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Safe Active Transportation for LBSS Students, part of @BikingBurke founded by @JorgeATorrico

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The @walkscore of @FCPSLBSS is 22 of 100, largest 🏤 in @fcpsnews @Virginiadotgov. Is below 26 Burke avg. Nevertheless, high walk scores don't stop #SpeedIsAlwaysAFactor crashes.

It has 4,370+ students, 9 racks (10 bikes/rack), ~60% zoned in bike distance
https://t.co/reWf8KFd8d

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@JorgeATorrico @derobikeracks @fcpsnews @destinyforva @DelBetsyCarr @FCPSSRTS1 @FCPSLBSS @PatHerrity @RachnaFCPSSB @ffxsafestreets @BikeFairfax @lbssbearfacts @wchsbulldog @CHSDailyDose @MCPS The students at @FCPSLBSS did a report @FCPSSRTS1 @fcpsnews should watch.
https://t.co/qJWxmCLG17

Hoping that it doesn't take another 28 months to get it installed.

Emailed @JRWalkinshaw @PatHerrity @RachnaFCPSSB @anderson4school @BikeFairfax @ffxsafestreets
👀 @CoachBalto

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We can 100% attest that starting a #BikeBus as a parent is incredibly harder.

We could only use publicly available boundary data & hope that students lived along the routes planned.

Even having a top of the line bike repair stand donated still met w/ opposition due to "safety"

[Sam Balto @CoachBalto]

If anyone is wondering starting a #BikeBus as a parent is harder than starting it as a teacher.

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@JorgeATorrico @FCPSLBSS @JRWalkinshaw @PatHerrity @lbssptsa @VaDOT @FCPSSRTS1 @wapo @CoachBalto @BikingBurke @SFBikeBus @fcpsnews @derobikeracks @GeorgeMasonU @woombikesUSA @LauraJaneCohen @RachnaFCPSSB @FCPSSupt @MCPS @wchsbulldog In memory of Jacob Brian Cassell who was tragically struck by a vehicle after falling off his bicycle on Old Georgetown Road in Bethesda, MD on Wednesday, July 31st, 2019.

https://t.co/caLCv2SW6I

News from 2019
https://t.co/SIifYCERRG

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@FCPSLBSS had its 2nd Fall Bike/Walk/Roll Day, supported by @JRWalkinshaw at Kings Park Library. @PatHerrity at the main entrance w/ @lbssptsa Pres. & LBSS staff.

When @PatHerrity heard our @VaDOT minigrant wasn't awarded, he was quick to propose funding collab w/ @JRWalkinshaw.

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@JorgeATorrico @FCPSLBSS @JRWalkinshaw @PatHerrity @lbssptsa @VaDOT @FCPSSRTS1 @wapo @CoachBalto @BikingBurke @SFBikeBus @fcpsnews @derobikeracks @GeorgeMasonU @woombikesUSA @LauraJaneCohen @RachnaFCPSSB @FCPSSupt @MCPS has installed one in one of their high schools @wchsbulldog .

https://t.co/AZweph0mzQ

[Jorge Torrico @JorgeATorrico]

@bikelbss @derobikeracks @fcpsnews @destinyforva @DelBetsyCarr @FCPSSRTS1 @FCPSLBSS @PatHerrity @RachnaFCPSSB @ffxsafestreets @BikeFairfax @lbssbearfacts We were at @wchsbulldog (@CHSDailyDose) today and were pleasantly surprised to see @derobikeracks Fixit Repair stand installed at an @mcps high school.

It was a breath of fresh air seeing county school leadership support non-motonormative active independent transportation.

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@JorgeATorrico @derobikeracks @fcpsnews @destinyforva @DelBetsyCarr @FCPSSRTS1 @FCPSLBSS @PatHerrity @RachnaFCPSSB @ffxsafestreets @BikeFairfax @lbssbearfacts We've been trying to deliver better biking infrastructure to @fcpslbss for years.

https://t.co/M84d1q5NB0

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@FCPSLBSS had its 2nd Fall Bike/Walk/Roll Day, supported by @JRWalkinshaw at Kings Park Library. @PatHerrity at the main entrance w/ @lbssptsa Pres. & LBSS staff.

When @PatHerrity heard our @VaDOT minigrant wasn't awarded, he was quick to propose funding collab w/ @JRWalkinshaw.

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@JorgeATorrico @derobikeracks @fcpsnews @destinyforva @DelBetsyCarr @FCPSSRTS1 @FCPSLBSS @PatHerrity @RachnaFCPSSB @ffxsafestreets @BikeFairfax @lbssbearfacts would love a follow up on the donated brand new $2K+ bike repair stand in storage donated by @PatHerrity since late 11/2022.

The LB_Biking club could def. use it, as could the rest of the community, if installed in a public access area.
https://t.co/X6Th5GIRak

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@JorgeATorrico @cyclingprogress @fcpsnews @FCPSSRTS1 @FCPSLBSS @DelDanHelmer @EFillerCorn @KathyKLTran @SenDaveMarsden @crazybikedad @BikeFairfax @CoachBalto @wapo @JeffreyCMcKay @JRWalkinshaw @PatHerrity @LJ4fcps @Megan4Schools @RachnaFCPSSB @AbrarOmeish @Virginiadotgov @VaDOT @fairfaxcounty @VaDOTNOVA @marincogan @voxdotcom @FairfaxCountyPD @VaRailExpress @ffxsafestreets Why does @VaDOT limit high schools from SRTS Mini-Grants?
https://t.co/8BR8vMy1oE
We need less teens driving; more biking, rolling/walking, not as a prank.
https://t.co/DGF6MVH8J4
@ffxsafestreets @BikeFairfax @FCPSSRTS1 @fcpsnews stopped a public bike repair stand being installed

[Sam Balto @CoachBalto]

High schoolers want to ride their bikes so badly to school that they do it as a senior prank. https://t.co/I1eaFGdYBr

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Totally agree w/ @CoachBalto. @fcpsnews 👀 this coverage, safe active transportation can't be sustained solely based on volunteerism. We need @FCPSSRTS1 staff
@LJ4fcps @Megan4Schools @RachnaFCPSSB @Keys_Gamarra @AbrarOmeish @fairfaxcounty @JeffreyCMcKay @JRWalkinshaw @PatHerrity

[Jacob Ward @byjacobward]

Its leader, PE teacher @CoachBalto, is proud of his school, but also told me that “volunteering is inequitable and unsustainable,” and he hopes that this kind of thing can be formalized by school districts by renumerating the parents who spend time making it happen.

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@JorgeATorrico @walkscore @FCPSLBSS @fcpsnews @Virginiadotgov @fairfaxcounty If only @fcpsnews via @FCPSSRTS1 supported independent active transportation by high schoolers, vs. accept a deadly motornormative status quo.
https://t.co/qXY1XBDGeU

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The @walkscore of @FCPSLBSS is 22 of 100, largest 🏤 in @fcpsnews @Virginiadotgov. Is below 26 Burke avg. Nevertheless, high walk scores don't stop #SpeedIsAlwaysAFactor crashes.

It has 4,370+ students, 9 racks (10 bikes/rack), ~60% zoned in bike distance
https://t.co/reWf8KFd8d

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@JorgeATorrico @FCPSLBSS @JRWalkinshaw @PatHerrity @lbssptsa @VaDOT @FCPSSRTS1 @wapo @CoachBalto @BikingBurke @SFBikeBus @fcpsnews @derobikeracks @GeorgeMasonU @woombikesUSA @fairfaxcounty @FCPSSupt @FCPS_OSS please see the attached video so the @derobikeracks can be installed @FCPSLBSS. Delivered in late 11/2022, a @PatHerrity gift.

Now 1/2024, is it closer to installation? @KyleMcDaniel89 @RyanLMcElveen @Moon4Schools @RachnaFCPSSB @anderson4school
https://t.co/3RVfNicdzZ

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@JorgeATorrico @FCPSLBSS @JRWalkinshaw @PatHerrity @lbssptsa @VaDOT @FCPSSRTS1 @wapo @CoachBalto @BikingBurke @SFBikeBus @fcpsnews @derobikeracks @GeorgeMasonU @woombikesUSA Providing @fcpsnews Office of Student Safety w/ video evidence showing the Dero Fixit permanent Bike Repair stand isn't a danger to students.

Gifted by @PatHerrity it's sitting in storage at @FCPSLBSS please help @FCPSSRTS1 @JRWalkinshaw @LauraJaneCohen @RachnaFCPSSB @FCPSSupt

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@JorgeATorrico @FCPSLBSS @JRWalkinshaw @PatHerrity @lbssptsa @VaDOT @FCPSSRTS1 @wapo @CoachBalto @BikingBurke @SFBikeBus @fcpsnews @derobikeracks @GeorgeMasonU @woombikesUSA @fairfaxcounty @FCPSSupt @FCPSSRTS1 please bring some knowledge and context to inform the Office of Student Safety at @fcpsnews so they can see the Fixit by @derobikeracks are not a safety hazard, but rather, keeping car-centric MotorNormative transportation IS.
https://t.co/3RVfNicdzZ

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@JorgeATorrico @FCPSLBSS @JRWalkinshaw @PatHerrity @lbssptsa @VaDOT @FCPSSRTS1 @wapo @CoachBalto @BikingBurke @SFBikeBus @fcpsnews @derobikeracks @GeorgeMasonU @woombikesUSA Providing @fcpsnews Office of Student Safety w/ video evidence showing the Dero Fixit permanent Bike Repair stand isn't a danger to students.

Gifted by @PatHerrity it's sitting in storage at @FCPSLBSS please help @FCPSSRTS1 @JRWalkinshaw @LauraJaneCohen @RachnaFCPSSB @FCPSSupt

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Wish @fcpsnews @FCPSSRTS1 looked to partner w/ @wmata & @ffxconnector so that more students could use their routes to/from school/EC.

For ex. Bus 17B arrives too early at @TJHSST_Official at 3:56pm w/ Bell at 4pm.

Next bus would be at 7:37pm. FFX 306 is of no use.

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@JorgeATorrico @ffxconnector @ffxsafestreets The @NoVaTransit created a dashboard.
https://t.co/2FDaGzZY4m

Announcement
https://t.co/ncMSKtZBrs

It would be great if student trips per school could be displayed, as well as for example per @fcpsnews region 1-6.

[NVTC @NoVaTransit]

Meet the new NoVaTransit Data Dashboard. Watch the video to see some of the features and check it out here: https://t.co/Mh9c7II74f

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A common tactic of those opposed to biking, walking & mass transit as solutions for transportation, specially kids; is to "worry" about the edge cases.

Sports, musical instruments, after school activities are all solvable dilemmas when we prioritize safe active transportation.

[Dutch Cycling Embassy @Cycling_Embassy]

The freedom to cycle from a relatively young age means that Dutch children don't need to rely on their parents for transport- including going to school.

93% of kids in the NL live within walking + cycling distance of an elementary school.

Data: Stratopo https://t.co/xr7Xa8008r

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@JorgeATorrico @PatHerrity @JRWalkinshaw @fairfaxcounty @VaDOTNOVA @RachnaFCPSSB @anderson4school - 2 teens killed due to speeding 70 miles over speed limit of 30 mph Jan 2023. https://t.co/KlRQbua264

@LauraJaneCohen @JCarrollFoy

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The prevalence of auto-centric transportation systems, have very deadly consequences, specially for teens making bad decisions.

Please note how infotainers for a major US media networks respond to efforts to change this deadly status quo. @PatHerrity @JRWalkinshaw @fairfaxcounty

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@JorgeATorrico @VaRailExpress @wmata @ffxconnector @DCCirculator @NoVaTransit @VaDOTNOVA @DDOTDC @NPSNewsDC @AlexandriaBPAC @ArlingtonBike @BikeFairfax Our students biked from Burke to Franconia, took the train then from Arlington Cemetary > Tidal Basin then the National Zoo.

We saw much more, less stress, more exercise & more sustainably.

Biked to @wmata Arlington Cemetary, then @ffxconnector 310. (21 miles total)