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With Bike Buses, Kid Cyclists Dominate the Road [bloomberg.com]

 

By Maxwell Adler, Photo: Bryan Banducci/Bloomberg, Bloomberg City Lab, February 10, 2022

A man in a Superman costume and a child on a tricked-out tricycle, affectionately nicknamed “trek-ceratops,” stood out among the pack of cyclists riding right down the middle of JFK Drive in San Francisco on their way to school.

Two parents sped ahead to the intersection at the corner of 11th and Mission to block off traffic. No police escort was present. And music blasted from the speakers on “Trek-ceratops.”

All together, more than 100 kids and parents got on their bikes on a brisk Friday morning in January to form a bike bus — a group of people who cycle together on a set route at the same time of day for commuting purposes.

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