Making changes is fine but my point is that changing the policies wont making cycling any more viable, convenient or safe. Michael Rewey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Busing is a service contracted by School Districts so it falls outside the policies I was referring to.
We shouldn't be accepting status quo. We should be striving to make biking a viable, convenient and safe choice for getting students to school. Mike Rewey ******************************************************************* Date sent: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 19:44:32 -0700 (PDT) From: s meiers Subject: Re: [Bikies] Safe Routes To Schools Coordinator & Policy To: Michael Rewey , [email protected] I doubt that changing the policy will make much difference in the number of kids who bike to school. When people have asked parents about their transportation choices parents say they drive their kids to school primarily for convenience and for safety reasons. I'd imagine those are the same reasons so few parents let their kids bike to school. I am not a lawyer and can't speak to what districts can or can not do in terms of off campus activities. But there are policies in place for busing kids so bicycling is not the only transportation option that is regulated by MMSD. ****************************************************************** Michael Rewey wrote: The MMSD policy is amazingly regressive considering that Madison is a biking community. What do most principals know about biking? Not only that, it is the only mode to get to school that has policy restrictions. I question the legality of it when one is not on school grounds..... _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies Steve Meiers 608 241-3460 158 Dixon St Madison, WI 53704 --------------------------------- How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messengers low PC-to-Phone call rates. _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
