A pilot program is launched to encourge children to ride bicycles to school across Texas in the United States. On last Friday, as more than 300 students at Sommer Elementary School celebrated the kickoff of a program, it seemed they didn’t need any encouragement.
“I think it’s fun to ride your bike, it’s just the joy of it,” 8-year-old Jason Schneider said. Riding to school in the morning is something to look forward to, he said. “You actually get to get up early,”he said. Braden Olson, also 3, chimed in. ” You get a chance to exercise and to strengthen your legs.
Volunteers gave each child a free bike helmet, donated by the Austin Cycling Association, with a microchip attached to it. The chips help transmit the number of rides a child takes. A radio frequency scanner powered by a solar panel and mounted on a large pole outside the school will read the chips and send the information to an Internet database. Students will receive awards based on how many times they ride to school, including tickets to a raffle for a free bike.
For the traffic is so atrocious, I think it’s a great way to jump-start your kids into riding to school. For good measure, it can help keep children strong and healthy. It’s only a pilot program. But I hope it can continue in the future, better from now, not only children, but also all of us, as long as it is close enough, try to ride bicycles to school or to office.
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