FLCC> Bike to work Update - Rolling school buses!

[Christine Porter]

In my family-focused (and childhood obesity prevention) way, I'm pushing 
for kids to ride to school on this day too, in a "rolling school bus" 
model. This is a call for cycling parents with cycling kids to lead one 
from your neighborhood to your kids school!

I actually made this model up, as far as I know, but it is based on the 
"walking school bus" concept, where an adult or two picks up kids by 
foot as they make their way to the local school, and they all walk in 
together in growing numbers along the route. I thought that could work 
at least as well on bikes, with an even better safety dividend.

A cycling parent of a Boyton student, Robbert van Renesse, has agreed to 
contact his PTA (of which he is a member) and principal and to try to 
organize and to lead a rolling bus from his area (Auburn Park to Lake 
Street to the school). We were thinking that leaders (ideally two 
adults, one to lead one to follow) would announce the start time and 
route, and pick up mounted and helmeted kids from their sidewalk waiting 
points at or near their homes along the way. The leader(s) will design 
low traffic routes to their schools as much as possible.

If you are willing to organize a rolling bus (this means planning the 
exact route, choosing the leaving time, and ideally contacting some 
cycling kids you know along the way that you can pick up or even 
organizing/publicizing beyond that. and then of course leading the bus, 
and ideally recruiting a caboose adult), please let me know the exact 
route and time (so parents/kids can know where and when to wait) and 
I'll coallate and ask our illustrious webmaster to post it on 
http://icycle.org/biketowork/

Hopefully I'll have a letter in the Journal soon about this idea, which 
also directs them to this site (and our new family bike list).

Christine


Wayne Gottlieb wrote:
> Once again, if you have been forwarding these updates 
> to other groups. do so again.
>
> Andrejs has added a website,
> http://icycle.org/biketowork/
>
> >From now on updates will be at this site.  
>
> Add comments and route information there. As much as
> possible, please latch on to routes already in
> existence.  But, if nobody is going your way at your
> time, add another one.   If you want to add your name
> to a route, let me know.  Please indicate the time
> you'll be leaving or arriving at meeting places
> (Prominent intersections, for example).
>
> Update on publicity:  PSA's have been sent to most
> local radio stations.  Journal will interview
> commuters soon and run an accompanying blurb on the
> day.  So far I know of two letters that have been
> sent.  Send more.  An announcement has been sent to
> all PTA's but I don't know if they've been sent to
> their members.  If you get a vPTA message about the
> day, please let me know and tell which school you're
> associated with.  Thanks, Wayne
>
>
>
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