Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Safe Routes to School

New 15 MPH School Zones Welcome Students on Walk to School Day

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 6, 2011 | 3 Comments

Yesterday marked the first Walk to School Day since San Francisco began installing 15 mph speed limit signs near dozens of schools, and thousands of students were a little safer from speeding cars as they made their way to class. “The new safer speed zones will calm traffic in neighborhoods throughout the city and help […]

Mayor, SFMTA, Walk SF Announce First 15 MPH School Zone

By Bryan Goebel | Aug 18, 2011 | 16 Comments

San Francisco became the first large California city to implement a 15 mph speed zone around a school this morning, as SFMTA workers installed one of four signs that will go up around George Peabody Elementary School on 7th Avenue in the Richmond District. It’s part of a groundbreaking citywide initiative pushed by walking advocates […]

One More Push Can Preserve Federal Safe Routes to School Funding

By Carolyn Szczepanski | Aug 18, 2011 | No Comments

This week, the Safe Routes to School National Conference convenes in Minneapolis, a progressive city determined to become the most bicycle friendly in the nation. But even here, far from the nation’s capital, in a region celebrated for its massive greenway system, drama inside the Beltway has instilled an air of urgency to the event. […]

One Hundred 15 MPH School Zones Approved at SFMTA Hearing

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 1, 2011 | 5 Comments

Roughly half of the more than 200 schools proposed to have speed limits reduced to 15 MPH on surrounding streets were quickly approved at an SFMTA hearing today. The rest are expected to be approved at another hearing in three weeks before heading to the full SFMTA Board of Directors for final approval. “We think this is […]

SFMTA: 15 MPH School Zones Could Be Implemented Within the Year

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 8, 2011 | 9 Comments

Many streets could become safer for children walking and biking to school with a project in the works to lower speed limits within school zones to 15 mph. New signs warning drivers could be in the ground as early as this winter, according to an SFMTA staff report [pdf], granted the funds are approved next […]

Promoting Health and Physical Activity Among Children on Walk to School Day

By Matthew Roth | Oct 7, 2010 | 4 Comments

With childhood obesity a growing national epidemic, it is surprising that more parents don’t walk to school with their kids or organize amongst neighbors to encourage physical activity as part of the daily routine. Though San Francisco has extensive public transit and is quite walkable, the current school assignment policy results in longer school commutes, […]

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