By Tim Schaefer Imagine you’re an elementary or middle school kid, it’s the end of the school day, you go out to the bike rack and discover your bike has been stolen. What a traumatic experience! Sadly, this is exactly what happened in late fall 2021, at the Riverside school located in the community of…
When Youth en Route encourage students to ride bikes to school, we focus on safety and being prepared. Learning to change a tire, fix a dropped chain and make minor repairs empower youth, giving them the confidence to ride to school, and even further from home. We tell students to create a safety kit –…
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…
Bike theft is unfortunately a common problem in Alberta. The pandemic has made biking more popular, which is driving an increase in theft. We’re working with our project schools to solve the problem holistically, making improvements to bike racks and ensuring they are placed in a high-traffic and visible location. We are also working to…
