We all want to celebrate walking and biking to school. Check out this video made by 9th grade Wilson High student Nick Young. Capitol Hill's Walk and Bike to School.
This video shows the fun and excitement that comes with hundreds of children and their parents walking and biking to school. Nick has added some really cool music! Doesn’t that make you want to walk and bike along with them?
This video was taken on Walk and Bike to School Day at Capitol Hill Elementary in Southwest Portland. Capitol Hill is one of 25 City o Portland, Office of Transportation Safer Routes to School schools. Capitol Hill has a great history of very successful Walk and Bike to School events. with over 200 children, parents and teachers walking and biking to school on the day and on monthly themed event days that celebrate all things walking and biking.
Thanks to the generous support from the Market of Choice, the staging area, parents can confidently drop their children off to walk to school with the group. This walking school bus walking school bus has been going now for 3 years. If you’d like more information about walking school buses, the city of Portland’s Safer Routes to School program or starting a safe routes to school program at your school, contact the BTA.
