Editorials reflect the views of The ÅÝֱܽ²¥'s editorial board:
Publisher Heidi Wright; Editor Jody Lawrence-Turner; Editor Tim
Trainor and Editorial Page Editor Richard Coe. They are written by
Richard Coe. Contact: rcoe@bendbulletin.com
Here’s an optional assignment for families with school-aged children. It’s due when school starts up again in the fall.
Start up a bike bus.
They are adult-led scheduled bike rides getting students to school. They can help get students to school, get them exercise and it’s like a community event. Parents might find they are win, too.
Bend has started to be more bike friendly. There is a mix of routes that can be plotted not free of car traffic but where bikes get more of a nod than a strip of paint. Waiting around for perfection, well, you’d be waiting around a long time.
Some children don’t have bikes. That gives us pause. But there’s got to be a bike in somebody’s garage that could be donated or shared.
There are already some scattered similar events in the district. Commute Options promotes , which does avoid the not-everybody-has-a-bike problem. Still, we want more bike bus.
in the bike bus? The organizer? The sprinter to help control traffic? The sheepdog to keep it together? The caboose to bring up the rear? Or the naysayer frowning and grumbling? If you are a driver and see one coming along, just wait and let it go.
There’s an excellent article about bike buses in The Washington Post here: .
Editorials reflect the views of The ÅÝֱܽ²¥'s editorial board: Publisher Heidi Wright; Editor Jody Lawrence-Turner; Editor Tim Trainor and Editorial Page Editor Richard Coe. They are written by Richard Coe. Contact: rcoe@bendbulletin.com
Editorials reflect the views of The ÅÝֱܽ²¥'s editorial board:
Publisher Heidi Wright; Editor Jody Lawrence-Turner; Editor Tim
Trainor and Editorial Page Editor Richard Coe. They are written by
Richard Coe. Contact: rcoe@bendbulletin.com
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