Tag: clint loper
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How to organize a walking school bus or bike train to your kid’s school
With very little warning, Seattle Public Schools announced Friday that 142 school bus routes would be cancelled as of today (Monday). So many families in our city had to scramble to find a way to get their kids to school. Many parents are missing work because they just don’t have another option, yet another hardship…
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Dad who helped grow Seattle’s bike to school movement passes away. RIP Clint Loper
The day I first met Clint Loper, he was surrounded by an endless sea of kids biking off a Top Pot doughnut on their way to class at Bryant Elementary. Nearly a quarter of the school’s students biked to class on Bike to School Day 2013, an astounding and jaw-dropping increase from the dozen or…
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How Seattle plans to fuel its grassroots walk-and-bike-to-school revolution
With parents and students leading the way, supported by city staff, elected officials and safe streets organizations, Seattle just dropped an astounding plan to take the city’s walk-and-bike-to-school revolution to the next level. The plan has been a long time in the making and includes extensive research into best practices for cities, parents, students, schools…
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Loper: What’s next after a record Bike to School Day?
This past Wednesday, Seattle’s first ever Bike to School Day rally attracted VIPs from the school district and city, as well as media including Seattle Bike Blog. Seattle Public Schools superintendent Jose Banda, School Board Member Kay Smith-Blum, and Seattle Councilmember Sally Bagshaw all attended. Speaking at the rally, these civic leaders each reminded us…
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Loper: How Bike to School Month can inspire a shift in your school’s transportation culture
This Wednesday is opening day. Not only for Bike to Work Month, with its streams of bikers joining the Dexter peloton and filling the Burke-Gilman Trail. It’s also opening day for Bike to School Month, when schools throughout Seattle will encourage families to give bike commuting a try. Several schools held kickoff events last week…
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Loper: My favorite intersection in Seattle? Well, I’m still looking for it…
When Madi Carlson wrote about her least favorite intersection here on Seattle Bike Blog, it created a stir. Lots of folks — myself included — wanted to chime in and add their least favorites as well. It turned out there were a lot of candidates! I later had the idea that it would be nice…
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