Pop Star Zara Larsson Joins Northeast Portland Bike Bus

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.

Sam Balto, or Coach Balto as he’s known in the bike community, put out the call to Larsson on social media last week during Alameda Elementary School’s regular bike bus to school. (A bike bus is when a group of children ride bicycles to school together along a predetermined route, as a way to have safety in numbers, build community, and raise awareness of safe routes to school.)