The Point Chevalier Bike Train

Parents at an Auckland primary school are taking the traditional walking school bus to the next level, with what they call the bike train. Just under a year on from its first journey, the Point Chevalier School bike train has saved over one-thousand school drop-offs by car. The group of about 12 five to seven-year-olds in helmets and hi-vis vests, makes its way down seven blocks - navigating pedestrian crossings and driveways along the way. Auckland Transport taking a liberal view of the law banning bikes on footpaths as it tries to get more schools on board with the biking trend.