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Aside from the automobile, bicycles are the source of more childhood injuries than any other consumer product.

But making cycling safe for kids is a no-brainer: at least 75 percent of bike-related fatalities could be avoided if the rider were simply wearing a helmet.

Yesterday, the Iowa Bicycle Coalition announced a new partnership with the Iowa Civil Justice Foundation, an association of attorneys, called Safe Cycling. The initiative will protect Iowa kids by providing free helmets at community events across the state.

“Our members are often called into service after a child has been terribly injured, or worse, while riding his or her bicycle, and those cases are truly tragic,” said Brad Lint, executive director of the Iowa Civil Justice Foundation, in a press release. “That’s why attorneys across the state are working so hard to outfit kids with the helmets that can save their lives and prevent terrible injury.”

“Bike helmets save lives,” added Mark Wyatt, executive director of the Iowa Bicycle Coalition. “We encourage cyclists of all ages to wear a well-fitted helmet every time they ride, and the Safe Cycling project helps instill that practice at a young age.”

Read more about the partnership here.

Teaching the next generation about the benefits of bicycling and walking just got easier for Oregon educators.

The Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) and Oregon Safe Routes to School have partnered to develop and produce the Neighborhood Navigators curriculum, and they are now distributing it online, free of charge to educators.

Focusing on efficient and healthy transportation choices, pedestrian safety, and community and neighborhood design, the curriculum includes age-appropriate lessons and skill practice activities for students in kindergarten through eighth grade.

For more information and to access the Neighborhood Navigators curriculum, visit BTA at http://www.bta4bikes.org.

Image from Neighborhood Navigators Grades 4-5 Curriculum
Article courtesy of Jacob Knight