Bikeability-trained kids cycle more, finds study

by Carlton Reid, Bike Biz

School kids who have undertaken Bikeability training use their bicycles more frequently than untrained children of the same age.
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Bikeability training leads to an uplift of 12.6 percent in the amount of children who cycle to school. Training also leads to an 11 percent increase in the amount of cycling children do with their families away from school.
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“Most children want to ride their bikes but often their parents are understandably reluctant to let them, even though they know that cycling is good for health. Bikeability is designed to give children the skills and confidence to ride well and to give their parents reassurance.”

In England Bikeability is funded by the Department for Transport and Transport for London and is offered free to about 50 percent of primary school children, mostly in urban and suburban settings. Most training occurs during school time in years 5 and 6.

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[B' Spokes: I will note that from my informal polls parents are the ones that teach kids to ride against traffic and to ride on the sidewalk. We need something to address this wrong kind of thinking.