“Fewer cars and more bikes! »Enthuses Dani not far from the Sagrada Familia basilica. In Barcelona, every Friday, the roar of motorcycles and the hum of automobile exhausts are now replaced by the bells of doorbells and the clicking of bicycle chains. It's the Vélobus. A typically Barcelona creation whose videos on social networks have gone viral. Parents escort their offspring on the way to school. The town hall and the municipal police are playing the game by cutting off road traffic that is too dangerous for young cyclists. “The bicycle infrastructure is designed for people who are alone and have some skill with the bicycle, not for boys and girls who are starting to move,” explains Genis. Cycle paths,they are all on the road, they are very close to the streets where the cars go very fast and with the motorcycles which are also too close. There is therefore no suitable infrastructure for children who are starting to move around ”.
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The parents therefore created two “lines” of “vélobus” with an arrival point and a departure point.
Families join the procession of cyclists from their homes and all these pretty people travel the journey together to the neighborhood schools sounding the reminder alarm and twisting the cranks.
140 children are currently benefiting from this new mode of travel.
This new mode of travel is being followed around the world.
The city of Belfast already practices it.
Parents of students in San Francisco or the city hall of Buenos Aires would also be interested in this idea of bicycle bus.