Tag: bike trains

October 18, 2021

How to organize a walking school bus or bike train to your kid’s school

With very little warning, Seattle Public Schools announced Friday that 142 school bus routes would be cancelled as of today (Monday). So many families in our city had to scramble to find a way to get their kids to school. Many parents are missing work because they just don’t have another option, yet another hardship…
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tagged: bike to school, bike trains, clint loper, walking school buses
May 1, 2019

New Roosevelt-to-Downtown Bike Train starts service Friday

Seattle’s newest bike train will begin service from the future Roosevelt light rail station, serving Ravenna, the U District, Wallingford, Fremont and Queen Anne en route to South Lake Union and downtown. Started by Nick van den Heuvel, the route meets 7:30 a.m. Friday at Broadcast Coffee on Roosevelt Way just north of NE 65th…
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tagged: bike trains, nick van den heuvel, seattle bike train
January 10, 2019

Want some company biking downtown? Join these welcoming West and SE Seattle rides or start your own

Biking on city streets can be more fun and less intimidating when you are with a group. And riding with a group can be a great way to become familiar with a route and learn some tips before trying it on your own. So as a lot of people are looking for other ways to…
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tagged: beacon hill, bike trains, columbia city, downtown, rainier valley, seattle bike train, surviverealign99, west seattle, west seattle bike connections
September 6, 2017

Seattle Children’s study: School bike trains increase physical activity (of course)

Organizing a bike train to school is an effective way to significantly increase the amount of daily physical activity every child needs to be healthy, a study out of Seattle Children’s found. OK, I know that sounds like a no-brainer. And it is. But it’s cool to see that actual figures. The bike train activity…
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tagged: bike trains, bike works, jason mendoza, safe routes to school, seattle children’s
June 18, 2014

KOMO: South Seattle bike train fights obesity, creates community

This KOMO report on school bike train research in Hillman City is pretty much awesome. I cannot wait to see the results of this Seattle Children’s study by Dr. Jason Mendoza and Maya Jacobs. We wrote about the study when it was first getting started, so it’s great to see it in action. In essence,…
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tagged: bike trains, hillman city, jason mendoza, komo, maya jacobs, seattle children’s
December 9, 2013

Children 9-12 years old needed for school bike train research

Attention young Seattle Bike Blog readers (and parents): A study of the health impact of school bike trains needs your help! Common sense says that biking to school is good for the health of Seattle students, but exactly how good is it? That’s what a crew from Seattle Children’s wants to measure. Researchers are in…
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tagged: bike trains, maya jacobs, seattle children’s