SFist: SFUSD Wants Kids to Bike to School

Vigilant One

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 12:06:44 -0800

There is never any need for that Anderson fellow.

aj

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 11:42:50 -0800

Dangerous?? Surely you jest. It is very possible for teenagers at least to bike reasonable distances to school in good weather. Maybe not Bayview to Cole Valley, but there are many trips that can be done without difficulty. Younger kids will need to go shorter distances, and you are correct that many will not be able to in SF, but some will. I biked about three miles in ninth grade (Arlington, VA), and about two in tenth through twelfth (Ann Arbor, MI), with no ill effects. San Francisco is not wildly more dangerous than either of these places. The only difference is that parents today are more likely to panic about everything.

Elizabeth

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:25:44 -0800

No shit! Maybe if kids were allowed to go to their neighborhood schools this wouldn't seem like such a dangerous, terrible campaign.

antfaber

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:52:34 -0800

Where is Rob Anderson when we need him?

debinsf

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:50:32 -0800

Will the SFUSD tell that to the kids at my children's school who have to be in Cole Valley from the Bayview at 7:50 am?

gingerbeer

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:26:55 -0800

This morning I saw a man biking to school with his kid. She was on a cute little pink bike. He was on a unicycle. For real.

bottombracket

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:09:06 -0800

they will have to mini-mass to school to keep safe from raging cagers, though.

hubcap

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:57:06 -0800

i just hope no one gets hurt as a result.

murphstahoe

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:29:17 -0800

AJ is secretly bikesnobnyc

aj

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:38:58 -0800

Good. I biked to school as a kid and it was a great experience. Maybe they could also remind kids that helmets, lights, and functioning BRAKES are required? No fixies!

oskarv

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:15:34 -0800

"This is really about working regular exercise into your everyday lifestyle so [that] when kids grow up they are living healthy active lives."...it's true. this is one of the worst things about cars. most people's daily cardio is walking to and from the parking lot. it's so irritating to walk around with someone who can't walk worth a shit.