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Huffington Post spotlights Seattle’s bike to school movement, research

Posted on December 23, 2014 by Tom Fucoloro

The Huffington Post has a great profile of some of Seattle’s bike to school efforts and research by Seattle Children’s to learn more about its effects on students. We have written many times about Seattle’s bike to school revolution. It’s … Continue reading →

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KOMO: South Seattle bike train fights obesity, creates community

Posted on June 18, 2014 by Tom Fucoloro

This KOMO report on school bike train research in Hillman City is pretty much awesome. I cannot wait to see the results of this Seattle Children’s study by Dr. Jason Mendoza and Maya Jacobs. We wrote about the study when … Continue reading →

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Children 9-12 years old needed for school bike train research

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Tom Fucoloro

Attention young Seattle Bike Blog readers (and parents): A study of the health impact of school bike trains needs your help! Common sense says that biking to school is good for the health of Seattle students, but exactly how good … Continue reading →

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Yes! Magazine on how to build a bike train to school

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Tom Fucoloro

Thornton Creek Elementary bike train organizer Maya Jacobs wrote an article for Yes! Magazine giving advice for people who want to organize bike trains to their neighborhood schools. Among her bits of advice: Find a group of interested parents, pick … Continue reading →

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