Barcelona’s children find safety in numbers as they bike to school in herds
by Gerry Hadden from The World: Latest Stories on (#67977)
Across Spain's Barcelona province children are getting to school in organized convoys of bikes, dubbed "bicibus," or bicycle-bus. As with traditional bus lines, each bicibus route has stops where other cycling students can join along the way. Parents, teachers and other volunteer adults ride, too, to ensure the kids' safety.