Tag: walking school buses

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
October 16, 2013

Want to learn how to start a bike train to your local school? Cascade hosting workshop Saturday

Schools, teachers and parents across the Puget Sound region have started organizing bike trains in recent years, one key part of the bike-and-walk-to-school revolution. Essentially, bike trains are like walking school buses, but on wheels. Volunteers (often parents) lead a slow-moving group of kids along a pre-planned route through a neighborhood that ends at school.…
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tagged: ballard, bike trains, cascade bicycle club, feet first, walk bike schools, walking school buses