The Bicibus project aims to inspire children’s enthusiasm for cycling, while raising parents’ awareness of children’s early motor skills and sustainable mobility.
Following the success of the first tour on January 19, 2024, the LfiSV “Bicibus” hit the road again on Friday morning (February 16).
Parents and children set off from the Berty-Albrecht-Park in Pempelfort, making stops at Schillerplatz and Freytagstraße, then on to the Heinrich-Heine-Gesamtschule and Carl-Sonnenschein-Schule schools, before finally arriving at their destination: the Lycée Français International Simone Veil.
The Bicibus currently takes place once a month, every third Friday of the month.
The ambition is to expand the event so that even more children can take part, including families from other schools on Graf-Recke-Straße.
Other routes could also be created if parents living in other districts wish to get involved.
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The Bicibus was launched in Barcelona in 2021 by a school parent.
The initiative was widely publicized on social networks, but had already existed in one form or another for several years, notably in Portugal.
In Germany, Bicibus was first launched in Frankfurt, the discovery of the Barcelona initiative on social networks.
Our Bicibus group was set up with the help of parents such as Mrs Vitorge, Jung and Milleret, and its aim is to enable children to cycle together safely and arrive at school in good spirits, to promote mobility by encouraging families to get around by bike, and to raise awareness of the conditions in which children travel on a daily basis, particularly the lack of cycling infrastructure.
The project also aims to encourage users to adopt environmentally-friendly transport habits in the long term.
Children taking part in the project will be more likely to cycle, develop better cycling habits and encourage more sustainable modes of transport.
The second edition was covered by the WDR television channel, with a report in which parents and children talked about the project and the pleasure of cycling to school, and the online news site “Ddorf-aktuell”.
The group also has a website
BiciBus in Düsseldorf
and a whatsapp which you can visit or join at any time.
You can follow BiciBus Graf-Recke-Straße on the following social networks: Facebook, Instagram and
Mastodon.
We’re really looking forward to the third arrival of our Bicibus group on March 15, which we urge you to attend!
For route information, please click here:
Bicibus to Graf-Recke route planning – uMap (openstreetmap.fr)
Well done to the children, who enjoy cycling to school together, arriving fit and smiling for the day, and thank you to the adults who help them develop a taste for cycling and good travel habits from an early age, to represent the city of tomorrow.
