pavement parking and stopping on prohibited areas, idling engines, general heavy traffic. There is then the resulting poor air quality, noise pollution, risk of collisions, general stresses – none of which are good for children (or their adults) and are not conducive to positive learning.

A number of options are available which can improve the situation by making driving less attractive while making active travel an easier, safer option:

• School streets – closing roads to motor vehicles at key times;
• 20mph speed limits;
• Wider footpaths;
• Removal of obstructions on the shared-use route;
• Improve road crossings;
• Separated cycle infrastructure, particularly on main roads.

The catchment for these schools includes housing estates some distance away where people are not likely to walk. Thus without safe cycle routes, the default option will be to drive. The County Council has a Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan for Nuneaton which includes routes which would benefit these schools. It also has a Local Transport Plan that supposedly prioritises active travel. So, whilst noting that funding is always a challenge, it should surely be a requirement of expansion that at least some improvements are forthcoming to mitigate against new motor traffic.

The consultations for the two schools run until 29 November 2024, and my own submission is now available to read for those who want a bit more detail.

#ChetwyndJuniorSchool #ChildFriendlyWarwickshire #Nuneaton #SafeRoutesToSchool #SchoolStreets #WarwickshireCountyCouncil #WhitestoneInfantSchool

We left home later than planned, but made it to library & PO lobby before 6 pm closing. It was tempting to “cut corners” to arrive faster, but we held to our mantra/prayer when biking, or driving: be safe, legal, courteous. Wish that was everyone’s aim!

Instead, this eve we were passed by a reckless person on a bicycle, who seemed to be training for a race—but on public streets in rush hour traffic. They were running red lights & stop signs (on flat terrain, not even on an uphill intersection when a thoughtful driver might beckon a cyclist to go first).

We also experienced a reckless driver who gave less than #3FeetForSafety! But majority of drivers were bike aware and passed us per #California VC 21760, which requires #drivers to change lanes when passing a #bicycle whenever feasible, just as when passing a #car.

One of our favorite things about a night ride home: far fewer cars on the road!
Saw “No Cell Zone" sign at Bayview Academy Charter, Monterey. #SafeRoutesToSchool

#MontereyCounty #BikeTooter

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2024/09/school-drop-off-cars-chaos/679869/ “You’re taking your life in your own hands to get out of here” #schoolstreets #saferoutestoschool #safestreets #bancars #biketooter

Early pandemic I was on a panel with Warren Logan, working then on Oakland's open streets. He's now running for Oakland City Council. Great interview with him on The Overhead Wire https://theoverheadwire.com/2024/08/unedited-podcast-transcript-497-the-real-work-of-safer-streets/. Great line that maybe what should be "permanent" in street design is flexibility: play streets during summer, market streets, festival streets. Love it.

#Oakland #PeopleStreets #SaferStreets #CompleteStreets #transportation #infrastructure #walkability #BikeTooter #SafeRoutesToSchool

Great talk with #cville transportation planner Ben Chambers today. I learned that our team presented at #nacto on our important #saferoutestoschool progress here. We aren’t Paris yet, but we are moving forward. https://www.charlottesville.gov/565/Safe-Routes-to-School

I feel like a whole lot of our problems would melt away if we could make it possible for more kids to travel by #bike.

#BikeTooter #BikeJoy #KidsOnBikes #SafeStreets4All #SafeRoutesToSchool

https://urbanists.video/w/tPEz5uKw9spL8teMJ55k69

Makes my heart sing to see these two friends biking home from school together.
Makes my stomach turn to see the crappy infrastructure they've been provided.

We are failing our children when we refuse to provide them safe, dignified streets.

#SafeStreetsForAll #SafeRoutesToSchool #KidsOnBikes #BikeTooter #BikeToSchool

Upcoming work schedule change means getting my kid ready to bike home from school on her own.

Our main lesson: assume people driving cars truly DGAF if you make it home in one piece.

https://urbanists.video/w/uGLNxZj7VCZHzgGUEbXcLe

#BikeTooter #KidsOnBikes #SafeRoutesToSchool #SafeStreetsForAll

Yesterday, this cool kid--with her bright red bike, hot pink helmet, dual blinkies, and rotating rainbow wheel lights--waited at a high-viz crosswalk in a school zone while 7 adult drivers pretended not to see her.

#BikeTooter #SafeStreetsForAll #SafeRoutesToSchool #KidsOnBikes #VisionZero #CarBrain

Among numerous updates to Summer Bike Buzz are posts particularly relevant for Californians as well as additional summer (June 21 – Sept 23) bike dates for Monterey County: https://bikemonterey.org/bike-buzz-summer-2023-news-from-bicycling-monterey.html.

Also note today's post about Sept 8 - Oct 6 pop-up installation of temporary Safe Routes to School in Soledad, California (English and Spanish fliers available in post): https://bikemonterey.org/soledad-safe-routes-to-schools-temporary-installation-september-8-october-6-2023.html.

#SafeRoutesToSchool #MontereyCounty #Soledad #RutasSegurasALaEscuela #CondadoDeMonterey #bici #bicicleta #caminando #BikeTooter #BikeMonterey #Monterey #PublicHealth #EcologyAction #cycling #walking #schools #TrafficSafety #ActiveTransportation

This is a big freaking deal. We have always biked to school. We paid far more than we could afford for a house that made this possible. We have arranged our work schedules and lifestyles and vehicle ownership choices around the fact that our kid can ride her bike to school. If you follow me on social media, you know that my identity is wrapped up pretty tight in the idea that kids should be able to walk or #BikeToSchool.

#KidsOnBikes #SafeRoutesToSchool

This morning's #BikeToSchool started out a little prickly, but it's hard to stay mad when you're riding a #bicycle. And if there's any angst leftover by the time you get to school, you can hug it out at the #bike rack.

#KidsOnBikes #BikeTooter #SafeRoutesToSchool #SafeStreetsForAll #LeaveTheCarAtHome

This morning we met up with 6 (SIX!) other #KidsOnBikes during our ride to school. Six smiling, happy, slightly flushed faces, all bright eyed and ready to start their day.

The activity, socialization, & independence these kids are getting is no small thing. The change in my kid's resilience & attitude since she's been riding her own bike to school has been remarkable.

When we deny kids #SafeRoutesToSchool, we deny them a huge part of their life.

#SafeStreetsForAll #BikeTooter #BikeToSchool

Is there a more beautiful sight than two best friends riding their bikes to school together?

#SafeStreetsForAll #KidsOnBikes #SafeRoutesToSchool #Greenways #GreenwaysMakeItHappen #BikeTooter

I created this #video a year ago to help address the ridiculous conditions US #roadways impose on #pedestrians. This is a 2-stage crossing on the way to my kid's elementary school. Complying with the #walk signal here means a 3-minute crossing, including a substantial wait in an unprotected refuge island.

Thanks to @tomflood for help on crafting the message.

https://urbanists.video/w/8esJ8mPNrRK2vzGekrKVKL

#BikeTooter #VisionZero #SafeStreetsForAll #CarCulture #Crosswalk #SafeRoutesToSchool

Hey Tooters, I'm gradually shifting my #video content from #Youtube to #PeerTube. If seeing silly/deadly/occasionally educational videos of the state of #transportation in the US (and sometimes a fuzzy red puppy) makes you happy, please give me a follow:

https://urbanists.video/a/drtcombs/video-channels

#BikeTooter #FediBikes #WalkTooter #RoadSafety #VisionZero #SafeStreetsForAll #UrbanPlanning #Urbanism #SafeSystem #SafeRoutesToSchool #Cycling #Walking #CompleteStreets #CarCulture #CarBrain #Motornormativity

Calling all #MA #AndoverMA #saferoutestoschool folks:

Just under one week until MA's Winter Walk/Bike/Roll to School Day on Wednesday, February 1st!

All #Andover Public Schools are registered with #SRTS, so talk to your school principal or message us with any questions.