This Sunday the DailyCamera ran this story on how cycling to
school is on the rise, yes, front page article!!! I have been
working with my neighborhood school last year trying to increase
the number of kids walking or cycling by having a Walk and Roll
week and by working with the government on a grant for Safe
Routes to School. Our "Walk and Roll" event was a huge success
and many of those kids and parents continued to walk or roll
weeks after the event took place. It is soooo easy to get the
kids to bike.... but getting the parents to bike was not so.
That was the first thought across many parents minds. - Too many
cars buzzing around the school in the morning. - Have to cross a
busy street. - My 3rd grader is not old enough to ride without
an adult (they are too lazy/busy to ride with them). - Sidewalks
are not big enough While educating kids on how to cycle safely
is very important, all the education in the world isn't going to
help if their parents are filled with fear. One step I would
like to implement