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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Started riding my son to his DCPS everyday to/from school when I’m telecommuting.

It’s only a 6 minute ride, but it’s easily the favorite part of his day. [/quote]

Love these people who wouldn't dream of driving a child anywhere without strapping them into a car seat, but they'll put a child on a bike in a crowded city and are like, "it's fine -- i'll just be careful." [/quote]

The kids wear helmets and the bikes go a lot slower than cars do. Also, I would only commute with my kid on my bike in residential neighborhoods with low speed limits and good bike infrastructure. it's actually much, much safer than driving.[/quote]

This just seems delusional. You are putting your child in a life threatening situation. If you get hit by a car, he or she is dead.  [/quote]

I mean, I walk my kid to school about six blocks. She doesn't wear a helmet or anything.[b] I rely on the exact same safety measures as I would while riding a bike[/b] -- awareness of vehicles, caution at intersections, etc. And on our walk there is always the risk that my kid could dart out into the street at the wrong time (she knows not to do this but with kids you never know). Do you think it's "delusional" to walk with my daughter to school every day? Is the only "safe" way to transport a child inside a vehicle?[/quote]

No, you don't. You and your child (presumably) walk on a sidewalk aside from when you are crossing the street. A family in a cargo bike cannot ride down the sidewalk for the whole route, or really any of it, generally. Unless there is a protected bike lane, they are in the road with cars.[/quote]

A lot of people only do a bike commute with a child if they can take streets with either protected bike lanes or something like a contraflow lane which are much safer because of better visibility for all involved. I feel very comfortable biking down the one-way street near my house with my kid on my bike. It has low traffic volume and a very low speed limit, and I can see oncoming cars, including turning cars, from at least a block away.  I would not ride down a busy two way street with my kid unless there was a protected bike lane.

See, it's almost like people who take their kids on bikes are very thoughtful about safety issues and not just throwing caution to the wind. You seem to think that a kid on a bike is inherently unsafe which is a bizarre take. There are probably more people driving around with improperly installed carseats right now than there are people riding around with kids on their bikes total, but I don't see you going into the car threads and yelling at people that it's unsafe to drive your kids around because of the potential for carseat malfunction.[/quote]

OP here. The number of families that have decided that the new bike infrastructure near them is finally enough for them to bike commute with their kids is a beautiful thing.[/quote]

I bet it drips when the weather gets cold.[/quote]

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