Tell Us Your Inspiring Stories of Community Solutions to the School Drop Off Line!
It’s back to school time! And as we all know, in our car-dependent culture, this exciting time of year also brings traffic-clogged streets and a huge time and energy suck for parents stuck in the carpool slog.
The school year started out with stories of communities completely eliminating bus services for students. There are many benefits to kids walking to school, but have we created an environment that makes that comfortable? Faced with a difficult tradeoff, many parents take on the time and expense of using personal vehicles to get kids to school. The lines get even longer. The streets less safe to walk. It’s a nasty cycle. There has to be a better way!
Are you walking back to school?
We know there are parents, teachers, schools, and cities out there making walking and biking to school fun and safer for kids while also helping to reduce gridlock and pollution, and we’re hoping to round up some of these stories for possible inclusion in our blog.
