Instead of being driven to school, more kids are taking the ‘bike bus’
Children and parents in the Ravenswood neighborhood are using a "bike bus" to commute to school on Friday mornings. This group cycling initiative serves as an alternative to driving, with participants joining the route as it progresses. The organized ride resembles a parade and fosters community interaction during the trip to class.
It might've looked like a bike parade at first glance.It was Friday morning in Ravenswood. A couple dozen children and parents were on bicycles. As they rode through the neighborhood, more kids and parents joined."Big crowd today," one neighbor told the group. She stood in her front yard, waving and photographing the group of cyclists. Parents and kids yelled back, "Good morning!"But it wasn't a parade.They called it a bike bus — the latest way grade schoolers are getting to class.In this case,…
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