They, along with a group of parents, were heading to Springview Elementary School in Miami Springs, Florida, part of a ride to school every Friday, known as the Springview Bike Bus. "Fridays are awesome," said third grader Mia Gonzalez. "I get to be with my friends and exercise before school.
" The group's ride began in May 2023 when one parent, who had been riding occasionally with her daughter, saw viral bus bike videos from a physical education teacher at Alameda Elementary in Portland, Oregon. "(The teacher) was leading this group of kids, which looked like a huge group," said Noel Gonzalez, the group's organizer and no relation to Mia. "The parents and even the dogs were riding bikes and blasting music.
The kids were so excited; it just looked like pure joy." She began spreading the word to other school parents. "We invited mostly by word of mouth," said Gonzalez.
"People that we knew lived close by to where we were." On their first ride on May 5, 2023, the group had about seven riders. A year later, there can be up to 10 to 20 kids riding, along with parents.
Gonzalez, 37, who grew up in Miami Springs, leads the group with safety instructions, showing them which hand signals to use in case they need to stop and reminding them to give one another space and not make the ride a race. She and her 9-year-old daughter Joanna began riding bikes to school when Joanna was in first grade. Seeing how much her daughter loved riding her bike to school, Gonzalez wanted to find a way f.
