Comments on: The Importance of Child Care Within Walking Distance http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/10/07/streetsblog-net-the-importance-of-child-care-within-walking-distance/ Covering Los Angeles's livable streets movement Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:37:21 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: DianaD http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/10/07/streetsblog-net-the-importance-of-child-care-within-walking-distance/comment-page-1/#comment-37731 DianaD Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:32:48 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=14221#comment-37731 A related issue is the importance of a park/playground within walking distance. Many parents I know hop in the car every day to reach a park...illustrating the lack of public park space in most communities. A related issue is the importance of a park/playground within walking distance. Many parents I know hop in the car every day to reach a park...illustrating the lack of public park space in most communities.

]]> By: RHGray http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/10/07/streetsblog-net-the-importance-of-child-care-within-walking-distance/comment-page-1/#comment-37331 RHGray Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:29:15 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=14221#comment-37331 We chose our house, first because it was in Pasadena, and second because it was centrally located, which meant easy bike access to pretty much everything we needed. Last May we gave up one car (ok, it died) but had been driving bikes a lot already anyway so hardly noticed it. And here is the kicker: We chose our daycare, in part, because it was within easy biking distance of our house, and on the way to work. So, although we didn't locate our home based on daycare, we did choose the pre-school based on bike-ability, and the house seperately based in part on bike-ability. IF more folks had easy options like these, I suspected more people would make use of them . . . . We chose our house, first because it was in Pasadena, and second because it was centrally located, which meant easy bike access to pretty much everything we needed. Last May we gave up one car (ok, it died) but had been driving bikes a lot already anyway so hardly noticed it. And here is the kicker:

We chose our daycare, in part, because it was within easy biking distance of our house, and on the way to work.

So, although we didn't locate our home based on daycare, we did choose the pre-school based on bike-ability, and the house seperately based in part on bike-ability. IF more folks had easy options like these, I suspected more people would make use of them . . . .

]]> By: joe http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/10/07/streetsblog-net-the-importance-of-child-care-within-walking-distance/comment-page-1/#comment-36911 joe Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:24:37 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=14221#comment-36911 When we picked the daycare for our daughter 1st concern was quality of daycare the 2nd most important was location, and how easy it is to cycle to. Now when I drop her off, I drop her off by bike and she loves it. When we picked the daycare for our daughter 1st concern was quality of daycare the 2nd most important was location, and how easy it is to cycle to. Now when I drop her off, I drop her off by bike and she loves it.

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