{"id":213416214,"date":"2011-10-07T02:16:54","date_gmt":"2011-10-07T02:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=213416214"},"modified":"2011-10-07T02:16:54","modified_gmt":"2011-10-07T02:16:54","slug":"getting-more-kids-on-bikes-more-often","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=213416214","title":{"rendered":"Getting more kids on bikes more often"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Beth Richards<\/p>\n<p>I can still remember flying down the big hill on the way to my elementary school in Des Moines, Iowa in the 1970s.&nbsp; My bike was super-girl purple with a sparkly white banana seat and completely oversized basket with big flowers that I eventually pulled off, as the tom-boy in me emerged.&nbsp; I loved my bike and I loved the freedom of that ride to and from school.<\/p>\n<p>These childhood memories used to be the norm, but not anymore. In 1969, 48% of children walked or biked to school. Today, that number is down to just 13%&nbsp; Kids who are being driven to school aren\u2019t just missing out on great experiences that turn into cherished memories, they\u2019re missing out on much needed physical activity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.emsexploration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/srts-chart.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3226\" title=\"srts-chart\" src=\"https:\/\/www.emsexploration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/srts-chart.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.emsexploration.com\/wordpress\/getting-more-kids-on-bikes-more-often\/\">https:\/\/www.emsexploration.com\/wordpress\/getting-more-kids-on-bikes-more-often\/<\/a>oldId.20111007021654608<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Beth Richards I can still remember flying down the big hill on the way to my elementary school in Des Moines, Iowa in the 1970s.&nbsp; My bike was super-girl purple with a sparkly white banana seat and completely oversized basket with big flowers that I eventually pulled off, as the tom-boy in me emerged.&nbsp; &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=213416214\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Getting more kids on bikes more often&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-213416214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-elsewhere"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213416214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=213416214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213416214\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=213416214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=213416214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=213416214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}