It's September, and school bells are ringing throughout America.
As automobile traffic has progressively increased over the past four decades, the number of students walking or riding bikes to school has plummeted -- from more than two-thirds of kids in the 1960s to just 10% today, according the League of American Bicyclists.
But that trend is going into reverse, if the League has anything to say about it. They've produced a four-minute video to encourage parents, PTA groups and other concerned citizens to get involved in Safe Routes to School, a program that was funded to the tune of $612 million by the federal transportation bill passed last year.
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Saturday, September 09, 2006
Be Careful Out There
It's September, and school bells are ringing throughout America.
As automobile traffic has progressively increased over the past four decades, the number of students walking or riding bikes to school has plummeted -- from more than two-thirds of kids in the 1960s to just 10% today, according the League of American Bicyclists.
But that trend is going into reverse, if the League has anything to say about it. They've produced a four-minute video to encourage parents, PTA groups and other concerned citizens to get involved in Safe Routes to School, a program that was funded to the tune of $612 million by the federal transportation bill passed last year.
As automobile traffic has progressively increased over the past four decades, the number of students walking or riding bikes to school has plummeted -- from more than two-thirds of kids in the 1960s to just 10% today, according the League of American Bicyclists.
But that trend is going into reverse, if the League has anything to say about it. They've produced a four-minute video to encourage parents, PTA groups and other concerned citizens to get involved in Safe Routes to School, a program that was funded to the tune of $612 million by the federal transportation bill passed last year.
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