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Old February 17th 20, 02:10 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Default School kids rarely ride bicycle anymore, why?

On 2/16/2020 2:57 PM, Joerg wrote:
On Friday afternoon during a road bike ride I came by two schools right
at the time when they were letting out. The bike lane was full of parked
cars hurumph ... grumble which is probably legal in California
although I'd never do that. All nice cars, bought by dad I guess. Then
there was a large file of cars with soccer moms and dads in there. A few
school buses here and there. Kids on bicycles? Zip, nada, not one. Same
at the next school and that even had two pick-up lanes.

Why?

When I grew up at least half the high school students living more than
walking distance away commuted by bicycle. So did I and my siblings. And
we didn't catch the sniffles the minute winter broke out, we just rode
through the snow.


In my area a lot of middle school and high school students use bicycles
to go to school. Very few elementary school kids though. We are busy
doing bicycle boulevards and protected bicycle lanes and multi-use
trails which hopefully will encourage a few more parents to allow their
kids to ride to school.

I think I rode my bicycle to school starting in second grade. Plus it
was uphill both ways, in the snow. And it was in Florida so it was also
hot and humid.


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