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Active commuting with bike buses helps cut car traffic and pollution at school drop-offs, promotes health, and benefits both students and communities while facing challenges like infrastructure gaps.
A parent-led “bike bus” in Montclair, New Jersey, has grown from a handful of families into a weekly ritual with hundreds of kids and parents riding together, combining exercise, community connection, and environmental awareness.
Pop artist Benson Boone surprised Portland students by joining a bike bus ride, riding with kids, singing along, and making the school commute unforgettable.
Meet the teacher rallying hundreds of kids, Justin Timberlake and Benson Boone to bike to school
Benson Boone sings ‘Beautiful Things’ with kids on way home from school - Good Morning America
Oregon School’s Unique Way Of Getting Students To Class: A ‘Bike Bus’ - NBC News
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Students at one local school are trading traffic and long car lines for bicycles. These kids said it’s the best way to get to class. Heather Walker takes us along for the ride in this 7Spotlight.
Swedish pop star Zara Larsson became the latest celebrity to join Portland’s bike bus movement when she took a joyride through Northeast Portland this weekend.
For the elementary-aged riders, there’s three rules on the Bike Bus: Don’t pass the leader, stay to the right and have fun.
Active commuting with bike buses helps cut car traffic and pollution at school drop-offs, promotes health, and benefits both students and communities while facing challenges like infrastructure gaps.
Bike bus leaders in Portland have pedaled into nearly a million dollars in a round of city grants. The nonprofit organization Bike Bus PDX was one of 60 projects approved for funding in the 2025 round of awards from the Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund.
The world’s most famous bike bus is about to roll out. At 7:30 on a crisp November morning, about 60 children—in shark helmets, in strawberry helmets, in doughnut helmets—and a smattering of parents are packed together on Northeast Klickitat Street on their way to Alameda Elementary School.
At the front of the ride, astride an Urban Arrow electric bike and wearing a yellow safety jacket, is Sam Balto. Known as @CoachBalto to his hundreds of thousands of followers on social media, the 40-year-old father of two started the Alameda bike bus on Earth Day 2022 when he was the school’s physical education teacher. The bike bus winds through the Beaumont-Wilshire neighborhood picking up students every Wednesday morning, rain or shine. Today, he leads the students in a chant.
Reports on the global bike bus movement highlight benefits for children’s health, community cohesion, and reduced emissions while spotlighting fun as a core part of daily bike commuting.
A parent-led “bike bus” in Montclair, New Jersey, has grown from a handful of families into a weekly ritual with hundreds of kids and parents riding together, combining exercise, community connection, and environmental awareness.
Typically students at Leesburg Elementary School either walk to school or are dropped off by their parents. This year they’re participating in a bike bus that is operated by school faculty and follows a fixed route with planned stops allowing children to either join or leave the “bus.”
Pop artist Benson Boone surprised Portland students by joining a bike bus ride, riding with kids, singing along, and making the school commute unforgettable.
Meet the teacher rallying hundreds of kids, Justin Timberlake and Benson Boone to bike to school
A deep dive into how bike buses are expanding, teaching safety, influencing planning practices, and engaging communities—complete with global participation stats.
The covered section of the playground at James John Elementary School in St. Johns would normally be quiet and empty on a rainy day after school. But this past Friday was anything but normal as the playground buzzed with activity and over 45 local families showed up to pick out free bikes.
Sam “Coach” Balto’s bike bus initiative reignited mass cycling to school in the U.S., turning a retro idea into a viral movement and inspiring bike buses nationwide.
A viral social media request led pop star Justin Timberlake to pedal alongside Portland students and families on a bike bus ride, boosting visibility for active school commutes.
Oregon PE Coach Leads Weekly 100=Kid Bike Bus to School - The Kelly Clarkson Show
Coach Balto and Bike Bus World co-founder Jessica Tillyer from the Montclair Bike Bus will be speaking at the fourth Bike Bus Summit in Lisbon , joining organizers, educators, and advocates from around the world who are working toward safer, more joyful streets for kids. Read about this and more in our monthly newsletter.
We hit our $20K goal for Pump Up the Bike Bus Awards, winter rides are still happening, and Oregon needs our voices right now.
Bike buses don’t move without people — and they definitely don’t grow without community. This year, that community showed up in a big way through corporate partners who believed in the power of kids riding together, safely and joyfully, to school.
Starting a Bike Bus is exciting — and it’s totally normal to have questions. That’s why Bike Bus world offers free one-on-one coaching for anyone who wants to start a Bike Bus or strengthen one that already exists.
Across the country, bike buses are growing faster than ever — and none of it happens without local leaders. Parents, teachers, and volunteers are out there every week organizing routes, motivating students, creating joy, and keeping kids safe on the ride to school.
Swedish pop star Zara Larsson became the latest celebrity to join Portland’s bike bus movement when she took a joyride through Northeast Portland this weekend.