A slight improvement, but it is still the only modal choice on getting to school that is restrictive. No part of the rule should dictate bike behavior off of school grounds. Nor should a parent have to ask permission for letting their child bike to school.
Schools in less bike friendly Wisconsin cities do not have rules this restrictive. Mike Rewey On 26 Sep 2013 at 10:12, Robbie Webber wrote: > > This is a major improvement in the policy. Previously, children under 10 > years old (I think) couldn't > ride to school even with a parent. That led to some interesting situations, > like parents and > children riding to a location across the street from the school, locking the > bikes, and walking the > last 100 feet or so onto school grounds. Some principals objected to this, > but couldn't legally do > anything. > I'm betting there are some parents on this list that fought this battle. > > Robbie Webber > Transportation Policy Analyst > State Smart Transportation Initiative > www.ssti.us > 608-263-9984 (o) > 608-225-0002 (c) > [email protected] > > > > On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 1:00 PM, Dipesh Navsaria <[email protected]> wrote: > Another item here -- don't know the specifics about prior policy, but it > looks like the MMSD > has tried to reduce barriers to children riding their bikes to school: > > https://tnlweb.madison.k12.wi.us/node/893 > > Peace and Prosperity, > Dipesh > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > >
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