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Should students walk to school?
I am working on a story for our Back-to-School edition, and I would love your input. Lakota is working to create the most efficient and cost-effective busing system as possible.
While they are allowed to deny busing to students living within a couple miles from the school, the district offers busing to all. However, staff members have said it would be nice if students did take the “green” route this year by walking to school…especially in areas with sidewalks, like Wyandot. Officials said they would work with parents to ensure safety, such as providing crossing guards.
Do you live in an area where this is possible? Do you have a group of students in your neighborhood that walk?
Recently, West Chester Twp. Trustee Lee Wong encouraged more students to walk or bike to school. What are your thoughts? I used to walk and bike to school when I lived in a small town near Cleveland. This also brings to mind another topic. What do you think about the pedestrian friendliness of the area? I would love to bike to work, but I am terrified of getting run over on Yankee or Cincinnati-Dayton roads where there are no sidewalks or bike lanes. I don’t blame Lakota East students for their wariness. Do you see any solutions?
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By Skeptic
July 22, 2008 9:45 AM | Link to this
This is just one of many example of the problems with urban sprawl. Suburban communities are built on the assumption that gasoline is cheap and plentiful. What happens when that’s no longer true? Modern cities are returning to the designs of the past… walkable mixed-use neighborhoods where you don’t need a car for every trip out of the house. The walkable city builds community, builds the economy, and is much better for the environment.By Dan Kennedy
July 22, 2008 10:37 AM | Link to this
I have heard that the City of Dayton is working on Safe Routes to Schools applications for about four of the Schools in Dayton. These grants could fund infrastructure and non-infrastructure projects. www.dot.state.oh.us/saferoutes/ www.saferoutesinfo.org I have been advocating to MVRPC to include extensions of MetroParks Creekside multi-use trail in the 30 year Transportation Plan. I want to see Kemp School and Pinewood Park in Eastern Hills connected to Creekside with a short spur. Then extend Creekside, parallel to the rail bed, from Smithville all the way down into the valley to Dutoit behind Stivers HS. The county engineers on MVRPC are hesitating to adopt the full multi-county multi-use path and road shoulder recommendations into the Plan. They seemed incredulous that there is community need or support for non-auto transportation routes, but also genuine concerns about using limited transportation funding for anything that is not strictly for cars. I guess they need assurances that county residents won’t freak out if every transportation dollar we have does not always go to building more roads.