Bike New York holds a clinic to teach bike skills in the hope that more kids will bike to school
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
- A young participant in Bike New York's "Bike Like A Driver" Clinic (WNYC)
The number of kids who bike or walk to school in the US has fallen from nearly 50 percent in 1969 to 13 percent today. The group Bike New York is trying to change that statistic, by holding free clinics that teach kids to bicycle safely to school.
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"They are outside, they are getting some exercise. It's a great thing," says Erica Tovaris, whose son and daughter are participating in the clinic. Tovaris' daughter will be biking to school for the first time on Wednesday on a ride organized for MS 51 by the Department of Transportation.
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