Here's how, and why, people bike with their kids

By David Streever

Published July 19, 2024 at 2:22 PM EDT

Three smiling people wearing headphones sit at a table in a radio talk studio: the man on the left has short dark hair and a goatee and is wearing glasses and a green and white plaid long sleeve button down shirt with the sleeves rolled up; the woman in the middle has long grey hair and is wearing glasses and a black t-shirt; the man on the right has short dark hair and is wearing a white, black and red long sleeve button down shirt with the sleeves rolled up. — Adrian Martin, Marjorie Rolleston and guest host David Streever on "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Friday, July 19, 2024

A man and a young girl, wearing matching red polka dot shirts, are biking — David Streever biking with Helen in their matching polka-dot t-shirts.

We talk about biking with your kids. Our guests get around by bike to schools, grocery stores, and every other type of place you can imagine.

Electric assist cargo bikes, safety precautions, and the importance of bike infrastructure are all covered in this episode, along with a practical guide to organizing your own bike buses.

We also contrast the experience of biking with kids in a village environment like Geneseo with the City of Rochester, and what inspires parents - and their kids and grandkids - to get into biking.

Some of the resources mentioned in this hour include the local alternative transit advocacy group Reconnect Rochester, which maintains maps of bike routes and other helpful pointers.

A woman takes a selfie of herself and her two kids, all on the same cargo bike, parked in their driveway — Meg Hamlin-Black and her children bike to their swimming lessons.

Our guests:

Meg Hamlin-Black, who rides a cargo bike with her two children
Adrian Martin, organizer of a Rochester bike bus
Marjorie Rolleston, she switched to an e-bike four years ago after years of bike commuting and recreational riding. She bikes with her grandchildren in an orange and blue cargo bike they call 'the Blippi bike'
Keith Walt, co-organizer of the Geneseo bike bus

A smiling man looks at the camera as he takes a selfie showing a long line of kids and parents biking behind him — Keith Walt leading the Geneseo Bike Bus.