Biking to James Madison HS
FABB attended the James Madison High School
Fall Kickoff Festival this week along with John Brunow (in green t-shirt) of
bikes@vienna and Charlie Strunk (dark polo shirt),
County bike coordinator. We talked to students and parents about the benefits of biking to school. John provided free tuneups and brought his event racks for student bike parking. There is a great potential for bicycling at Madison given Vienna's mostly bike-friendly grid of streets. A few kids were interested but we mostly talked to adults and handed out copies of the
county bike map.
We also talked to Mr. Gongaware (on the left above), the Environmental Club faculty advisor. He thinks interest in bicycling is gaining, that kids are more open to using bicycles for transportation. Unfortunately most of them have never received any bicycle education, and likely have never been encouraged to bike to school. If there's interest, we may attend an Environmental Club meeting to discuss the benefits of using bikes as part of the transportation system.
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