School buses are familiar to most people . However , Sam Balto, an elementary school teacher,creates a brand-new 1 of school buses in Portland,Oreg2 loading kids into the yellow vehicles,he involves them in a school " bike bus ".The bike bus 3 differently from the way school buses do. There're two meetup locations for kids. After the two groups 4 , the children cycle to school together .
Though popular in some areas , bike buses are still 5 in the U . S . Balto ' s idea for that began as an initiative for Earth Day , which surprisingly became a 6 , with most studentsin
Balto's school participating.Then he dicided to 7 .Now 8 the bike bus in action ." Kids 9 the ride . Parents notice on bike bus mornings , kids get up and out of home 10 . They' re eager to be with friends ," said Balto . Actually , its 11 go beyond promoting socializing.The physical activity helps 12 kids ' strength and it ' s also climate action .
Right now , Balto feels it's 13 to offer the bike bus once a week and he's relying on volunteers and seeking official 14 ." It can be a daily way to transport kids if cities or schools pay adults to lead it ," Balto explained . If possible , he encourages other Portland schools to 15 them ." More kids across the city should have such pleasant experiences ."