Through education, promotion and advocacy, REALTOR ® associations across the country are working to ensure that homeowners, developers and communities benefit from a variety
of public transportation choices.
Not exact matches
But if you're riding the bus to a
public high school here in the City
of Buffalo and it's your only mode
of transportation, you don't ride the bus by
choice.
Federal taxpayer dollars help underwrite the cost
of transportation for
public school
choice and supplemental educational services.
On the importance
of government, for example, Brian Eschbacher, executive director
of Planning and Enrollment Services in Denver
Public Schools, described policies and systems in Denver that help make
choice work better in the real world: a streamlined enrollment system to make choosing easier for families, more flexible
transportation options for families, a common performance framework and accountability system for traditional and charter schools to ensure all areas
of a city have quality schools, and a system that gives parents the information they need to choose schools confidently.
The Economist: School
choice does not work as well as its advocates hope WashPost: Exodus from PR grows as island struggles to rebound from Hurricane Maria Salt Lake Tribune: While the principal made thousands marketing this school, students» grades were mediocre Voice
of San Diego: Tormented by a Student's Sexual Assault, a Teacher Falls NPR: More Than Half Of Transgender Teachers Surveyed Tell NPR They Are Harassed Crain's Detroit: Duggan aims to knit public schools, charters with transportati
of San Diego: Tormented by a Student's Sexual Assault, a Teacher Falls NPR: More Than Half
Of Transgender Teachers Surveyed Tell NPR They Are Harassed Crain's Detroit: Duggan aims to knit public schools, charters with transportati
Of Transgender Teachers Surveyed Tell NPR They Are Harassed Crain's Detroit: Duggan aims to knit
public schools, charters with
transportation
improvement
of transportation choices, including walking, bicycling, and linkages to
public transportation;
With 66 percent
of all residents either carpooling or taking
public transportation, Washington, DC, is a good
choice for residents who enjoy saving gas money and the environment.
And while one reason for that is the lack
of public transportation options compared to nations with higher gas taxes — many in the US have no other
choice to drive, and thus a tax on their
transportation option is seen as unfair — it also stands to reason that it doesn't need to be that low.
Simple but effective things that individuals can start doing NOW include: reducing energy use at home by purchasing energy efficient home appliances; planting trees to absorb carbon from the atmosphere; walking or taking
public transportation instead
of driving; making smart consumer
choices by purchasing environmentally sound products and energy - efficient vehicles; and practicing waste minimization, product reuse, and recycling.
Public transportation is only a viable
choice for a number
of people when it is both speedy and convenient.