Take the Bike Bus to School this Fall! BikePGH's New Video Shows You How

Take the Bike Bus to School this Fall! BikePGH’s New Video Shows You How

A man on a road bike with a yellow jacket and a woman on a cargo bike with an elementary aged child sitting in the back rides with a group of twelve adults and children. Some children are on their own bikes, others sit in the back of cargo bikes.

It’s back to school season and there’s no better time to put a new spin on your family’s commute to school

A bike bus is an organized bike ride to school with a designated route and meeting time. BikePGH’s brand new “How to Start a Bike Bus” video, print and online Bike Bus How To Guide, and Bike Bus Resource Package provide you and your school community with the knowledge, skills, and inspiration to organize a bike bus to your school.

Our new video, produced and shot by Early Dawn Productions, and featuring a star-studded cast of volunteer families from Kidical Mass Pittsburgh and local schools, shows you how simple and FUN planning your bike bus can be!

Watch the video!

Start Planning!

Now that you’re inspired, start planning with BikePGH’s Bike Bus How To Guide. Available as an easy to share one-pager and website, this guide helps parents, school staff, and volunteers organize bike and walking buses to their school community. Our guide makes planning your bus easy and shares the best practices to keep kids safe while biking or walking to or from school. We hope to see your bike or walking bus on The City of Pittsburgh’s Walk and Roll to School Day this October – email us at education@bikepgh.org for help planning or just to introduce us to your bike bus!

A fair-skinned adult man wearing a bright safety vest waves while riding a bicylce. Behind him are children and parents riding bikes on a city street.

Apply for a Bike Bus Resource Package– Supplies are Limited!

Thanks to support from People for Bikes, BikePGH is now offering a resource package for up to five school communities. Each Bike Bus Resource Package can include up to:

10 bike helmets for kids and/or adults
10 rechargeable front and rear bike light sets
10 safety vests
10 combination bike locks
PLUS in-person support from educators to train or ride with your bus!

Note: preference will be given first to public schools in the City of Pittsburgh. Recipients of the Bike Bus Resource package will be notified of acceptance on a rolling basis beginning in March of 2025.

Apply for a Bike Bus Resource Package

THANK YOU!

A special thanks to People for Bikes for generously supporting this program and Sam Balto of Bike Bus World for the inspiration and information!

In the foreground are two smiling black children wearing bike helmets and riding bicycles. Behind them are other children riding bikes as well as some adults biking and walking.

“School Buses Run on Gas, Bike Buses Run on Joy.”

– Sam Balto – Bike Bus World

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