![]() ![]() We sit and wait for them to finish their activities. It also helps families break from their driving routines and gives kids independence. George Mason Drive to Escuela Key a block away, she said. In greater numbers, Escuela Key riders feel safer navigating unlit crossings and getting from the intersection of the Bluemont Trail with N. The regular bus is hot and stuffy, but I feel cool on the Bicibús.”īurgess said there are two great things about the program: “Kids can go even if caretakers can’t go with them and there is safety in numbers.” “I like biking to school with my friends in the morning. “It’s fun,” says fourth-grader Billy Schnell. Now, families stick with it because they have noticed improvements to their child’s mood and focus in school, she said. NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt October 12, 2022īurgess started the Escuela Key route when APS provided hybrid education in spring 2021, and some parents worried about Covid transmission on buses. shares more details about the “bike bus” where hundreds of students ride together through the neighborhood. In Portland, Oregon, a group of parents and one teacher came together to create an alternative way of getting kids to school while clearing road congestion. ![]() And it has gone stateside to Portland, Seattle and now Arlington. It has since spread to larger Spanish cities, such as Barcelona, and throughout Europe. ![]() It has a Spanish name because the concept started in Vic, Spain, to provide safety in numbers to kids intimidated by traffic, per a Duolingo podcast with the woman who started the bicibús. “Donuts are definitely a big help.”īurgess is a volunteer conductor of a bicibús (Spanish for “bike bus”) - a weekly bicycling group with a set route that makes two stops to pick up kids on the way to Escuela Key. “I am not above bribing children,” says Gillian Burgess, who leads a group of children to the dual-language elementary school Escuela Key. Sometimes, there is a theme - like wearing costumes on Halloween - as well as the occasional sweet treat or freebie, like bicycle lights from the county program Bike Arlington. Kds from Escuela Key and Campbell Elementary schools can regularly be seen bicycling to school to upbeat music. ![]()
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