School Run by Bike: The Bartels Family Shows Us How They Do It

Join me as I tag along with Stephen and Marie Bartels for a ride from Lakewood to Golden, Colorado, to pick up their kids from school. Along the way, we have a conversation about all ages and abilities infrastructure, and encouraging more parents to consider riding with their children to and from school and to their various activities and meaningful destinations. Helpful Links (note that some may include affiliate links to help me support the channel): 👉 Wheelhouse Cycle Service: https://www.wheelhousecycleservice.com/ 👉 Avi Stopper and the Bike Streets App: https://bikestreets.com/ 👉 My Bike Streets Ride with Gary and Avi:    • Bringing the Best Available Bike Network t...   👉 South Table Mountain Trails: https://www.jeffco.us/1430/South-Tabl... Chapters 0:00:00 Cold Open/Introductions 0:01:47 Rolling on Buffered Bike Lane 0:03:16 Quiet Shared Streets 0:05:54 Odd Side Path Facility 0:15:08 Marie Joins Us 0:21:04 More Quiet Streets 0:27:12 Steep Hill 0:32:25 Protected Bike Lane 0:38:25 NREL Goat Trail 0:43:13 Shelter from the Storm 0:46:01 Caught in the Rain 0:48:11 Advice for Parents 🤙 This video features my beloved Brompton folding bicycle. I highly recommend buying your own Brompton from your local dealer if you have one or from my favorite Boulder, Colorado-based store, Freedom Folding Bikes (yes, they can ship the bike directly to you - that's what they've done for me): https://www.freedomfoldingbikes.com/ 🙌 Mention Active Towns for a special deal on accessories and add-ons. More information on Freedom Folding Bikes can be found here: https://www.cpr.org/2024/10/23/ukrain... Thank you so much for watching! If you enjoyed this video, please give it a thumbs-up, leave a comment below, and share it with a friend. If you'd like more content like this, please subscribe to the Active Towns Channel, and be sure to "Ring" that notification bell to select your notification preferences. If you are a fan of the Active Towns Channel, please consider supporting the effort as an Active Towns Ambassador in the following ways: 1. Become a Member of Active Towns right here on YouTube by clicking on the Join button and selecting the level that best suits you 2. Join the Patreon community:   / activetowns   (Note: Patron benefits include early, ad-free access to all my video content) 3. If you enjoyed this video, you can also "leave a tip" by clicking on the Super Thanks button right here on YouTube or through "Buy Me a Coffee" https://www.buymeacoffee.com/activetowns 4. Make a donation to my non-profit, Advocates for Healthy Communities, Inc. at https://www.activetowns.org/donate Credits: Video and audio production by John Simmerman Music via Epidemic Sound: https://bit.ly/3rFLErD Resources used during the production of this video: My recording platform is Ecamm Live: https://bit.ly/3rwsUup Editing software Adobe Creative Cloud Suite: https://bit.ly/35DBDDU For more information about the Active Towns effort or to follow along, please visit our links below: Website: https://www.activetowns.org/ BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/activetowns.... Newsletter: https://bit.ly/SubscribeActiveTownsNe... Background: Hi Everyone! My name is John Simmerman, and I’m a health promotion and public health professional with over 35 years of experience. Over the years, my area of concentration has evolved into a specialization in how the built environment influences human behavior related to active living and especially active mobility. Since 2010, I've been exploring, documenting, and profiling established, emerging, and aspiring Active Towns wherever they might be while striving to produce high-quality multimedia content to help inspire the creation of more safe and inviting, environments that promote a "Culture of Activity" for "All Ages & Abilities." The Active Towns Channel features my original video content and reflections, including a selection of podcast episodes and short films profiling the positive and inspiring efforts happening around the world as I am able to experience and document them. Thanks once again for tuning in! I hope you find this content helpful and insightful. Creative Commons License: Attributions, Non-Commercial, No Derivatives, 2026