2008.11.12
Getting more Blacksburg kids to walk to school
Two public meetings are planned next week to discuss plans that could mean more students walk or bike to school.
Two schools -- Gilbert Linkous and Blacksburg New School -- are working with town leaders to examine ways to encourage children to walk or ride their bikes to school. It's part of a national program, called Safe Routes to School.
The meetings on Nov. 20. Either 3 p.m. at Blacksburg New School or 5:30 p.m. at Gilbert Linkous, will be to get feeback on a proposed "travel plan" for getting to school without buses or cars.
The plans include " education, encouragement, enforcement and evaluation of the program in addition to engineering projects proposed for creating safer routes to school," organizers said.
