10-05-2003, 11:33 AM
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Tim Smith <tssmith@sonic.net> wrote in message news:<ie5snvgha85mcvj7ar8rena89bu1vhfu1s@4ax.com>. ..
> Where I live (a very safe and crime-free suburban Californian city)
> the idea that kids might ride their bikes to school, or even walk,
> seems to be something out of the past. All kids now are chauffered by
> their moms (or very occasionally, pops), usually in large SUVs.
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> Is "Safe Routes to School" fighting this trend? If so, how?
See http://www.saferoutestoschools.org/
As some others have mentioned on this thread, your best contribution
might be to go down and get your local PTA and local school(s) on
board with this. It's really designed to be run as a local,
grass-roots effort that starts with asking students the question,
"What is keeping you from walking or riding your bike to school?"
But, on the other hand, the national organization does have some good
ideas . . . the free book you can order or download has a lot of very
good ideas.
The name might suggest that building facilities (sidewalks,
crosswalks, etc.) might be their main emphasis, but actually changing
attitudes is equally important. SR2S has quite a lot of inexpensive,
simple ideas to get things jump-started.
--Brent
bhugh [at] mwsc.edu
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