Bike to School Day
This is pretty much self-explanatory.
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#StreetsR4Families: So You Missed Walk to School Day…
By Damien Newton |
This year, Walk to School Day was a huge success in Los Angeles. Over 100 schools participated in the event, it drew attention from the local media, and the messaging in said media was more than just, “LOOK–CUTE KIDS WALKING TO SCHOOL.” Nice work, LADOT, Nelson/Nygaard, and the hundreds of volunteers and school officials that […]
Santa Monica Family Bike Fest Coming Up In Early December
By Gary Kavanagh |
Coming up on Saturday, December 8th, Santa Monica is hosting a Family Bike Fest, through a collaboration of the city, local schools, and the Safe Routes To School program. Just as the preparation events held in conjunction with the Bike It! Walk It! Days, the festival will have an educational component with youth bike skills […]
Using a Twitter Hashtag to Get People on the Bike
By Sarah Goodyear |
If you are a Twitter user, you may have noticed a new hashtag in the last couple of weeks — #30daysofbiking. It’s pretty self-explanatory. People all around the country and the world have pledged to ride their bikes every day for the month of April, and they’re tweeting about it. (Around the block counts.) We […]
#StreetsR4Families – Preparing Livable Streets Presentations for Kindergartners and Pre-Schoolers
By Damien Newton |
Last week, I used the dual media events of Bike Week and the opening of the Expo Line extension to speak at my kids’ schools about Livable Streets issues. Joe and I thought it could make an interesting follow-up to our 2014 guide to planning a Walk/Bike to School Day for a school that does not already […]
Bike to School Day Photos From Across the U.S.
By Angie Schmitt |
Today is Bike to School Day, and tens of thousands of American children (hopefully more) are learning how rewarding and fun it can be to get to school on two wheels. Walking and biking to school accounted for 50 percent of all school trips in 1969, compared to 13 percent today. Now it’s not even permitted […]
Good Samaritan Blessing of the Bicycles
By Damien Newton |
I think the event title is pretty self-explanatory.