Back to School with the Bike Bus

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4.9 • 937 Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

If you’ve never heard of a bike bus—or a bicibús, as it’s known in the Catalonian capital of Barcelona—it’s a beautifully simple idea. Kids and parents ride their bikes to school along a pre-planned route, picking up classmates along the way, just the way a school bus would. Except because it’s bikes, it’s way, way more fun. Sarah and Doug rode along with bike buses in Barcelona and suburban Montclair, New Jersey, to see how it works, and we talked with organizer Sam Balto in Portland, Oregon, to find out why kids who ride with bike buses get to school feeling happy and energized.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Aaron, with some big news for you. I'm here to tell you that I bought a
0:09.9	rad power bike last fall and I've been riding it for almost a year now. And I have to admit
0:15.6	I didn't really think that I needed an electric bike or that I would use it all that much.
0:20.0	I was
0:25.0	fine. But Rad Power had a great sale on my trusty old acoustic bike. I'd been doing it for years and it was fine. But Rad Power had a great sale on his website last fall
0:30.0	and of course there are sponsor here at the warrant cars so I figured what the heck and I got one.
0:33.4	And I have to tell you my Rad Power Bike has become my primary mode of transportation in New York City.
0:40.3	I ride it all the time. Long-distance trips are literally no sweat. It makes
0:46.6	running errands and bringing home groceries incredibly easy. It gives me this
0:51.3	nice electric assist but it's speed governed like cars should be, and it doesn't go too fast.
0:56.0	And the bottom line is just fun, it's like a pleasure to ride.
1:00.0	I will say that it's very sad for my old bike.
1:02.0	I checked on it the other day the tires were flat, the chain was a bit rusty,
1:06.2	what are you going to do? It's the cycle of life.
1:09.5	Go to Rad PowerBikes.com. Wark Cars.
1:13.0	Right now you can get $700 off of a Rad Rover 6.
1:17.0	It's a great bike for back to school, back to work.
1:20.0	And there are lots of other great deals there too.
1:22.0	Again, that's Rad Power Bikes. There are lots of other great deals there too.
1:22.6	Again, that's Rad PowerBikes.com
1:25.8	slash War on Cars. My name is Abby and I'm in fourth grade.
1:35.0	How do you feel when you get to school having bike there?
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