Bike Month: Encourages New Yorkers to Participate in National Bike and Roll to School Day on Wednesday

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Students across the city are encouraged to participate in
Wednesday's Bike and Roll to School Day on May 7th.
The national event aims to inspire young people to embrace
cycling as a means to enhance their well-being, while also
promoting cycling as an environmentally friendly and
convenient mode of transportation.
Schools across the city have organized bike buses volunteer

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run efforts, helping to navigatestudents in larger organized
group rides through city streetsto school.
Run by local parents, teachers, and volunteers, bike buses
create safe and predictable routes for students and their
caregivers to bike to school with regularity.
New Yorkers can visit Bike Bus dot NYC For more information on

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events and resources. New York City bike buses include
the following groups. Brooklyn PS110K bike to school
Bergen bike business PS372K bikewalk or roll to school Manhattan
Manhattan country school bike business NYC Dots Get kids

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Biking in School initiative has expanded to 18 schools this
spring, providing New York City public schools, NYCPS, and
charter schools with bicycles, allowing 7th grade students to
integrate biking into their physical education program.
Approximately 13,000 students have participated in the Bike

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Safety program since the program's inception in fall
2017. NYC dot has rolled out new bike
storage trailers to assist school participation as well as
improved coordination with school partners.
NYC dot estimates the program will serve roughly 5000 students

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over the next year. The Get Kids Biking initiative
is a collaborative effort involving the NYC dot, NYCPS and
the nonprofit entity Bike New York BNY.
The program serves about 30 schools a year.
Each student receives 645 minutesessions of bike safety
education over a one month period through bike instructors

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provided by Bike New York who work alongside trained school
physical education staff to deliver the curriculum.
NYC dot manages 6 fleets of 40 bikes and their storage,
trailers and helmets for each participant.
BIKE New York delivers curriculum, teacher training,
and on site assistance during the program's launch and

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continues to maintain the bicycles.
NYCPS offers support to both schools and the program overall.