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November 7, 2025

‘Bike bus' concept catches on around the country

  • Organizers hope the movement encourages elected officials to invest in safer biking infrastructure.
    • By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA
    Associated Press

    Photo from Bike Bus World [enlarge]
    What started as a small group of kids and parents riding to school together has grown into more than 400 routes worldwide.

    On a sunny fall morning, children wearing helmets and backpacks gathered with their parents in Montclair, New Jersey, for a group bicycle ride to two local elementary schools. Volunteers in orange safety vests made sure everyone assembled in a neighborhood shopping area was ready before the riders set off on their 5-mile “bike bus” route.


     
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