Earth Day, schools, active living & cycling

Do as I say, not as I do!

The pictures were taken at a Burlington elementary school.  You can click on the pictures for a larger image.  The school did have some bike racks located on the other side of the school but they were full.

Childhood obesity rates are increasing.  We constantly tell our kids they should be more active.  I believe schools are telling them the same message.

We need our kids to live more active lives.


Let's start practicing what we preach.  Safe bike lanes are a great start but kids need to have secure, visible bike racks at school, too!

Its great to see so many bikes at schools!!

One bike = 1 LESS car & saves taxpayers $$$ too!

Although I've repeated the above mantra many times, a picture is worth a thousand words.

Burlington replaced 2 parking spots in the Locust Street garage with 33 bike racks. You've read that correctly. 33 bikes can be parked in space previously reserved for 2 cars!

In a case of having our cake and eating it too, the bike racks were funded by Metrolinx, the Ontario government body that looks after GO. Imagine! Imagine the space and $$$ we'd save at the GO stations if more people felt safe enough to bike to GO rather than drive. Imagine the # of fewer cars on city roads.

Check out the video monitored bike racks at the Locust St. parking garage. Next time, ride your bike downtown.