Volunteers Help Immigrant Parents Get Their Kids to School With the ‘Walking School Bus’ “The moment that the raids started happening and people started getting pulled off the street, you could just see it,” volunteer Alyssa May said. “You could see less students, less families, less vend...

Heartbreaking circumstances met with awesome community organizing - this new #WalkingSchoolBus in Chicago walks 80-100 (!!!) kids to school every day amidst ICE raids that are keeping many parents home. Kudos to the moms organizing.

his active transportation activism in my Boston neighborhood of Roxbury at a predominantly POC public school with his #WalkingSchoolBus and that was what radicalized him bc the kids were so passionate about their weekly group walk to school

There are many ways to make this accessible

🚶🚶 Ever heard of a Walking School Bus?

It’s a group of kids walking to school with one or more adults — parents take turns, kids stay active, and it’s less cars on the road. Win-win-win! 🌱🚸

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#WalkingSchoolBus #ActiveTravel #HealthyHabits #SchoolRun

TravelSmart for Kids Strategy TravelSmart4Kids is a new strategy that proposes making the act of traveling easier and more convenient for children.

I am a big fan of Sky Train, and the focus on sustainable transportation for children, #Transit #BikeBus #WalkingSchoolBus www.translink.ca/plans-and-pr...

School drop off/pickup is often a barrier to children's active travel. "Children walking, biking, and taking the bus or transit to school isn’t just about transportation; it’s about teaching independence, freedom, and giving them a chance to manage and understand risk." #BikeBus #WalkingSchoolBus

Richard, thank you for highlighting the missing perspectives and voices of children in the mobility discussion. Your research in the area of children's active transportation and independent mobility supports the need, and benefits, of safe infrastructure for children. #BikeBus #WalkingSchoolBus

This is such a fantastic idea! #WalkingSchoolBus

Unfortunately drivers coming out of school drop off are often some of the worst offenders. We need fewer people driving their kids to school, more #SchoolStreets #SafeStreets4All, and kids on the big yellow school bus, or walking/biking to school. #BikeBus #WalkingSchoolBus

Yes, yes and, yes to this! Kids are future leaders. Build the foundation and then follow-up with scaffolded learning opportunities. #TransportationLiteracy #MobilityEd #BikeEd #TrafficGardens #BalanceBikes #BikeBus #WalkingSchoolBus #SchoolStreets #SafeStreets4All #ActiveKids #Social #Community

What if we fully utilized our school bus service, created school streets, safe infrastructure, and let kids get to school by #BikeBus or #WalkingSchoolBus? #Outdoors #Fun #Social #Active #Community #WellBeing Time to change the #Paradigm from #Motonormativity to #MultiModalCitizen

Yes, parental safety concern over traffic danger is legit. Local gov needs to make sure there is safe infrastructure. #WalkingSchoolBus and #BikeBus provide opportunity for parents to band together to influence change. Current federal government lack of focus not helpful, but changes can be made.

Biking/Cycling for transportation is #ClimateAction. We need to start kids off early on bikes. Introduce older adults to #eBikes. Make it social and talk about climate change. Create #Places4People #SafeStreets4All #SchoolStreets #BikeBus #WalkingSchoolBus @katharinehayhoe.com @mason4c.bsky.social

Barriers to children's #IndependentMobility and #Independence. Can #BikeEd in school #TransportationLiteracy #MobilityEducation and #BikeBus #WalkingSchoolBus help change this statistic? Interventions needed to help change parental safety perceptions? #InfrastructureDesign #SafeStreets4All

So, funding for bike education, and transportation literacy, in all schools, and improvements to infrastructure around schools so kids can safely walk/bike to school? #Outdoors #PhysicalActivity #BikeBus #WalkingSchoolBus #Social #Community

This is also a good example of how transportation literacy can be introduced into PreK-12 classrooms. #BikeEd #BikeBus #WalkingSchoolBus #WalkAudits #TransitFieldTrips #DataCollection #TrafficGardenDesign #SafeStreets4All #Curiousity #Discovery #MultiModalCitizens

Guest Column: 'Walking School Buses' Need To Be Part of Schools' Reopening Plans - Streetsblog Massachusetts A Walking School Bus program would conservatively save one school about $200,000 a year in student transportation costs – and that’s without counting other benefits like cleaner air near schools, safe...

Was just rereading @coachbalto.bsky.social's great article on #WalkingSchoolBus, his Roxbury precursor to the #BikeBus whben he was a teacher in Boston and the CDC link to the health benefits of walking to school is now broken 🥺😢 @mass.streetsblog.org

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Somerville students walked the walk today, walking to school with principal Oates-Santos. A gorgeous day for a great walk to school.
#TeamRidgewood
#WalkingSchoolBus
@somerville_elementary_school
#SomervilleSquad

Community Change Grants - America Walks Community Change Grants are awarded to grassroots organizations that are working to increase walkability in their regions.

Stoked that Spokane Public Schools in my former hometown got Communicate Change Grant from @americawalks.bsky.social for walking school bus. Soo good for kids to move, then learn!
#SafeRoutesNow #KidsDeserveIt #WalkingSchoolBus #walkability #walking #HealthyKids
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Introducing Ready to Ride: A Vision for Universal In-School, On-Bike Education | League of American Bicyclists At the League of American Bicyclists, we believe that every child deserves to experience the joy, confidence, and freedom that comes with learning to ride a bike. That’s why we’re…

Yes, bike education in school, PreK-12, and #BikeBus #WalkingSchoolBus efforts, transit field trips, walk audits, and more, to improve transportation literacy. Access to bikes. #SafeStreets4All @bikeleague.bsky.social @bikebusworld.bsky.social bikeleague.org/introducing-...

Also, reminder why need more #BikeBus and #WalkingSchoolBus efforts, and #SafeStreets4All

Along the way, include transportation content in school, including how best to navigate the transportation network using all modes of travel. Bike education in school, walk audits, transit scavenger hunts. #BikeBus #WalkingSchoolBus

American 'Kindermoord' in and around school drop off areas. Value kids lives over movement of cars/SUVs/trucks. We need #SchoolStreets #BikeBus #WalkingSchoolBus #SafeStreets4All No #DangerousByDesign vehicles on the road #SafeSystemsApproach

Yes, priority to road safety design, present travel/transportation curriculum for students so they understand how the built environment is designed/how to negotiate the transportation network, and then provide bike/walk skill building sessions with #BikeEd #WalkAudits #BikeBus #WalkingSchoolBus

"When children confidently navigate public spaces, they’re not just traveling from one location to another; they’re engaging in the small interactions that form the foundation of civic life." #Walk #Bike #Roll #BikeBus #WalkingSchoolBus #IndependentMobility #Fun #Social #Community #Resilience

A great way to engage our children in climate action at an early age, teach them how to ride a bike, and promote biking and walking to school. #BikeBus #WalkingSchoolBus #Joy #Freedom #Fun #Community @bikebusworld.bsky.social @coachbalto.bsky.social @bikewalkscoot.bsky.social @usa.streetsblog.org

"Road designers can induce slower speeds. Urban planners can narrow arterials and simplify driving patterns. Local governments can improve walkability and pedestrian safety." #SafeInfrastructure #BikeEd #BikeBus #WalkingSchoolBus #ActiveKids #Health #WellBeing #Community

This is a great example for schools across the country, North America, and the world. Kids outdoors, active, having fun, being social, while biking to school. #BikeBus #Joy #Freedom #Community #IndependentMobility #Resilience #WalkingSchoolBus

So not schools with safe walking/biking routes and option for #WalkingSchoolBus or #BikeBus?

Travel/transportation curriculum introduced in PreK-12 can support future use of transit/active transportation. #BikeEd in school, #TrafficGardens, #BalanceBike, #BikeBus, #WalkingSchoolBus, walk audits and more. #IndependentMobility #Health #WellBeing www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

This would have been laughable back in the 60s. At ten years old I was walking to multiple destinations by myself, or with friends. We need to encourage #IndependentMobility and include travel/transportation Ed in school. #BikeEd #TrafficGardens #BikeBus #WalkingSchoolBus #Transit field trips.