Wiki Wednesday: Urban Bicycling With Children

Bicycling with children initiates so-called "virtuous cycles"that further promote bicycling. Parents who bicycle with theirchildren may be encouraged to bicycle more often because of theirchildren's enthusiasm for bicycling. Adults bicycling with childrentend to zealously guard their children's safety, becoming potentadvocates on the road and with government for improving bicyclingsafety. Motorists tend to drive less aggressively when they are awareof children bicycling nearby. Children who bicycle regularly will bemore likely to bicycle as adults. In all of these ways, urbanbicycling with children promotes bicycling and bicycling safetygenerally. 

As Enrique Penalosa has said, "The measure of a good city is one where a child on a tricycle or bicycle can safely go anywhere."  Parents can help realize this vision of a good city by bicycling with their children and making sure that they are safe.