Recent Streetsblog SF posts about school buses

37 percent of SamTrans passengers are ages 24 and under, a key demographic among whom the bus agency hopes to boost ridership. Photo: SamTrans

SamTrans Targets Next Generation of Bus Riders With Youth Mobility Plan

By Andrew Boone | Jun 12, 2017 | 2 Comments

At last Wednesday’s San Mateo County Transit District (SamTrans) Board of Directors meeting planners presented the agency’s draft Youth Mobility Plan [PDF], “a strategic blueprint for how SamTrans can address the mobility needs of youth in San Mateo County and cultivate the next generation of bus customers.” The plan recommends a number of initiatives to […]

4 Things Schools Can Do to Reduce the Asthma Threat From Idling Cars

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 17, 2016 | No Comments

Lately, American schools have been pretty responsive to public health and safety threats facing children. Witness the rise of peanut butter bans or the dwindling number of vending machines in schools. But schools haven’t been very successful at tackling what is arguably a much bigger threat to children’s health: air pollution caused by driving. Asthma is the most […]