Texas Bicycling Coalition
www.biketexas.org
Texas SuperCyclist Project
www.supercyclist.org
From A to Z by Bike: the Comprehensive Guide to Safe Bicycling for Kids and Adults
Available from AMC Media Corporation, Box 33852, Station D, Vancouver, BC V6J 4L6. A brief pamphlet for non-cycling teachers or adults who want to educate young cyclists.
Effective Cycling
by John Forester, 6th Edition. Available from MIT Press.
Bike Safety materials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Education is the Best Advocacy:
Focus on the Texas SuperCyclist Project
By
Rebecca Johnson
page 9
Keeping It All In Stride
The
Texas SuperCyclist Project has come a long way, baby—and
they've only just begun. "The big picture is 600,000 fourth
and fifth graders in Texas [trained in fundamentals of bicycling
safety]," Tyree says. And those 600,000 will grow up to
be 600,000 drivers whose bicycling safety knowledge becomes
a valuable asset in being a safer motorist.
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three years, we'll have trained more kids than anyone
else in the country." |
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But despite all the hard work that comes with organizing
a successful training, outreach, and advocacy program, the
SuperCyclist founders haven't lost sight of their original
goal."In three years, we'll have trained more kids than
anyone else in the country." "Education is the best advocacy,"
Tyree maintains. "When our kids get trained, it makes them
want to ride. And that's where the parents step in, and
begin to ask their local schools and governments, where
can they ride? It gets everyone involved."
Learn more about the Texas Bicycle Coalition and
the SuperCyclist Project!
Texas Bicycling Coalition http://www.biketexas.org
Some Recommended Bike Safety Literature:
Bicycle safety and education information for all ages from
the Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center at http://www.bicyclinginfo.org/ee/index.htm
From A to Z by Bike: The Comprehensive Guide to Safe
Bicycling for Kids and Adults. Available from AMC Media
Corporation, Box 33852, Station D, Vancouver, BC V6J 4L6.
A brief pamphlet for non-cycling teachers or adults who
want to educate young cyclists.
Effective Cycling by John Forester, 6th Edition.
Available from MIT
Press.
Bike Safety materials from the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention. |
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