I connect with Jessica Tillyer – we discuss the origins of the Montclair bike bus, how other communities can start their own, and how their efforts have resulted in promoting an enhanced culture of activity within their township
In 1969, 89 percent of students within 1 mile of their school biked or walked to school in the U.S. Forty years later, that figure was down to 35 percent. Bike buses have emerged both in Europe and the United States to encourage group biking to school for students.
In this episode of Smith Lane, we’re joined by Jessica Tillyer, co-founder of Bike Bus World, a movement dedicated to "transforming communities and our planet through the simple act of riding bikes to school together."
Teachers, parents, and students are riding bikes to school as a group. ABC News' Reena Roy reports on the 'Bike Buses' that are gaining traction around the country.
The day I biked there were 170 riders following routes all over town. The following week there were more than 200.
For the first time in decades, a small but critical mass of children are riding their bikes safely to school again.