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From a few to more than 350, children and parents ride together to school as a ‘bike bus’

From a few to more than 350, children and parents ride together to school as a ‘bike bus’

MONTCLAIR, New Jersey (AP) — On a sunny fall morning, children wearing helmets and backpacks gathered with their parents in Montclair, New Jersey, for a group bicycle ride to two local elementary schools. Volunteers in orange safety vests made sure everyone assembled in a neighborhood shopping area was ready before the riders set off on their 5-mile "bike bus" route.

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