On Thursday, the infrastructure committee of Calgary City Council considered an administration request to expand the Safe and Active Routes to School program. Youth en Route’s founder Laura Shutiak attended to present in support of the program. Her short presentation shared some of the data we’ve collected from Calgary High Schools about bike ownership and…
A Leadership Class at Bishop O’Byrne High School has spent six Wednesday’s sharing what they know about bike riding with students at partner elementary schools. But some of the best learning happened on the bike rides from BOB, in SW Calgary, to schools in nearby communities. On the day before the first visit to the…
Many Alberta High Schools have Leadership courses. They expect students to develop and apply skills in group problem solving, create and act on plans for personal growth and show communication, problem solving, teamwork and participation skills. One Calgary school is partnering with Youth en Route to offer a special Leadership experience that focusses on Active…
Watching the March 29, 2022 Calgary City Council Meeting was fun, (after talking about birds, ) Councillors voted to move forward with a Pilot Project to allow bikes on C-Trains without any time restrictions starting May 1, 2022. This is something Youth en Route has been pushing for! It gives students more flexibility in their…
Long steel racks, with rebars posts a 3-4 inches apart were designed in the 1950s to hold bikes upright. They don’t work as locking racks because it’s too hard to get the bike’s frame close to anything solid to lock to. Youth en Route, working with local fabricator Keith Simmons, and Bishop McNally Teachers Joe…
From our surveys in high schools, we know that many youth have bikes. Ownership rates range from a high of 88 per cent, to a low of 55 per cent. What we don’t see is them being ridden to school. We heard that students would consider riding to school if their bike didn’t have a…
