 Bike Smart! Youth Bicycle Safety
Program coordinates with schools and community organizations
to teach bicycling skills to Santa Cruz County
youth.
The Bike Smart! program has established several health and safety related goals. We encourage you to learn more about our program goals, as well as contact us to find out how you can support our work.
Interested in getting involved? Learn about volunteer opportunities.
News!
Bike Smart! Provides Bicycle Street Skills Trainings for Phase 2 of Bike 'n' Hike Tracking Program
Bike Smart! conducted bicycle street skills trainings for eight participating classes in the Bike 'n' Hike Program this spring. Bike n' Hike classrooms track the cummulative miles students bike, bus or "hike" to school over four weeks. In addition, they track the benefits of a car-free commute, such as the CO2 spared from the air, the money saved and calories burned. Through the understanding of the tangible benefits of using alternative transportation and the confidence gained in the safety trainings, students are encouraged to walk or roll to school. Bike n' Hike is funded through a phase two grant from the Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District.
Program Goals:
- Reduce the collision rates of young bicyclists
- Increase safe, legal bicycling practices among youth
- Increase use and proper fit of bicycle helmets
- Advocate and empower youth to use bicycles for transportation
- Promote exercise and healthy life-styles through bicycling
- Educate youth to Share the Road as bicyclists and future motorists
- Inform participants of local bicycling resources: bicycle routes, organizations and events
- Generate interest in safe, recreational bicycling
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