If you see a group of kids riding bikes on a city street, and there's one adult with them, also on a bike, this is a bike bus.
It's not a 1 bus, but one group of 2 together does what the bus does. Take the following bike bus 3 an example.
Devin Olson is a dad in the US. He organizes a bike bus for local schools. It drops off students at 2 primary schools. "We 4 a. m. to play soccer and eat breakfast," Olson says. "Then we check our 5 and start our ride. It's nothing but laughing."
The group makes about 8 stops along the way to 6 children. "We want kids 7 going to school. They can ride with their parents,brothers or sisters. And they can 8 with students in different grades," says Olson.
Recently, pictures and videos of bike buses got lots of attention 9 they 10 online. "What a simple idea it is! How 11 it is to get started," says one Weibo user.
Now, many parents agree 12 the idea. And more 13 are giving up cars for a ride. This helps fight climate change, 14 exercise and reduce school drop-off traffic. And it also makes the children 15 than before.
